NBA Quotes · Page 18

Pray for guidance and give thanks for your blessings everyday.

— John Wooden

U.S.A. and the NBA are two different brands of basketball.

— Bradley Beal

I was kind of hoping it was Anna Kournikova.

— Shaquille O'Neal

If cocaine were helium, the NBA would float away.

— Art Rust, Jr

If they don't have a winning attitude, I don't want them.

— Bear Bryant

Just being in the NBA, period, would be great.

— Austin Rivers

I didn't want to end my coaching career as an assistant in the NBA.

— Kelvin Sampson

That's a dream of mine, to be able to coach at the NBA level.

— John Starks

I never had a doubt that I would make it to the NBA, even when I wasn't playing.

— Amar'e Stoudemire

Coming over to this side and playing in the NBA was my dream, and the dream came true.

— Jonas Valanciunas

The players I respected most were the toughest players, not those who talked a good game or blocked a shot and acted…

— Jay Bilas

I want to return to the NBA this season, and help any team that wants me, in any capacity that they feel…

— Allen Iverson

You don't win games as a coach during games. You win games as a coach before games. Players win during games, not…

— Red Auerbach

Long term success is a direct result of what you achieve everyday. Goals provide your daily routine

— Rick Pitino

One of the challenges with NBA coaching is it's such a crucible, keeping your eye on the big picture is very challenging.

— Rick Carlisle

You don't look through the NBA schedule and say, 'this is going to be an easy night.'

— Joe Harris

I wouldn't feel good about it at all. At the end of the day I'm here to win a team prize, and…

— LeBron James

Just coming into the NBA is difficult, but after the first couple of games - getting my feet wet and being out…

— De'Aaron Fox

Even though, physically, I can't do it, the mind says, 'Yeah, I can still do it,' and I still think I can…

— Michael Jordan

Back in the NBA's pre-mask era, ballers with busted noses or orbital bones had two unappealing options: Sit out and heal, or…

— Brendan I. Koerner

I'm not into jewelry. I've got some earrings but they're not too expensive. There are guys who drop a hundred grand for…

— Andrew Bogut

I was raised in the NBA. I've seen some guys stay and I've seen a lot go. I've watched James Harden be…

— Lou Williams

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

The NBA changes on you. You've just got to always be able to adjust.

— Derrick Favors

I feel like Bill Walton - old and shitty.

— Shaquille O'Neal

Left hand, right hand, it doesn't matter. I'm amphibious.

— Charles Shackleford

Success is determined by your daily choices and habits

— Rick Pitino

I think Brooklyn is easily one of the best NBA cities out there.

— Joe Harris

The NBA man, we have always been progressive.

— Charles Barkley

If they are the league ain't doing a good job of it.

— LeBron James

I didn't dream of playing college or playing in the NBA.

— Lauri Markkanen

I just try to play every game like it's Game 7 of the NBA Finals.

— Kawhi Leonard

I wanted to compete at the highest level again - and that's the NBA.

— Larry Bird

“Don't stop until you get the pump, just do the fake.”

— NBA Entertainment

Encourage 'random' picks on the ball because they cannot be scouted

— Doc Rivers

It doesn't cost nothing to be nice to people

— Don Meyer

I need a coaching job in the NBA. I'm restless and I need money.

— Robert Parish

My thought is the only way I will have progress is in the NBA.

— Toni Kukoc

You don't go through life, you grow through life

— Kevin Ollie