One thing pro wrestlers and NBA players have in common is passion. — Montel Vontavious Porter Copy Share Image
Get the fundamentals down and the level of everything you do will rise — Michael Jordan Copy Share Image
I was watching 'Space Jam' when I was a kid but that was pretty much the only thing I knew about the… — Rudy Gobert Copy Share Image
You don't need great skill to be a tough rebounder; being a rebounder is all about effort, determination, and physicality — Michael Malone Copy Share Image
The big and the fast beat the small and the fast. If you check out the NBA today, they're big and fast. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I feel like I was counted out, you know, my first two seasons in the NBA. They might not have been perfect,… — Michael Beasley Copy Share Image
My very first NBA game was against the Los Angeles Lakers; it was a pre-season game against Magic Johnson. — Muggsy Bogues Copy Share Image
I know I'm not the first one or the last one. But still to play 1,000 NBA games is pretty remarkable and… — Zaza Pachulia Copy Share Image
I hate it. It looks like a stickup at 7-Eleven. Five guys standing there with their hands in the air. — Norm Sloan Copy Share Image
Everybody would love to be able to be great and make it to the NBA All-Star Game as a rookie. I mean,… — Greg Oden Copy Share Image
I always wanted to do NBA Cares but they didn't want me to represent the league. I just did Matt Cares instead.… — Matt Barnes Copy Share Image
My observance as a practicing Muslim in the NBA is somewhat uncommon. Since joining the league in 2011, my dedication to my… — Enes Kanter Copy Share Image
I've been really vocal about my disappointment about how the WNBA athletes get treated like second-class citizens in relations to the NBA… — Jalen Rose Copy Share Image
But it's still a coach's game. Make no mistake. You start at the top. If you don't have a good one at… — Bear Bryant Copy Share Image
Being in the NBA, being successful, being able to win championships at the highest level in the world, there's certain core values… — Chris Bosh Copy Share Image
Ninety percent of the coaches in the NBA are guards, and there arent very many big men people coaching, I happen to… — Tom Heinsohn Copy Share Image
A lot of people don't understand that playing in the NBA, the toughest thing is to win an NBA championship. I was… — Rashard Lewis Copy Share Image
I was never supposed to play in college, let alone the NBA, so I always feel like I have something to prove.… — Steve Nash Copy Share Image
I actually think if you have a strong junior class, that's the best possible scenario. In their senior year, guys who are… — Rick Pitino Copy Share Image
I told Grant Hill back there – I just got done playing against him – as a second grader I had a… — Kevin Durant Copy Share Image
After I made it to the NBA, I said that I didn't want to be the last player from Africa. After my… — Dikembe Mutombo Copy Share Image
When I travel around the globe, I try as hard as I can to represent the NBA and the game of basketball… — Dikembe Mutombo Copy Share Image
Or I could see Fish, Just a button up, Like a Mayor, Like a President, Just demands so much from his teammates,… — Kevin Durant Copy Share Image
Reggie when I first met you, You didn't say two words to me, I didn't know who you were, But we instantly… — Kevin Durant Copy Share Image
My good friend Yao Ming was the first big player in the NBA to come from China. He gave himself to the… — Dikembe Mutombo Copy Share Image
I don't [know] what everybody else's motives are, I don't know what your motives are, but mine is to portray the real… — Kevin Durant Copy Share Image
To be honest with you, I always thought I was going to be in the NBA. — Jimmer Fredette Copy Share Image
OK, my funniest tech I ever got in the NBA was for looking at a ref. — Rasheed Wallace Copy Share Image
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