NBA Quotes · Page 21

Basketball is a beautiful game when the five players on the court play with one heartbeat.

— Dean Smith

Your head is spinning a little bit from being in the NBA your first two to three years, all you're trying to…

— Kevin Huerter

We scored a season-high, yeah - albeit against a team that is somewhat tanking.

— Andrew Bogut

My best memories are because I was on teams I love - even going back to being a kid. Not just in…

— Steve Nash

I've won a championship on every level except the NBA. It's frustrating to have not gotten that in the first two years.

— Steve Blake

I am honored to be the first international player featured on the cover of 'NBA 2K19.'

— Giannis Antetokounmpo

I'm an NBA basketball coach. I'm not an official, and I'm not trying to be an official.

— Erik Spoelstra

Here in the NBA they play a lot of fast basketball. Overseas it's not like that. It's more half-court plays and stuff.

— Cedi Osman

I had never dreamed about the NBA like some guys did. I was a non-scholarship player at an NAIA college. I played…

— Terry Porter

Free speech is against governments, not against the NBA. So the players and coaches and indeed owners have been fined for their…

— David Stern

In the NBA, it's different. You must do everything. Defense, offense, shooting, everything. I wanted to prove myself here and I will…

— Nikola Jokic

Yao Ming is the best thing to happen to the NBA in a long time. He is just a beautiful person inside…

— Bill Walton

The Bucks and John Hammond chose me in the draft, got me in the NBA, kept me in the team with a…

— Giannis Antetokounmpo

I think that Paul Gasol is the most skilled big man in the NBA today with his ability to post on either…

— Doug Collins

Obviously, I do a great job of running on the treadmill but there is no way of simulating it, the NBA is…

— Jason Collins

I am always playing hard trying to win. Just knowing that at one time I was once that kid that looked up…

— Jason Terry

I think coaches sometimes foul their own players out of game by benching them too long when in foul trouble

— Jeff Van Gundy

I recruit hungry kids who love the game and want to get better and feel they have more questions than answers

— Bo Ryan

I went from almost not playing in the NBA to playing on a championship team.

— Nick Young

The NBA, and more importantly, the entire sport of basketball, has always been an inclusive environment.

— Doris Burke

If these are the last 34 games of my NBA career, I want them played as tough as I can.

— Antonio Davis

Every person that's in the NBA should experience playing in New York at least once in their career.

— J. R. Smith

The goal is to make practice more difficult, physically/mentally, than anything your players will face during a game.

— Bobby Knight

I had two things on my bucket list: Be in the NBA, or direct an episode of 'New Girl.'

— Lamorne Morris

Defense is all about helping. No one can guard a good dribbler, You have to walk kids through how to help and…

— Bobby Knight

What I would say is every assistant coach in the NBA wants to be head coach.

— Frank Vogel

He'll never be Jordan. This clearly takes him out of the conversation. He can win as much as he wants to.

— Charles Barkley

Practice gotta be harder than the games and it never is unless you want it to be as a player. The coach…

— John Calipari

Good players want to be coached... Great players want to be told the truth

— Doc Rivers

Once I got to the NBA I wanted to continue to work with the Special Olympics and those with special needs.

— Michael Carter-Williams

There were times I didn't know if I even belonged in the NBA. Everyone at this level is so good - bigger,…

— Kemba Walker

Actually, Magic and the Lakers beat Philadelphia for Magic's first NBA Championship.

— Oscar Robertson

Kobe is one of the best scorers in NBA history, but I don't have as much trouble with him in the post…

— Paul Pierce

Obviously making the adjustment to playing against grown men in the NBA, it's all a learning curve.

— Tyler Herro

Don't talk too much. Don't pop off. Don't talk after the game until you cool off.

— Bear Bryant

I've done a lot of the NBA programs in the Philippines and other places in South Florida. But I've always wanted to…

— Erik Spoelstra

Basketball is not played simply with X's and O's. It's played with both trust and confidence.

— Isiah Thomas

You've got to stay humble and hungry. Just keep working and thank God you have a chance to play in the NBA.

— John Wall

Winning is the first priority. Individual development is important, but if each guy gets better, the team gets better

— Lawrence Frank

There's a disposition great defenders have - a genuine pride that scores are a problem, people that score on me is a…

— Brett Brown