NBA Quotes · Page 17

The NBA is tough. Everybody plays hard and every game is vital.

— Pau Gasol

There's so much basketball in the NBA.

— Domantas Sabonis

I love football. I'll watch the NFL before I watch any NBA.

— Dwyane Wade

I think video games have been instrumental to me as an NBA player.

— Gordon Hayward

Just concentrate on what you're supposed to do

— Jeff Van Gundy

Your decisions reveal your priorities

— Jeff Van Gundy

I always had a dream to someday own an NBA team.

— Stan Kroenke

Being a 19-year-old in the NBA is a dream come true.

— Tobias Harris

I've had a lot of coaches at my high school and at Stanford and in the NBA who helped me. Bill Cartwright…

— Robin Lopez

I've played more park games than NBA games, and I had a 10-year NBA career.

— Kenny Smith

I have every goal you could possibly dream of - Rookie of the Year, NBA champion, MVP.

— RJ Barrett

Mama wanted me to be a preacher. I told her coachin' and preachin' were a lot alike.

— Bear Bryant

I've put our guys in position. I gave them the blueprint. I think they're ready.

— LeBron James

In the NBA you are pretty confident but you are one phone call away from being somewhere else; you've just got to…

— Jose Calderon

There's so many stories about guys who made it to the NBA without the draft. Overseas, whatever, call-ups.

— Fred VanVleet

Freshman want to play. Sophomores want to start. Juniors want to score. Seniors want to win

— John Beilein

I came into the NBA not looking at it as a job but the same way I did when I was playing…

— Stephen Jackson

But I think the image that's thrown out on television is a bad image. Because you see players who want to imitate…

— Oscar Robertson

I was in Charlotte, N.C., when they launched the NBA team there, the Charlotte Hornets. And the first guy to roll into…

— Hannah Storm

I've been lucky enough to play on NBA teams I really enjoy, teams where I've liked everybody and had fun, and had…

— Steve Nash

Houses with courts and gyms are super expensive. Not a lot of players can afford that. I know it sounds crazy to…

— Ivica Zubac

When I entered the NBA in 1962, I, Tom Gola and Oscar Robertson were the only 6-foot, 5-inch or better forwards in…

— John Havlicek

Someone going from TikTok and expecting to be a natural stand-up comedian is the equivalent in my mind of someone being good…

— Tony Hinchcliffe

You have to learn what makes this or that Sammy run. For one it's a pat on the back, for another it's…

— Bear Bryant

I watch a lot of NBA basketball, especially with the playoffs.

— Coby Bell

Gregg Popovich is one of the best coaches in the history of the NBA.

— Kyle Lowry

I'm a big basketball fan. I like the NBA.

— Douglas Henshall

Any NBA coach, you just try to figure out what is best for your group.

— Mike Budenholzer

Coaches win practices, players win games

— Pete Carril

Fifty percent of life in the NBA is sex. The other 50 percent is money.

— Dennis Rodman

I knew I could hang on in the NBA, but I wasn't going to play.

— Jim Boeheim

It's the kind of game that makes you go home and beat your wife.

— Charles Barkley

I'm coming to America for NBA because that's my dream.

— Juancho Hernangomez

I just feel more comfortable in the NBA.

— Jordan Poole

Sometimes the best recruits are the ones you don't get.

— Don Meyer

Against Bradley, every time I'm trying to dunk, dunk, dunk.

— Shaquille O'Neal

1. Be on time. 2. Never criticize a teammate. 3. Never use profanity.

— John Wooden

I like guarding guys the NBA likes so I can shut 'em down.

— Dillon Brooks

Flash, take the game off. I'll go out and do the work.

— Shaquille O'Neal

Everything in the NBA is sped up. Lanes close much faster than college.

— C. J. McCollum