NBA Quotes · Page 15

If cocaine were helium, the NBA would float away.

— Art Rust, Jr

If they don't have a winning attitude, I don't want them.

— Bear Bryant

Just being in the NBA, period, would be great.

— Austin Rivers

1. Be on time. 2. Never criticize a teammate. 3. Never use profanity.

— John Wooden

Against Bradley, every time I'm trying to dunk, dunk, dunk.

— Shaquille O'Neal

Pray for guidance and give thanks for your blessings everyday.

— John Wooden

U.S.A. and the NBA are two different brands of basketball.

— Bradley Beal

Everything in the NBA is sped up. Lanes close much faster than college.

— C. J. McCollum

If a team cannot perform with excellence at a moment's notice, they probably will fail in the long run.

— Mike Krzyzewski

Guys joke with me that Milwaukee is one of the worst NBA cities, but I take pride in being from Milwaukee.

— Kevon Looney

My dream is to get to the NBA, obviously. But it will be when the time is right.

— Kemba Walker

If I'm beat, sometimes a defender just got one. These are NBA players, so you can't get everything.

— Jaren Jackson, Jr

We Latinos are in a growing stage in the NBA. It's all part of the international basketball boom.

— Manu Ginobili

I knew, hey, if I can become an elite shooter, I'll be able to play in the NBA for 10-12 years.

— Jared Dudley

I don't want to come into a situation like the NBA and have to develop for two or three years. When I…

— Jaylen Brown

I was watching 'Space Jam' when I was a kid but that was pretty much the only thing I knew about the…

— Rudy Gobert

My biggest achievement - besides being drafted into the NBA - was becoming a father. Being a father has made me experience…

— Dwyane Wade

When you go to watch a baseball game, when you go to watch an NBA game, when you watch an NFL game,…

— Anonymous

I played, but I never got a chance to see how the business worked. How the NBA offices and other teams worked.…

— B. J. Armstrong

It was just one of those things that, you know, you get to the NBA and have success and you just wanna…

— Shawn Kemp

It takes a number of critical factors to win an NBA championship, including the right mix of talent, creativity, intelligence, toughness, and…

— Phil Jackson

Perry, Jeremy, Man, Just knowing that you guys look up to me, And I can help you out so much, I could…

— Kevin Durant

Basketball can serve as a kind of metaphor for ultimate cooperation. It is a sport where success, as symbolized by the championship,…

— Bill Bradley

I haven't been to too many basketball games before and watching an NBA game with some of the sport's biggest stars present…

— Dmitry Bivol

Flash, take the game off. I'll go out and do the work.

— Shaquille O'Neal

I like guarding guys the NBA likes so I can shut 'em down.

— Dillon Brooks

I knew I could hang on in the NBA, but I wasn't going to play.

— Jim Boeheim

It's the kind of game that makes you go home and beat your wife.

— Charles Barkley

Fifty percent of life in the NBA is sex. The other 50 percent is money.

— Dennis Rodman

Sometimes the best recruits are the ones you don't get.

— Don Meyer

I'm coming to America for NBA because that's my dream.

— Juancho Hernangomez

I just feel more comfortable in the NBA.

— Jordan Poole

I always had a dream to someday own an NBA team.

— Stan Kroenke

I watch a lot of NBA basketball, especially with the playoffs.

— Coby Bell

Gregg Popovich is one of the best coaches in the history of the NBA.

— Kyle Lowry

Coaches win practices, players win games

— Pete Carril

Any NBA coach, you just try to figure out what is best for your group.

— Mike Budenholzer

I'm a big basketball fan. I like the NBA.

— Douglas Henshall

Being a 19-year-old in the NBA is a dream come true.

— Tobias Harris

I need a coaching job in the NBA. I'm restless and I need money.

— Robert Parish