NBA Quotes · Page 36

Coming over to this side and playing in the NBA was my dream, and the dream came true.

— Jonas Valanciunas

I want to return to the NBA this season, and help any team that wants me, in any capacity that they feel…

— Allen Iverson

The players I respected most were the toughest players, not those who talked a good game or blocked a shot and acted…

— Jay Bilas

Mama wanted me to be a preacher. I told her coachin' and preachin' were a lot alike.

— Bear Bryant

I've put our guys in position. I gave them the blueprint. I think they're ready.

— LeBron James

In the NBA you are pretty confident but you are one phone call away from being somewhere else; you've just got to…

— Jose Calderon

There's so many stories about guys who made it to the NBA without the draft. Overseas, whatever, call-ups.

— Fred VanVleet

I have every goal you could possibly dream of - Rookie of the Year, NBA champion, MVP.

— RJ Barrett

When I step onto the court, I don't have to think about anything. If I have a problem off the court, I…

— Michael Jordan

A lot has to be the NBA. I don't know if I can say it is the egos of the players or…

— Toni Kukoc

I got hooked up with the NBA Nation and the next thing I knew I was judging the Sprite Slam Dunk Showdown.…

— Darryl Dawkins

But I think the image that's thrown out on television is a bad image. Because you see players who want to imitate…

— Oscar Robertson

I came into the NBA not looking at it as a job but the same way I did when I was playing…

— Stephen Jackson

I was in love with the triangle because it was so different to what everybody was doing in the NBA. Everybody else…

— Nick Nurse

I don't think when I decided I didn't want to be an accountant any more that I was necessarily saying I wanted…

— Nick Nurse

So you're dealing with a coach, and you're dealing with a guy who's actually experienced NBA basketball from a player's perspective and…

— Kevin Garnett

You can't play Around the World in the NBA, you've gotta go to the basket.

— Charles Oakley

The greatness of Michael Jordan is his competitive drive. The weakness of Michael Jordan is his competitive drive

— Phil Jackson

We are in the trophy generation.Give them a trophy for 23rd place.That makes the parents happy

— Tom Izzo

The most important measure of how good a game I played was how much better I’d made my teammates play.

— Bill Russell

I know that my peers around the NBA respect me and I have respect around the NBA.

— Nikola Vucevic

When I played in the NBA for 12 years, Seattle had some of the best fans in the NBA.

— Kevin Johnson

Well, like every kid playing basketball, I dreamed of being an NBA player.

— Maverick Carter

When you play in the NBA, everybody wants to play in the All-Star Game. I really want to.

— Serge Ibaka

No one is bigger than the team. If you can't do things our way, you're not getting time here and we don't…

— Gregg Popovich

I don't mess with that cat. I'm pretty sure he carries a blade under his jersey.

— Charles Barkley

I can probably go down in history as the best backup point guard ever in NBA history.

— Baron Davis

It's important to keep trying to do what you think is right no matter how hard it is or how often you…

— John Wooden

Are you a producer or a looter? If diversity were always and everywhere good we would be clamoring for more midgets in…

— Jonah Goldberg

Discipline is the greatest form of love you can show someone. Great players crave discipline

— Tom Izzo

The NBA made a big move to become more stylish and business-oriented a few years back, and it's made a big change.

— Dwane Casey

What kid who was playing basketball didn't have the dream about going to the NBA? It's the biggest and final step.

— Andre Drummond

I hate casual shooting. Every shot is preceded by working to get open and catch and shoot under game like conditions

— Bobby Knight

In the two years that I've been in the NBA, I don't think I've played to my ability.

— Brandon Ingram

My goal is to win the next game one possession at a time. That's it. I don't have any other goals

— Brad Stevens

I love performing, and I was a dancer and then worked in the NFL and NBA, and I loved being in front…

— Carmella

As soon as I got in the NBA, I was thinking about it - wanting to use my influence and resources to…

— Shaun Livingston

If you don't smell nice before the game, it's going to be pretty bad during and after.

— DeAndre Jordan

If I was going to get beat up, I wanted to be indoors where it was warm.

— Tom Heinsohn

I thought we'd be discussing about me not leaving Philadelphia and they just kept asking me about the practice, so I lost…

— Allen Iverson