NBA Quotes · Page 37

There's not too many 5-10 basketball players that make it, let alone play college and make it to the NBA.

— Gordon Hayward

Remember that basketball is a game of habits. If you make the other guy deviate from his habits, you've got him

— Bill Russell

I just want everyone to know I'm suing Ruben Studdard. He had his hand on my ass and he wouldn't let go.

— Shaquille O'Neal

Well, Doctor, I don't have the diagnosis on that. I'll be sure to do a physical checkup and get back to you.

— Shaquille O'Neal

The good thing for me is I have a lot of experience going through NBA seasons.

— Trevor Ariza

I'm excited to try the NBA. But, for sure, I need time on the court to get used to this style.

— Toni Kukoc

It's been a journey, the NBA. It's taken me a lot farther than I ever expected.

— Larry Bird

If you can walk with your head in the clouds and keep your feet on the ground, you can make a million…

— Gary Dornhoefer

The UNLV championship game against Duke, I didn't shoot the last shot. Choked. It took 10 years for me to say that.…

— Larry Johnson

It's sad when a MMA fighter talks to an NFL or NBA player about how much money they make. That's embarrassing. You…

— Wanderlei Silva

It is a business. I know we, as athletes and owners and people involved with the NBA, never want to say that…

— Chris Bosh

The NBA is not for everybody. And looking from the outside in like I did last year, it seems so easy from…

— Dwight Howard

I was raised in the NBA. I've seen some guys stay and I've seen a lot go. I've watched James Harden be…

— Lou Williams

I'm not into jewelry. I've got some earrings but they're not too expensive. There are guys who drop a hundred grand for…

— Andrew Bogut

Even though, physically, I can't do it, the mind says, 'Yeah, I can still do it,' and I still think I can…

— Michael Jordan

Back in the NBA's pre-mask era, ballers with busted noses or orbital bones had two unappealing options: Sit out and heal, or…

— Brendan I. Koerner

For me, as a 14-year-old aspiring to be in the NBA, I wanted to hear from players.

— Kevin Durant

Commitment separates those who live their dreams from those who live their lives regretting the opportunities they have squandered.

— Bill Russell

It's good to be taken out of your comfort zone - it's part of the NBA grind - a challenge I'm ready…

— Patty Mills

I have a real sense of appreciation of being in the NBA with all that I'd gone through.

— Manu Ginobili

This is the NBA; you can't stop everybody from scoring 30. But that 30? They're going to work for every point they…

— Avery Bradley

We understand the NBA is a league where a 20-point lead might not be that big actually because teams go on runs.

— Lauri Markkanen

I don't believe in statistics. There are too many factors that can't be measured. You can't measure a ballplayer's heart.

— Red Auerbach

I don't look at myself as a basketball coach. I look at myself as a leader who happens to coach basketball.

— Mike Krzyzewski

You should always want your coach to be critical. It gives you an opportunity to learn and to overcome adversity

— Steve Nash

I think every young man's goal is to be a professional athlete, whether it's the NBA, MLB, or the NFL.

— Jordan Burroughs

My favorite NBA team are the houston rockets and favorite college team are the duke blue devils.

— Dante Hall

This is a team game and one man doesn't win and one man doesn't lose. In the end, the best team usually…

— Wilt Chamberlain

In all my years one thing has never changed; You win with serious, tough-minded players. That never changes

— Tom Thibodeau

I think NBA fans are some of the smartest you'll ever come around. They are very invested.

— Maria Taylor

After 18 NBA years, it's hard to believe I'll be playing in each arena for the last time.

— Paul Pierce

Enunciation, diction, all that stuff. None of that is in my personality.

— Shaquille O'Neal

You must have respect, which is a part of love, for those under your supervision. Then they will do what you ask…

— John Wooden

Admit to and make yourself accountable for mistakes. How can you improve if you're never wrong?

— Pat Summitt

Do you want to choose winning over standing out? It's a choice every player on every championship team has to do

— Doc Rivers

I'm very, very confident in my ability to see the game - even before it's played.

— LeBron James

I'm like LeBron, man. I'm like a smaller LeBron. That's why I'm not in the NBA. If I had about five, six…

— Freddie Gibbs

One of the things that's difficult about the NBA is being away from the family.

— Shawn Bradley

Chris Paul, president of the NBA Players Association, can lead an entire league but can't lead his team when it really counts.

— Skip Bayless

The NBA is going to do what they want to do. They're going to do what's best for them; not what's best…

— Jim Boeheim