NBA Quotes · Page 20

I've always watched the NBA growing up.

— Stephon Marbury

The quality of the pass leads directly to the quality of the shot

— Pete Carril

They didn't say all wins in the NBA are all pretty.

— Gilbert Arenas

Lil Baby is my favorite artist. I also like NBA YoungBoy.

— Ja Morant

I can't name a backup point guard better than me in the NBA.

— Patrick Beverley

Like I've always said, what's hot must go cold.

— Shaquille O'Neal

Don't take being in the NBA for granted.

— Dennis Schroder

Coaching in the NBA is a tough trick.

— Frank Vogel

I've been an NBA player, and a black man, for a long time, and I know how to take a loss.

— Kenny Smith

We believe in people executing their role and caring about the team more than anything individually

— Gregg Popovich

If I make it in the NBA or wind up playing overseas, I will be at peace.

— Baron Davis

When your best player puts it on the line every day, the other guys can't cut corners

— George Karl

If your bigs rim run at full speed it not only increases the potential for a quick layup, but opens up court…

— Fred Hoiberg

[The NBA] used to be a small band of basketball groupies. Now there are a lot more corporate-type people working in the…

— Jerry West

If you don't smell nice before the game, it's going to be pretty bad during and after.

— DeAndre Jordan

I thought we'd be discussing about me not leaving Philadelphia and they just kept asking me about the practice, so I lost…

— Allen Iverson

I ask myself why I do it [work]. Maybe it's to prove I'm still around. It takes a lot out of my…

— Jerry Stiller

They are that same group, but I've got my own rivalristic problems. Is that a word, rivalristic? I've got my own rivalristic…

— Shaquille O'Neal

In the NBA, as in nowhere else in America, white people are utterly beholden to black people, and they're not about to…

— David Shields

I frankly think the NBA All-Star game has run its course, the whole dunk contest... The game - if those guys actually…

— Jeff Van Gundy

In the NBA, you can't run from guys. I think a lot of teams were surprised by my interviews, how nice and…

— Shabazz Muhammad

When I was, like, 4 or 5, I'd just always tell - my mom would ask me what I wanted to be…

— Jayson Tatum

Obviously, in the NBA, there's a lot of different decisions that people make. The whole thing in the NBA is that people…

— Russell Westbrook

Going to Golden State, I really fine-tuned everything on defense, which is important because the NBA is moving away from standard bigs…

— JaVale McGee

We cannot accept in victory what we would not accept in defeat.

— Dick Bennett

I'm the biggest NBA fan you will meet in your life.

— Ivan Moody

The 3 brought some art back into the science of winning NBA titles.

— Skip Bayless

I'm no different than any other expendable player.

— Mo Williams

If I was going to get beat up, I wanted to be indoors where it was warm.

— Tom Heinsohn

My goal is to win the next game one possession at a time. That's it. I don't have any other goals

— Brad Stevens

In the two years that I've been in the NBA, I don't think I've played to my ability.

— Brandon Ingram

I love performing, and I was a dancer and then worked in the NFL and NBA, and I loved being in front…

— Carmella

As soon as I got in the NBA, I was thinking about it - wanting to use my influence and resources to…

— Shaun Livingston

The NBA made a big move to become more stylish and business-oriented a few years back, and it's made a big change.

— Dwane Casey

What kid who was playing basketball didn't have the dream about going to the NBA? It's the biggest and final step.

— Andre Drummond

I hate casual shooting. Every shot is preceded by working to get open and catch and shoot under game like conditions

— Bobby Knight

It's important to keep trying to do what you think is right no matter how hard it is or how often you…

— John Wooden

Are you a producer or a looter? If diversity were always and everywhere good we would be clamoring for more midgets in…

— Jonah Goldberg

Discipline is the greatest form of love you can show someone. Great players crave discipline

— Tom Izzo

I don't mess with that cat. I'm pretty sure he carries a blade under his jersey.

— Charles Barkley