NBA Quotes · Page 39

Positioning, anticipation and technique create quickness. Therefore, you can always get quicker

— Don Meyer

We communicate all the time, even when we don't realize it. Be aware of body language

— Pat Summitt

I learned more in that first year in the NBA than I could have in four years of college.

— Stephon Marbury

I have learned that peace is not the absence of trial, trouble, or torment but the presence of calm in the midst…

— Don Meyer

Everyone's system in the NBA makes sense. It all comes down to the quality of player and the quality of execution.

— Jeff Van Gundy

I'm still waiting for perfection. In the meantime, I'll settle for persistence

— Bo Ryan

That's the problem with our industry: patience. People want instant NBA stars, and that's not going to happen.

— Dwane Casey

Getting to the NBA really helped me personally on a lot of levels. I liked it so much that I wanted to…

— Kelvin Sampson

In the NBA, you can't run from guys. I think a lot of teams were surprised by my interviews, how nice and…

— Shabazz Muhammad

I frankly think the NBA All-Star game has run its course, the whole dunk contest... The game - if those guys actually…

— Jeff Van Gundy

In the NBA, as in nowhere else in America, white people are utterly beholden to black people, and they're not about to…

— David Shields

They are that same group, but I've got my own rivalristic problems. Is that a word, rivalristic? I've got my own rivalristic…

— Shaquille O'Neal

Everybody dreams about getting to the NBA and everybody dreams about having their own shoe. But when you're the face of a…

— Brandon Jennings

I never think about missing a free throw. All that goes through my mind when I'm at the line is seeing the…

— Brad Daugherty

I ask myself why I do it [work]. Maybe it's to prove I'm still around. It takes a lot out of my…

— Jerry Stiller

Each game is an opportunity to be on a great stage and be a witness for Christ. When I step on the…

— Stephen Curry

I made a lot of mistakes, a lot of things I'm not proud of. But it's only for other people to learn…

— Allen Iverson

I never really talked about being an NBA player or a college player. I just really like playing basketball.

— Jrue Holiday

You have to have a mentality. This is a business. This ain't hanging out having a good time

— Tom Thibodeau

The single most important aspect of coaching is running effective practices

— Bobby Knight

I always laugh when people ask me about rebounding techniques. I've got a technique. It's called just go get the damn ball.

— Charles Barkley

There have been times when I have failed. But there have never been times when I thought I would fail

— Michael Jordan

When I came into the NBA, coaches wanted you to shoot a midrange shot or two before you shot your 3 -…

— Kyle Korver

In the NBA, there is a guy guarding you, and you really have to try shooting over him.

— Amar'e Stoudemire

Promise to wear a cheerful appearance at all times and give every person you meet a smile.

— John Wooden

I learned very quickly that the NBA is a very rough place, physically and mentally. There's no mercy.

— Chris Bosh

I've always been into fashion. I guess the NBA kinda gave me a platform to just express myself through my clothes.

— Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

The NBA wasn't a big deal at that time, so it wasn't really in my career plans.

— Bob Cousy

We can't have two standards, one set for the dedicated young men who want to do something ambitious and one set for…

— Bear Bryant

What I've always tried to do, whether it's the NBA or baseball or golf, is be charged with getting the color.

— Ernie Johnson Jr

Everyone knows Jordan as a winner, and that's what I want to be known as at the end of my playing career.…

— Mario Chalmers

I was really upset. I felt like they tried to limit me, whoever 'they' may be. So I just said to myself…

— Shaquille O'Neal

There was a lot of talk going around about my energy and my effort and I was a risk/reward type player. A…

— Christian Wood

You want to play as long as you can. The old, unwritten rule: If you make it to the NBA, you play…

— Dell Curry

I guess it's good in a sense that it stops any of it from happening, but now you're telling me if it's…

— Blake Griffin

That was the lowest point in my entire life: The shellshock of not being in the NBA. All my peers are playing…

— O. J. Mayo

I'm a numbers guy, and I think numbers sometimes tell stories and sometimes they don't. When you look at the NBA, when…

— Doug Collins

The thing about the NBA, if you have a weakness, they are going to expose it on the first day of practice.…

— Chris Mullin

Knowledge is not enough to get desired results. You must have the more elusive ability to teach and to motivate. This defines…

— John Wooden

Truthfully, this is how I approach my workout: I want to be the best athlete I can possibly be. If I can…

— Channing Tatum