NBA Quotes · Page 14

There's not that many tough guys that really talk trash in the NBA.

— Kyle Kuzma

My dream is to play someday in the NBA.

— Yuta Watanabe

The most important thing to me is the friends that I've made.

— Bill Russell

Talent sets the floor, character sets the ceiling

— Bill Belichick

My impression is that the NBA always precluded anything else.

— John Stockton

When the legs go, the heart soon follows

— John Wooden

I'm working hard to see whether there can be basketball next year.

— David Stern

It's a great thing that the NBA has done in Africa to develop the game.

— Masai Ujiri

Purchasing the Bobcats is the culmination of my post-playing career goal of becoming the majority owner of an NBA franchise.

— Michael Jordan

If I get the MVP, it would be awesome, but I always put the NBA championship before.

— Luka Doncic

In college, the fans cheer the whole game, from start to finish. In the NBA it's really laid back.

— Nate Robinson

You can run a lot of plays when your X is twice as big as the other guys' O. It makes your…

— Paul Westphal

The NBA is kind of where I've grown up, coming out of high school at 18.

— Shaun Livingston

Last, I just want to thank God again. He's the first and the last. Alpha and Omega. I thank you for saving…

— Kevin Durant

People say that, but I think the NBA was bigger than Larry Bird and Magic Johnson.

— Oscar Robertson

Promise to think only the best, to work only for the best, and to expect only the best from yourself and others.

— John Wooden

When I was a little kid I used to go on the playground and say: today I will shoot like Bird, pass…

— Allen Iverson

I want the younger kids, the basketball players in high school and college to hear from me and let them know that…

— Kevin Durant

I try to use every game as an opportunity to witness. I try to do a little signal every time I make…

— Stephen Curry

What I hate more than sitting out is being on the floor and not being 100 percent. You know you can make…

— Larry Johnson

When I was at the 'Philadelphia Inquirer,' I was promoted nine times in my first 13 years. I ultimately went from general…

— Stephen A. Smith

It's almost impossible to explain how little the NBA amounted to when I started covering it in 1963. It wasn't fair to…

— Frank Deford

The ABA really loosened up the NBA and introduced innovations like the three-point shot and the Slam Dunk and other competitions at…

— Mel Daniels

Superstar NBA players don't just change positions in their prime. Not eight years into their careers... not when they've been consistently at…

— Trevor Ariza

I might play in shorts, but I wear the pants.

— LeBron James

One of the reasons that the NBA is so good is NBA Twitter.

— J. J. Redick

My first preseason game, I couldn't even believe I was in the NBA.

— Tyrese Haliburton

My practices were not set up to be easy or enjoyed.

— Bobby Knight

The thing I love about the NBA game is that it's a playmaker's league.

— Lamar Odom

Don't ever have a rule that you won't enforce with your best player.

— Doug Collins

I'm going to be the Will Smith of the NBA.

— Kobe Bryant

The NBA and college are two totally different games.

— Stephon Marbury

I've got extra motivation that I won't talk about right now.

— LeBron James

In the NBA, things can turn around quickly.

— Nikola Vucevic

The way he was playing, he probably could have scored on Jesus.

— Mo Williams

Everything is done out of respect, whether it's a cheer or a boo.

— Shaquille O'Neal

Teamwork is not a preference, it is a requirement.

— John Wooden

There are 30 great jobs in the NBA, and I've got one of them.

— Scott Brooks

I've been on teams in the NBA where we don't play the right way.

— Christian Laettner

Dampier is soft. Quote it, underline it, tape it and send it to him.

— Shaquille O'Neal