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
This is where young players today want to land. They want to be NBA players because of the money. — Oscar Robertson 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
I never really talked about being an NBA player or a college player. I just really like playing basketball. — Jrue Holiday Copy Share Image
I'm an NBA player with no shoe deal. No endorsement deal. And I play in New York! — Enes Kanter Copy Share Image
As far as carrying the torch for the years to come, I don't know. I just want to be the best basketball… — Kobe Bryant Copy Share Image
I learned at a young age to dribble with both hands, and that allows me to be more creative when I go… — Steve Nash Copy Share Image
If you're not doing what is best for your body, you are the one who lose. — Julius Erving 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
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
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
I think it was wishful thinking of me to dream of being an NBA player. And once I made the NBA I… — Steve Nash Copy Share Image
Every NBA player, every athlete, I think once you get to this level in life, whether you have kids or you're about… — Allan Houston Copy Share Image
What we do with the Magic, it's not just for a picture or an Instagram post; it's about helping kids' lives and… — Tobias Harris Copy Share Image
You're more apt to criticize an NBA player than you are a college players. Some of these guys are freshmen. They are… — Ernie Johnson Jr Copy Share Image
I wanted to win every day, I wanted to show them every day that I was an NBA player - from shooting… — Quinn Cook Copy Share Image
Well, like every kid playing basketball, I dreamed of being an NBA player. — Maverick Carter Copy Share Image
If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it. — Michael Jordan Copy Share Image
I've been an NBA player, and a black man, for a long time, and I know how to take a loss. — Kenny Smith Copy Share Image
It's not all about becoming an NBA player; sometimes it's about becoming your best self and making the biggest impact you can… — Metta World Peace Copy Share Image
I'm addicted to showing people what they don't get to see, as far as the everyday lifestyle of an NBA player. — D'Angelo Russell Copy Share Image
As an NBA player you want to help your team win at any cost, that's my main goal. — Pascal Siakam Copy Share Image
I knew I was an NBA player and that I just needed the right opportunity in the right situation. — Quinn Cook 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
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
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
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 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'm not trying to be like what I thought an NBA player is supposed to be growing up. — Kevin Durant 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 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
Being a great high school player is one thing, but being a great NBA player is another. — Austin Rivers 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
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
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
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
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
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
Being an NBA player, a lot of stress comes with that: realizing there's a lot of pressure on me and accepting that… — Jahlil Okafor Copy Share Image
I have a half-court in my house. If you saw my house, you'd think I was an NBA player. I have no… — Tony Finau Copy Share Image
