NBA Quotes · Page 34

I love seeing my teammates succeed. That's what I get more excited about than anything

— LeBron James

The NBA is the biggest dream of basketball players, and I'm no different.

— Jabari Parker

Which player is the toughest to guard in the NBA? There's a lot. I'll go with Joel Embiid. I'll give it to…

— Domantas Sabonis

My goal is to the best player in the NBA. That's what I'm focusing on each and every day.

— Trae Young

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'm in the NBA and I won a championship. I had some great things happen, but I'm not satisfied.

— Quinn Cook

Sometimes you will hate me because I will tell you the truth about your game. And the truth can hurt/humble you

— Doc Rivers

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 don't think when I decided I didn't want to be an accountant any more that I was necessarily saying I wanted…

— Nick Nurse

So you're dealing with a coach, and you're dealing with a guy who's actually experienced NBA basketball from a player's perspective and…

— Kevin Garnett

The UNLV championship game against Duke, I didn't shoot the last shot. Choked. It took 10 years for me to say that.…

— Larry Johnson

It's sad when a MMA fighter talks to an NFL or NBA player about how much money they make. That's embarrassing. You…

— Wanderlei Silva

It is a business. I know we, as athletes and owners and people involved with the NBA, never want to say that…

— Chris Bosh

The NBA is not for everybody. And looking from the outside in like I did last year, it seems so easy from…

— Dwight Howard

Now, if you're an NBA fan, you know what Vince Carter did. I came up with a line about him: 'Half-man, half-amazing.'

— Shaquille O'Neal

In college, the fans cheer the whole game, from start to finish. In the NBA it's really laid back.

— Nate Robinson

You can run a lot of plays when your X is twice as big as the other guys' O. It makes your…

— Paul Westphal

The NBA is kind of where I've grown up, coming out of high school at 18.

— Shaun Livingston

Last, I just want to thank God again. He's the first and the last. Alpha and Omega. I thank you for saving…

— Kevin Durant

People say that, but I think the NBA was bigger than Larry Bird and Magic Johnson.

— Oscar Robertson

Promise to think only the best, to work only for the best, and to expect only the best from yourself and others.

— John Wooden

You learn from everybody. You learn from the players. You learn from great coaches. You learn from great teams

— Tom Thibodeau

I've dreamt of playing the NBA and being able to do that close to home is special.

— Tyrese Haliburton

I didn't realize the difference between coaching college and coaching the NBA. It's a totally different animal.

— Kelvin Sampson

My game really complements what the NBA wants - a long guy who can really handle the ball and shoot the ball…

— Kevin Knox

When your teammate looks you in the eye and holds you accountable, that's the greatest kind of leadership there is

— Doug Collins

If I ever make a lot of money in the NBA, I'm going to have this massive tank, and it's going to…

— Ben Simmons

It was a cheap shot. They won the game, move on. My thing is, I don't ask for a lot, but I…

— Shaquille O'Neal

The great thing about basketball is you work as hard as you can to individually get better so that your team can…

— Doug Collins

Purchasing the Bobcats is the culmination of my post-playing career goal of becoming the majority owner of an NBA franchise.

— Michael Jordan

If I get the MVP, it would be awesome, but I always put the NBA championship before.

— Luka Doncic

Netflix isn't available internationally all the time, but the NBA is. It's nice to have something that feels like home.

— Nathan Chen

In the NBA, if you can't defend your position, they're going to go at you over and over again.

— Andrew Wiggins

As an NBA player you want to help your team win at any cost, that's my main goal.

— Pascal Siakam

Playing in the NBA has been a dream of mine for a long time, so to finally get to do that is…

— Blake Griffin

After my second year in the NBA, my prep years, my college, I hadn't really found myself.

— Enes Kanter

The intensity and importance of each possession. That's the thing about the NBA that doesn't always translate to television.

— C. J. McCollum

There is a lot of basketball beyond our control, but a player should never let anyone try harder than he does

— Dean Smith