NBA Quotes · Page 24

I wanted to play in the NBA, I wanted to play sports, I wanted to do all this. And I have. I…

— Blake Griffin

That's kind of what I got in the NBA for. I want to go against superstars that would be a good challenge…

— Kevin Knox

If I can't expect someone to be accountable off the floor, how can I expect them to guard a pick and roll?…

— Billy Donovan

It wasn't about the money. I was just playing basketball, playing with my brother, happy being in the NBA.

— Markieff Morris

Everyone wants to do what the great ones do; but very few are willing to do what they did to become great

— Jon Gordon

Stop by stop by stop. Play aggressively. Sprint back on 'D' and pay attention to how we're supposed to guard as a…

— Gregg Popovich

Being a great high school player is one thing, but being a great NBA player is another.

— Austin Rivers

The in-season tournament is probably the first time that I'm really competing to win a championship on the NBA level.

— Tyrese Haliburton

I'm a competitive player, and I love being on the court. If the NBA cancels the season I'm definitely looking at my…

— Paul Pierce

Have fun doing whatever it is that you desire to accomplish. Learn it one step at a time, emphasizing the fundamentals, and…

— Paul Westphal

Wherever you go, things change you. I mean, obviously moving to Miami and becoming part of the NBA has given me a…

— Dwyane Wade

There are going to be some teams in Europe. There are going to be some teams in Asia. And they're all going…

— Clyde Drexler

The NBA actually encourages balanced living. Realistically, basketball only takes up about six hours of your day before it becomes counterproductive.

— Iman Shumpert

The NBA's a Fortune 500 company. That's how you look at it. And all the other Fortune 500 companies out there in…

— Carmelo Anthony

Winning teams at the NBA level, the college level, and the high school level all play team basketball. Championship teams have five…

— Hubie Brown

It was a lot of fun playing against one of the best players to ever play this game in Michael Jordan. For…

— John Starks

Hard work is not punishment. Hard work is the price of admission for the opportunity to reach sustained excellence

— Jay Bilas

As NBA players, so much of the game is mental, as far as confidence and playing against the best players in the…

— Pat Connaughton

I think it would be a boring game if everybody was the same, just like it would be boring if you guys…

— Shaquille O'Neal

That was a foul, young lady. You know that was a foul. Don't ask dumb questions.

— Shaquille O'Neal

I know why girls go and have their nails done so often and have spa days. It feels awesome.

— DeAndre Jordan

Opinions are like belly buttons; everybody has one. I never knock a man for his opinion.

— Shaquille O'Neal

Steve Kerr, now coaching Golden State after eight tumultuous and very inconsistent years at TNT.

— Marv Albert

Everyone said that the NBA could not possibly make it because it had too many black players.

— David Stern

I was supposed to be in the NBA. I was supposed to travel the world and make the world a better place.

— Dwight Howard

I'm impressed with how the NBA, as a whole, is dressing so well. Guys are being very creative and having fun with…

— Tony Parker

Let me tell you, NBA free agency is wild. It's like an even worse version of speed dating.

— Jared Dudley

Being a professional is doing the things you love to do, on the days you don't feel like doing them.

— Julius Erving

I've always said that besides the NBA, the Yugoslavian league and a Russian league were the best basketball leagues in the world.

— Toni Kukoc

The guy said NBA players are one in a million, ... I said, 'Man, look, I'm going to be that one in…

— Kobe Bryant

I was hoping to get to the NBA, but the Lord took me on a different path.

— Robbie Jones

A lot of NBA owners sit at the midcourt. But we love being under the basket and seeing the players.

— Stephen Pagliuca

A quick way for any player to make himself better is to think about what he himself doesn't like to play against

— Bobby Knight

Kevin Durant, to me in my personal opinion, is the best player in the NBA.

— Toni Kukoc

You must have your player's heads and hearts before they will do anything for you

— Lawrence Frank

No one was there. Some teammates, huh? I guess they didn't want to get their lip busted like the gentleman I busted.…

— Shaquille O'Neal

If something works for another school, use it. Don't act like you are too good to use other ideas

— Hubie Brown

I wanted to be a part of the NBA because I enjoyed the Sixers games when I was young.

— Tim Donaghy

Everybody's goal in the NBA is to win a Championship - that's the ultimate.

— DeAndre Jordan

I think if I had one year of college, I'd have done better with the mental part [of the NBA].

— Jermaine O'Neal