NBA Quotes · Page 21

The key is to maintain an evenness. Try to play one possession at a time, regardless of what happened on the last…

— Brad Stevens

At some point, somebody will get the coronavirus, I think. If somebody will get it, I think MLB will do the same…

— Yu Darvish

I don't really need to bury the NBA. I just want the truth to be known about what I did and how…

— Tim Donaghy

If I'd gone straight to the NBA, I don't think I would have been ready as a player or a person.

— Kevin Durant

If I walk in a home and a kid disrespects a woman, his mother or grandmother, then I am out... I wont…

— John Calipari

I don't see it happening unless every NBA player is given a stipend to buy clothes.

— Marcus Camby

In the NBA, we're a brotherhood and we should all want to see one another succeed.

— Avery Bradley

The public's got it right, a lot of NBA stars are arrogant and like to spend lots of money and have lots…

— Andrew Bogut

People in the NBA are just as athletic as you. That's the game. You have to have the change of pace. You…

— Kawhi Leonard

They better not put me in the All -Star Game. I won't shoot, but I'll dominate that easy game. I'll be playing…

— Metta World Peace

I think the American sports culture has the idea that professional athletes need so much, like flying private planes, which obviously we…

— Christen Press

When I think about my MVP season, I will also think about the loss to Golden State. But winning the award as…

— Dirk Nowitzki

Tim Duncan's foot issue, I think, is a major factor in this year's playoffs. That's not the kind of injury that gets…

— Bill Walton

A Brooklyn-Miami matchup would bring great ratings and that's what this is all about for the NBA and the league offices -…

— Tim Donaghy

No one missed more basketball in the history of NBA than I did. I played 14 seasons, on the roster for 14…

— Bill Walton

So you wake up this morning and find you're president of the United States. Pretty cool, no? Helicopters and a 747 at…

— Jeff Greenfield

People around the NBA really think that I'm dumb or stupid. But people that know me know that I'm actually very intelligent.

— JaVale McGee

My sons love LeBron more than they love me. I'm just a little jealous about it.

— Shaquille O'Neal

Since I've been in the NBA, I've played for four different people. I don't know how much more you can go.

— Tim Hardaway Jr

I don't know if I could have made it as an NBA player. But I knew I could make it as a…

— Jim Boeheim

I'm not like the next Michael Jordan, but I'm also not what everyone saw me as before I started playing in the…

— Jeremy Lin

Discipline is the only sure way I know to convince people to believe in themselves

— Pat Summitt

I know fear is an obstacle for some people, but it is an illusion to me . . . Failure always made…

— Michael Jordan

When you come out of the NBA, you get a hundred million-dollar contract and a white woman!

— Eddie Griffin

I love you Philadelphia. I want to thank you for accepting me, and letting me be me and make this my home…

— Allen Iverson

I knew I was dog meat. Luckily, I'm the high-priced dog meat that everybody wants. I'm the good-quality dog meat. I'm the…

— Shaquille O'Neal

I've always played 'NBA Live' since I was a kid, so to be on the cover is a blessing.

— Dwight Howard

My whole career except for the NBA, I've been a winner. I want to get back to that.

— Devin Booker

Scott Skiles is one of the best coaches in the NBA, someone I observe and learn from on a day-to-day basis.

— Kelvin Sampson

I'll be remembered as the biggest bust in NBA history. But I can't do nothing about that.

— Greg Oden

Some guys get into the NBA, get the big money, and are satisfied with themselves.

— Scottie Pippen

We couldn't get enough Jeremy Lin material in the NBA store fast enough. And when we did, it was just gone in…

— David Stern

I mean, the hardest thing to do, I think, in the NBA, is to put the ball in the hole.

— Jamal Crawford

Now, if you're an NBA fan, you know what Vince Carter did. I came up with a line about him: 'Half-man, half-amazing.'

— Shaquille O'Neal

I'm in the NBA and I won a championship. I had some great things happen, but I'm not satisfied.

— Quinn Cook

Sometimes you will hate me because I will tell you the truth about your game. And the truth can hurt/humble you

— Doc Rivers

I've had a lot of coaches at my high school and at Stanford and in the NBA who helped me. Bill Cartwright…

— Robin Lopez

I've played more park games than NBA games, and I had a 10-year NBA career.

— Kenny Smith

I love seeing my teammates succeed. That's what I get more excited about than anything

— LeBron James

My goal is to the best player in the NBA. That's what I'm focusing on each and every day.

— Trae Young