You have a choice to make when you're not playing. Either you're invested and a great teammate, or your not — Brad Stevens Copy Share Image
In this fall - this is very tough - in this fall I'm going to take my talents to South Beach and… — LeBron James Copy Share Image
There's no reason to play in the NBA if you don't believe you can win it all. — LeBron James Copy Share Image
I think it's cool to read that Draymond Green is transcending the NBA. I also think it's cool to read that Draymond… — Draymond Green Copy Share Image
Penny Hardaway has a decided style advantage over other players because he rocked one of the crispiest jerseys in NBA history. — Sean Evans Copy Share Image
Just because we play in the NBA or coach in the NBA doesn't mean we are not human. We are supermen. For… — George Karl Copy Share Image
I would spend almost as much time planning a practice as conducting it. Everything was planned out each day — John Wooden Copy Share Image
When you're bad in the NBA, you're in the lottery. When you're great in college, you get multiple lottery picks. — Larry Brown Copy Share Image
Coach Skiles is tough. He's been my only coach in the NBA, so I'm used to it. His rules are a little… — Brandon Jennings Copy Share Image
I enjoy Otis Thorpe; he took me under his wing when I was a rookie. I'm also a fan of Ron Harper.… — Robert Horry Copy Share Image
I could have gone to a bigger school. I use it as motivation going to a school that loved me. I wanted… — Kawhi Leonard Copy Share Image
I have short goals - to get better every day, to help my teammates every day - but my only ultimate goal… — LeBron James Copy Share Image
People in the NBA, as far as Europeans or international players, they respect them now. I didn't have any respect from anybody.… — Vlade Divac Copy Share Image
I had no idea that the over-the-counter supplement that I took was a substance banned by the NBA. It was an honest… — O. J. Mayo Copy Share Image
My sporting hero was Drazen Petrovic, the NBA basketball player, who was killed in a car accident in 1993. He was a… — Goran Ivanisevic Copy Share Image
When hired three years ago, I willingly accepted the challenge of leading the Bulls back to the type of team this city… — Doug Collins Copy Share Image
Championship teams are built on being prepared, playing unselfishly and being held accountable — Jason Kidd Copy Share Image
In the position that we are in, kids look up to us just like us when we were kids and we looked… — Nikola Vucevic Copy Share Image
When I got into the NBA, the thing of it was, if you won, you got a new arena. But if you… — Shawn Kemp Copy Share Image
If the opportunity to go to the NBA is there, then I'm going to take it. — Zion Williamson Copy Share Image
You never think that you're going to be in the NBA but be an All-Star as well. — Karl-Anthony Towns Copy Share Image
You'd like to see your team reasonably happy, but that's not your job. Gain their respect and get them to accept their… — John Wooden Copy Share Image
I was always into sports games. Never really played anything else. I grew up on games like Madden and NBA Jam. — Chris Paul Copy Share Image
It was always my dream to play in the NBA, especially for the Lakers because they're the greatest franchise ever. — Ivica Zubac Copy Share Image
My whole thing when I got in the NBA was I want to win a championship. The mindset hasn't changed. — Bam Adebayo Copy Share Image
My philosophy of defense is to keep the pressure on an opponent until you get to his emotions — John Wooden Copy Share Image
The NBA is a big family, and I think of all these rookies as my brothers. I still believe I am blue… — Yao Ming Copy Share Image
People said I wouldn't be in the NBA. People said I wouldn't be a starting center, this, that and the other. I… — Roy Hibbert Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be a Sixer. My dad was a Sixers' fan. I never wanted to leave. I wanted to start… — Allen Iverson Copy Share Image
I don't believe there's ever been a team that's won a title in the NBA that hasn't been a good defensive team. — Rick Carlisle Copy Share Image
I've done did a lot of things in the NBA, made a lot of stuff, so I'm happy with what I've done. — Gary Payton Copy Share Image
If the NBA were on channel 5 and a bunch of frogs making love were on channel 4, I'd watch the frogs,… — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
He shouldn't have been in the NBA, but we were too cheap to pay for a point guard. — Kobe Bryant Copy Share Image
If you look at the NBA compared to the WNBA we make half of one per cent of what the men are… — Liz Cambage Copy Share Image
The NBA is interesting because one or two players repositioned in the rotation or repositioned to a different team can make a… — Rick Carlisle Copy Share Image
There are so many kids in Africa who adore these athletes in the NBA and see themselves in them, even though we're… — Luol Deng Copy Share Image
If he wants to get that next contract, he's going to have to go to the New York Athletic Club three times… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
You can't force your will on people. If you want them to act differently, you need to inspire them to change themselves — Phil Jackson Copy Share Image
The NBA is such a copycat league. Everyone runs the same sets; they just call it something different. — Tyrese Haliburton Copy Share Image
We have to make Toronto - we have to - we have to make Toronto the best atmosphere in the NBA. — Masai Ujiri Copy Share Image
