Maybe somewhere down the line when I'm done playing, I'd want to style NBA players. — Iman Shumpert Copy Share Image
Maybe two or three years will be enough for me to grow into a good NBA player. — Toni Kukoc Copy Share Image
This is where young players today want to land. They want to be NBA players because of the money. — Oscar Robertson Copy Share Image
Some people think, 'Who is this guy? Where did he come from? I never heard of him.' But it took me time… — Manu Ginobili Copy Share Image
It's an exciting prospect playing in the NBA, one that every player wants. When you are little you dream about it. — Ricky Rubio Copy Share Image
Some people are born and train their whole life to be an NBA player. But some people, if it doesn't work out,… — Devin Booker Copy Share Image
Every time you compete, try harder to improve on your last performance. Give nothing short of your very best effort. — Elgin Baylor Copy Share Image
I don't need too much. Glamour and all that stuff don't excite me. I am just glad I have the game of… — LeBron James Copy Share Image
Even before I made my high school team, I'd say I want to be a NBA player, and people laughed at me… — Gerald Green Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I knew I did not want to be a doctor; my parents kept talking to me about that. I wanted to be… — Chieh Huang Copy Share Image
Inch for inch, the 6-foot-3 Westbrook is the NBA's most sensationally talented player, a relentlessly explosive basket-attacker with a deadly pull-up jumper… — Skip Bayless Copy Share Image
Playing the game at a high level, understanding what it's like to get to where I've already been and where they want… — Penny Hardaway Copy Share Image
I feel like every NBA player puts their life into this game, and for it to be cut short - it hurts,… — John Collins Copy Share Image
I have the loving support of my girlfriend who still attends Wake Forest and is nearing graduation. She helps me cope with… — Tim Duncan Copy Share Image
You know how you're in elementary school and the teacher goes around the room and, like, 'What do you want to be… — Kyle Kuzma Copy Share Image
It's a blessing to be an NBA player and to be in a position to help other people. — Al Horford Copy Share Image
I'm not trying to be like what I thought an NBA player is supposed to be growing up. — Kevin Durant Copy Share Image
I know that three months before the season is not enough to become a good NBA player, but it's a start. — Toni Kukoc Copy Share Image
I understand what it's like to be a kid and look up to an NBA player. It just inspires me to reach… — Aaron Gordon Copy Share Image
Kevin Garnett is the prototype for the NBA player of the future. He's already one of the greatest players to have played… — Bill Walton Copy Share Image
The guy said NBA players are one in a million, ... I said, 'Man, look, I'm going to be that one in… — Kobe Bryant Copy Share Image
Do your best when no one is looking. If you do that, then you can be successful at anything you put your… — Bob Cousy Copy Share Image
Being a great high school player is one thing, but being a great NBA player is another. — Austin Rivers Copy Share Image
I wanted to take advantage of my platform as an NBA player to bring smiles, and also to raise money for social… — Ricky Rubio Copy Share Image
Mick Jagger is in better shape than far too many NBA players. Its up in the air whether the same can be… — Bill Walton Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be an NBA player, and despite what anybody said, I was going to get to that point. — Roy Hibbert Copy Share Image
Now to be the NBA player that gets to coach the little kids and talk to them and enjoy time with them,… — Danilo Gallinari Copy Share Image
In France, if you talk to little boys, they know all of the NBA players and not one single Pro A player. — Tony Parker Copy Share Image
I played baseball too, and flag football, but basketball was the easiest for me. Then when I was 12, my dad asked… — Lonzo Ball Copy Share Image
When I was a little kid, I looked at my mom, stepdad and said, 'I want to be an NBA player,' just… — Zion Williamson Copy Share Image
I am always playing hard trying to win. Just knowing that at one time I was once that kid that looked up… — Jason Terry Copy Share Image
For me, the best part about doing television is the moment the red light comes on and you are live. As a… — Jay Williams Copy Share Image
I'm from Europe. Obviously, nobody knows what I was doing over there. So I can understand how people were kind of nervous… — Evan Fournier Copy Share Image
What's being considered now is solidifying my place in the NBA. Keep focusing on the grass roots, because I want the next… — Steven Adams Copy Share Image
Growing up, people will tell you that you have a better chance to become an astronaut than becoming an NBA player. So… — Clyde Drexler Copy Share Image
Look at the NBA players back when Magic and Kareem played in the early 80's with the short shorts, look at what… — Tiger Woods Copy Share Image
I was fortunate to be in a great situation in Canton, be the leader of the team my rookie year. I got… — Quinn Cook Copy Share Image
There is one NBA player who claims in every city he plays, he's got a female stalker. Stalker is such a negative… — Nikhil Saluja Copy Share Image
Special Olympics is an organization I have done a lot of work with, first while growing up in Massachusetts and then as… — Michael Carter-Williams Copy Share Image
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