NBA Quotes · Page 18

It was fun getting my feet wet on an NBA floor.

— Brandon Ingram

Carmelo Anthony is one of the best players in the NBA.

— Stephon Marbury

Perform drills that force your players to think

— Bobby Knight

It's so much harder to make the NBA than people think it is.

— Jim Boeheim

Defense is one man guarding the ball and four others helping him

— Mike Krzyzewski

Why aren't the Nets playing in Newark?

— Shaquille O'Neal

To be honest with you, I always thought I was going to be in the NBA.

— Jimmer Fredette

A player who makes a team great is better than a great player.

— John Wooden

I've been a bit surprised, and encouraged, by the NBA's support for athletes that speak out. Compared to the NFL, it's night…

— Malcolm Brogdon

I have had some bad shooting games but that doesn't stop me from getting the ball to my teammates

— Jason Kidd

I see kids today trying to do the things I did, and it makes me feel like I've come a long way.

— Allen Iverson

Basketball is a game of sacrificing yourself for the next guy, being a team that takes good shots, and taking the right…

— David Blatt

I knew I was an NBA player and that I just needed the right opportunity in the right situation.

— Quinn Cook

In the NBA, you're never immune to rumors and trade rumors and free agency stuff.

— Stephen Curry

Work as hard as you can to become as good an individual player as you can to help your team win

— Doug Collins

In order to achieve to achieve positive results, one must work for them, not hope for them

— Bobby Knight

In the NBA, you're supposed to be an ultra-competitor. If you're not, you shouldn't be here. And even if it might actually…

— Larry Nance, Jr

The NBA is getting bigger. Basketball is getting better around the world. There are more players. There are better coaches around it,…

— Jose Calderon

You're always going to face criticism, you're always going to face challenges, but those things are there to make you stronger and…

— David Robinson

I've never found NBA owners to be deferential. I never considered them to be reliant. All that I do is knock myself…

— David Stern

We know the WNBA is not making billions of dollars like the NBA, but we want to be in a place where…

— Liz Cambage

You must learn how to hold a team together. You must lift some men up, calm others down, until finally they've got…

— Bear Bryant

The NBA is all about winning, but at this level (college basketball) winning doesn't make you happy. You can win, and play…

— Geno Auriemma

I would go after any rookie. Any rookie with a lot of hype. I used to do it to Jason Kidd. I…

— Gary Payton

OK, my funniest tech I ever got in the NBA was for looking at a ref.

— Rasheed Wallace

It's not up to anyone else to make me give my best.

— Hakeem Olajuwon

A lot of teams made a mistake in the NBA draft.

— Josh Howard

I wasn't a bad guy. I just wanted God to give me a second chance.

— Allen Iverson

I'd 1,000 times rather go see an NBA game than a football match.

— Carlos Vela

Now I see why everybody who plays for him doesn't like him.

— Shaquille O'Neal

We are unselfish and we trust each other

— Tim Duncan

I am used to the hype because I played in the NBA.

— Penny Hardaway

I'm not scared of the NBA. I'm not scared of the NBA officials.

— Rasheed Wallace

These guys, just because we're NBA athletes, we're not superhumans.

— Karl-Anthony Towns

Praise behaviour that you want repeated

— Dean Smith

The worst day coaching is better than the best day doing anything else

— Don Meyer

One of the hardest things for a ball player to do is to accept his role

— Scottie Pippen

One thing pro wrestlers and NBA players have in common is passion.

— Montel Vontavious Porter

Obviously, everybody's dream is to play in the NBA.

— Josh Hart

Scout yourself. Have a buddy who coaches scout you.

— Bear Bryant