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title: "14 Basketball World Quotes by 12 authors"
description: "Browse 14 Basketball World quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Basketball World sayings and thoughts."
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> [The whole basketball world, it's a fantasy and it's short-lived.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/demarcus-cousins/the-whole-basketball-world-it-s-a-fantasy-and-it-s-short-lived/)

[DeMarcus Cousins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/demarcus-cousins/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30f/demarcus-cousins-6578_basketball_the-whole-basketball-world-it-s-a-fantas_2377052.jpg)

> [We grew up in the basketball world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/domantas-sabonis/we-grew-up-in-the-basketball-world/)

[Domantas Sabonis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/domantas-sabonis/)

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> [In the basketball world, guys like me, we tend to make bad decisions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-morris/in-the-basketball-world-guys-like-me-we-tend-to-make-bad-decisions/)

[Marcus Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-morris/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9de/marcus-morris-33954_bad_in-the-basketball-world-guys-like-me-we_3007899.jpg)

> [Everybody knows the NBA is the top of basketball in the world. The game here is more hard, more physical, faster than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toni-kukoc/everybody-knows-the-nba-is-the-top-of-basketball-in-the-world-the/)

[Toni Kukoc](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toni-kukoc/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/433/toni-kukoc-5248_basketball_everybody-knows-the-nba-is-the-top-of-ba_1264017.png)

> [That's kind of what I want to do-set my own trend in the basketball world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seimone-augustus/that-s-kind-of-what-i-want-to-do-set-my-own-trend-in-the-basketball/)

[Seimone Augustus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seimone-augustus/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ee/seimone-augustus-36057_basketball_that-s-kind-of-what-i-want-to-do-set-my_499841.jpg)

> [Experience is everything. It means so much because it enabled me to learn the game even faster. Playing in the playoffs is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-parker/experience-is-everything-it-means-so-much-because-it-enabled-me-to/)

[Tony Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-parker/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/075/tony-parker-18368_basketball_experience-is-everything-it-means-so-muc_1029311.jpg)

> [Half of the basketball world thinks I'm this hothead, dirty player who can't get anything under control and probably thinks I'm arrogant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grayson-allen/half-of-the-basketball-world-thinks-i-m-this-hothead-dirty-player-who/)

[Grayson Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grayson-allen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/008/grayson-allen-12984_anything_half-of-the-basketball-world-thinks-i-m_181775.jpg)

> [I want to thank the NBA and U.S.A. Basketball. Words can't describe my feeling. I was a small town kid from Hamburg,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scottie-pippen/i-want-to-thank-the-nba-and-u-s-a-basketball-words-can-t-describe-my/)

[Scottie Pippen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scottie-pippen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/475/scottie-pippen-2516_game_i-want-to-thank-the-nba-and-u-s-a-basket_1539723.jpg)

> [I'm happy that I helped basketball develop; I was trying to help basketball be the world's most popular sport, to bring people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vlade-divac/i-m-happy-that-i-helped-basketball-develop-i-was-trying-to-help/)

[Vlade Divac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vlade-divac/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2a/vlade-divac-5860_basketball_i-m-happy-that-i-helped-basketball-devel_2753191.jpg)

> [This is the pinnacle of the basketball world, you know, in the NBA you're playing against the best guys in the world,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-conley-jr/this-is-the-pinnacle-of-the-basketball-world-you-know-in-the-nba-you/)

[Mike Conley Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-conley-jr/)

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> [Someone once accused me of slumming. I don't know what that means. I play basketball. And through that, I get to see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-mcdonell/someone-once-accused-me-of-slumming-i-don-t-know-what-that-means-i/)

[Nick McDonell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-mcdonell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d9/nick-mcdonell-28508_accused_someone-once-accused-me-of-slumming-i-do_2119670.jpg)

> [Playing in the playoffs is the best basketball in the world, and if you can learn under that pressure, succeed under that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-parker/playing-in-the-playoffs-is-the-best-basketball-in-the-world-and-if/)

[Tony Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-parker/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34d/tony-parker-18368_basketball_playing-in-the-playoffs-is-the-best-bask_729421.jpg)

> [It's just hard in our league to see somebody who has had that much sucess, that's done that well, that's that well-respected,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-budenholzer/it-s-just-hard-in-our-league-to-see-somebody-who-has-had-that-much/)

[Mike Budenholzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-budenholzer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/65d/mike-budenholzer-5854_change_it-s-just-hard-in-our-league-to-see-some_3072485.jpg)

> [I was aware of him as a player, but growing up I just looked at him as my dad. When I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/domantas-sabonis/i-was-aware-of-him-as-a-player-but-growing-up-i-just-looked-at-him-as/)

[Domantas Sabonis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/domantas-sabonis/)

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