When I think about my MVP season, I will also think about the loss to Golden State. But winning the award as… — Dirk Nowitzki Copy Share Image
I've ultimately decided that I will not play this NBA season. I'm going to take the remainder of this season, as well… — Ray Allen Copy Share Image
A lot of people look at playing overseas as a step down from the NBA. And, yes it is a step down… — Udonis Haslem Copy Share Image
The NBA is a difficult thing because the head coaches, they definitely have one of the more difficult jobs and one of… — Joe Harris Copy Share Image
It's really annoying for me. That's not what I'm playing for, to be the face of the NBA or to be this… — Stephen Curry Copy Share Image
I really think the people I run into in the NBA, whether it's the front office side or in coaching, everybody wants… — Stan Van Gundy Copy Share Image
The American attitude is 'We're the best'. That's why the NBA guys who come from other countries, the Europeans, all sort of… — Andrew Bogut Copy Share Image
People in the NBA are just as athletic as you. That's the game. You have to have the change of pace. You… — Kawhi Leonard Copy Share Image
No one missed more basketball in the history of NBA than I did. I played 14 seasons, on the roster for 14… — Bill Walton Copy Share Image
So you wake up this morning and find you're president of the United States. Pretty cool, no? Helicopters and a 747 at… — Jeff Greenfield Copy Share Image
A Brooklyn-Miami matchup would bring great ratings and that's what this is all about for the NBA and the league offices -… — Tim Donaghy Copy Share Image
I said it jokingly, so this guy was just trying to stir something up that's not there. He's just somebody who doesn't… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
When I came into the NBA, to be around Patrick Ewing and Derek Harper and Doc Rivers and Charles Oakley and Pat… — Monty Williams Copy Share Image
I told them my system was based on the "ant plan," that I'd gotten the idea watching a colony of ants in… — Bear Bryant Copy Share Image
I truly believe that at some point they're going to have kiosks in every NBA arena, like they do at the airport… — Tim Donaghy Copy Share Image
I think it was wishful thinking of me to dream of being an NBA player. And once I made the NBA I… — Steve Nash Copy Share Image
We're the most experienced team in the league. I think we got a little too happy, running our mouths, jumping up and… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
Even as the NBA's overall ratings collapsed, Rachel Nichols made the decision to defend the NBA and all of the woke idiocy… — Clay Travis Copy Share Image
Every NBA player, every athlete, I think once you get to this level in life, whether you have kids or you're about… — Allan Houston Copy Share Image
I didn't think I was going to be doubled my first NBA game. I knew it would happen eventually, but I got… — Jahlil Okafor Copy Share Image
It is time for everyone to sit down -the NCAA, the NBA, the players union and the coaching fraternity-and come up with… — Dick Vitale Copy Share Image
The NBA is never just a business. It's always business. It's always personal. All good businesses are personal. The best businesses are… — Mark Cuban Copy Share Image
A lot of people have compared being an NBA rookie to being a fraternity pledge. It's not really intense like that. It's… — C. J. McCollum Copy Share Image
So, my role on an NBA basketball team was the defensive stopper, was to be the most physical player on the team.… — Jason Collins Copy Share Image
NBA players are intense competitors, and it is truly humbling to know that my peers see me as someone who exhibits sportsmanship… — Kemba Walker Copy Share Image
After the NBA and ABA merged, players could come out after high school. Still, there were only a few cases prior to… — Sonny Vaccaro Copy Share Image
Like I've been saying the whole time I've been in the NBA: anything the coach asks me to do that I can… — Trevor Ariza Copy Share Image
The NBAs a Fortune 500 company. Thats how you look at it. And all the other Fortune 500 companies out there in… — Carmelo Anthony Copy Share Image
I'm not nearly as much of a fan of the NBA as I was maybe 10 or 15 years ago, or certainly… — Len Elmore Copy Share Image
It depends obviously on how the Bucks feel but I'd love - someday - to go over there and play in Ireland.… — Pat Connaughton Copy Share Image
I just love the game of basketball so much. The game! I don't need the 18,000 people screaming and all the peripheral… — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
For me, I spent four years at Duke, and I was 22 my rookie year. For a lot of guys, I was… — J. J. Redick Copy Share Image
ESPN is an NBA partner, and they've been a great one. But part of that partnership is that the coaches do a… — Rick Carlisle Copy Share Image
A lot of times things get blown out of proportion in a negative light, especially in the NBA, ... But there are… — Kobe Bryant Copy Share Image
LeBron's had so many legendary moments because he was in the NBA Finals eight or nine years straight, and because to that… — Jay Williams Copy Share Image
It's not that I set out to say, 'I'm going be the first assistant coach in the NBA.' That really - it… — Becky Hammon Copy Share Image
Stephen A. Smith is the hardest-working man in sports show business. The ubiquitous basketball pundit appears on ESPN about 10 times a… — Stephen Rodrick Copy Share Image
But my drive to win is so great ... I just step over that line. ... It's very embarrassing, ... one of… — Michael Jordan Copy Share Image
The thing that surprised me is you hear a lot about NBA guys, do they really want to be coached? My experience… — Kelvin Sampson Copy Share Image
One thing I learned in the NBA is that the No. 1 job of a general manager is to keep his job.… — Mark Cuban Copy Share Image
