NBA Quotes · Page 15

For as long as I remember, big men have dominated the NBA.

— Jahlil Okafor

It's hard being the NBA's sex symbol, but somebody has to do it.

— Shaquille O'Neal

Make the practices like games and the games like practices.

— Don Meyer

If every basketball player worked as hard as I did, I'd be out of a job

— Steve Nash

Anything can happen with hard work and dedication

— Jerry West

Free agency is free agency. I love when NBA players get paid.

— Kyle Lowry

I think everybody's goal is to make the NBA. My goal is to be a star.

— RJ Barrett

I think every NBA player is trying to prove himself every day.

— Jimmer Fredette

There's no reason to play in the NBA if you don't believe you can win it all.

— LeBron James

Just because we play in the NBA or coach in the NBA doesn't mean we are not human. We are supermen. For…

— George Karl

When you're bad in the NBA, you're in the lottery. When you're great in college, you get multiple lottery picks.

— Larry Brown

I would spend almost as much time planning a practice as conducting it. Everything was planned out each day

— John Wooden

When I got into the NBA, the thing of it was, if you won, you got a new arena. But if you…

— Shawn Kemp

In the position that we are in, kids look up to us just like us when we were kids and we looked…

— Nikola Vucevic

Championship teams are built on being prepared, playing unselfishly and being held accountable

— Jason Kidd

You'd like to see your team reasonably happy, but that's not your job. Gain their respect and get them to accept their…

— John Wooden

I'm not for the flashes; I'm not for glitz and glamour, you know. I just want to win, I want to be…

— Kevin Garnett

You've got to stay ready, especially around here. That's what we preach, you'll get your opportunity whether it comes at the beginning…

— Tim Duncan

The 76ers hold a special place in my heart and I am intrigued by the opportunity to return to Philadelphia, where I…

— Doug Collins

I have to give a lot of credit to David Stern to open up the league, but also in my case, Jerry…

— Vlade Divac

I can't think of any NBA team over the last few years that lost three starters. And we replaced them basically with…

— Anonymous

Everybody in the NBA is here for a reason, and if the team doesn't fit your style of play, either you could…

— Jerami Grant

I want to thank all the fans for their support over the years. Keep supporting the Knicks, we're moving in the right…

— John Starks

A lot of late nights in the gym, a lot of early mornings, especially when your friends are going out, you're going…

— Jason Kidd

I never thought I'd make it in the NBA, so everything else is gravy.

— John Stockton

Five guys on my high school team made the NBA.

— Quinn Cook

That's the thing about the NBA; there's another game.

— DeAndre Jordan

The NBA is fairy tale and real life mixed together.

— Shaquille O'Neal

Create unselfishness as the most important team attribute.

— Bill Russell

Everybody's schedule is crazy in the NBA, so that can't be an excuse.

— DeAndre Jordan

The idea of molding men means a lot to me.

— Bear Bryant

I was the bridge between the Michael Jordan era and LeBron James era.

— Allen Iverson

When you work on getting better at something, don't do it half speed

— Ray Allen

We played well all the way until, like, the second quarter.

— LeBron James

Discover your gift, develop your gift and then give it away every day.

— Don Meyer

I want to play in the NBA. I'm dead serious.

— Sheck Wes

My goal from an early age was always to play in the NBA.

— Harrison Barnes

When I got to the NBA, picking and popping came so natural for me.

— LaMarcus Aldridge

Our goal is to be the best team in the NBA at the end of the year.

— Dwyane Wade

Success doesn't stop when you get there

— Michael Jordan