NBA Quotes · Page 19

The first time I stepped on an NBA court I became a businessman.

— LeBron James

The team with the most talent usually wins.

— John Wooden

I'm happy to be here at the NBA Draft no matter where I go.

— Derrick Favors

Any American boy can be a basketball star if he grows up, up, up.

— Bill Vaughan

Don't watch TV and think that the NBA game is easy.

— Buddy Hield

The best teams play for each other, not with each other

— Jeff Van Gundy

Some kids have lifelong dreams of wanting to play in the NBA.

— Mohamed Bamba

The way he was playing, he probably could have scored on Jesus.

— Mo Williams

To be a great player or a good player in the NBA, I have to work on my perimeter game.

— Amar'e Stoudemire

In 19 years Stockton never once lost a suicide drill in practice. Well, there was one day. He was sick. But he…

— Jerry Sloan

Set higher standards for your own performance than anyone else around you, and your only competition will be with yourself

— Rick Pitino

There have been few players that haven't been traded over the years in the NBA.

— Marc Gasol

Maybe somewhere down the line when I'm done playing, I'd want to style NBA players.

— Iman Shumpert

I feel like a lot of people know and understand that I have to be top-two, top-three best perimeter defenders in the…

— Avery Bradley

I know everybody in the NBA watches each other's styles. They might not admit it, but they do.

— Nick Young

Your best players have to unite and inspire the group... otherwise, they'll divide the group

— Jeff Van Gundy

I told them my system was based on the "ant plan," that I'd gotten the idea watching a colony of ants in…

— Bear Bryant

I truly believe that at some point they're going to have kiosks in every NBA arena, like they do at the airport…

— Tim Donaghy

When I came into the NBA, to be around Patrick Ewing and Derek Harper and Doc Rivers and Charles Oakley and Pat…

— Monty Williams

We're the most experienced team in the league. I think we got a little too happy, running our mouths, jumping up and…

— Shaquille O'Neal

I think it was wishful thinking of me to dream of being an NBA player. And once I made the NBA I…

— Steve Nash

Like I've been saying the whole time I've been in the NBA: anything the coach asks me to do that I can…

— Trevor Ariza

The NBAs a Fortune 500 company. Thats how you look at it. And all the other Fortune 500 companies out there in…

— Carmelo Anthony

NBA players are intense competitors, and it is truly humbling to know that my peers see me as someone who exhibits sportsmanship…

— Kemba Walker

In the NBA, things can turn around quickly.

— Nikola Vucevic

Everything is done out of respect, whether it's a cheer or a boo.

— Shaquille O'Neal

I think it was 89.2% cheers and 11.8% boos, but I'm used to that.

— Shaquille O'Neal

My practices were not set up to be easy or enjoyed.

— Bobby Knight

The thing I love about the NBA game is that it's a playmaker's league.

— Lamar Odom

My first preseason game, I couldn't even believe I was in the NBA.

— Tyrese Haliburton

Don't ever have a rule that you won't enforce with your best player.

— Doug Collins

I'm going to be the Will Smith of the NBA.

— Kobe Bryant

I've got extra motivation that I won't talk about right now.

— LeBron James

The NBA and college are two totally different games.

— Stephon Marbury

There's not that many tough guys that really talk trash in the NBA.

— Kyle Kuzma

Winning is more related to good defense than good offense

— Jack Ramsay

I exceeded my expectations of longevity in the NBA.

— Robert Parish

I might play in shorts, but I wear the pants.

— LeBron James

It's a great thing that the NBA has done in Africa to develop the game.

— Masai Ujiri

One of the reasons that the NBA is so good is NBA Twitter.

— J. J. Redick