NBA Quotes · Page 34

It's not like I was a one-of-a-kind talented guy at 18 who made it to the NBA and have been playing in…

— Manu Ginobili

Afterwards I said Chris Webber was going to leave as a free agent and Sacramento would go back to expansionism.

— Shaquille O'Neal

I'm not trying to be like what I thought an NBA player is supposed to be growing up.

— Kevin Durant

I've been able to meet interesting people who have helped me. And, in turn, I want to help out my fellow NBA…

— Andre Iguodala

You have to earn your right to win the game with effort and togetherness

— Brad Stevens

My mentality's always the same, whether it's summer league, D-League, NBA, wherever it is.

— Seth Curry

Players with high character get better. Players with a serious approach get better. The fools never get better

— Jeff Van Gundy

You can't always be the most talented person in the room. But you can be the most competitive

— Pat Summitt

Several NBA teams got their best gates every season when they scheduled a doubleheader and booked the Globetrotters and their stooges for…

— Frank Deford

After spending more than 17 years playing for the NBA, in the summertime, I always came back to community service and different…

— Dikembe Mutombo

I look at it this way: the WNBA is 13 years young. I think eventually women will get to that point, maybe…

— Candace Parker

The biggest surprise has been making the adjustment after losing a game. In the NBA you could lose tonight and you have…

— Dwyane Wade

It's not the NBA Finals, it's not even a regular-season game. It's the All-Star game, it's a celebration. A celebration of talent,…

— David Stern

I'm a classically trained painter, and I was an illustrator in New York working with Fortune 500s companies as well as the…

— Richard MacDonald

Christian is going to be the strongest man in the NBA next year, because all he's been doing all summer is carrying…

— Charles Barkley

When I was about 17 I knew that I was going to be serious about music. Before that I thought, fairly certainly,…

— John Lurie

It's a blessing to be an NBA player and to be in a position to help other people.

— Al Horford

In the NBA, it's wins and losses. You don't have to deal with some of the hypocrisy of college athletics.

— Dwane Casey

I know the strengths and weaknesses of my teammates. I make my passing decisions accordingly

— Steve Nash

Once I got 13 or 14 years old, I started watching a lot of videos on YouTube and NBA.com and I started…

— Rudy Gobert

Passing is your best weapon against man to man. Dribble penetration is your best weapon against zone.

— Bobby Knight

Being able to guard the pick and roll makes you a high asset in the NBA.

— Willie Cauley-Stein

For me, when I was in high school, that was my ultimate dream, was to make it to the NBA.

— Devin Booker

I can't make every decision for you. I don't have 14 timeouts. You guys got to get together and talk

— Gregg Popovich

The Clippers guys were great. They welcomed me and were really helpful. As a first experience of the NBA, I couldn't have…

— Joe Ingles

I thought I was going to the NBA, but God knows, I'm not tall enough. I don't know what I was thinking.

— Tequan Richmond

I'll never give up on a player regardless of his ability as long as he never gives up on himself. In time…

— Bear Bryant

I got a goal, and it's a huge goal, and that's to bring an NBA championship here to Cleveland, and I won't…

— LeBron James

I want to be on one of the NBA All-Defensive teams. That's a big goal for me.

— Josh Hart

This sport is just crazy. Your worst enemy in college is your teammate and friend when you get to the NBA. Who…

— Gilbert Arenas

To be a two-way player on both sides of the ball is hard, especially in the NBA.

— Jaren Jackson, Jr

When I was younger, trying to make the freshman and JV team, my dream was always to make it to the NBA.

— Markelle Fultz

It was a steppingstone. The NBA, for me, was preparation for me to do something someplace else.

— Stephon Marbury

The bench is really important in the NBA because if you have a good bench, then you can make that playoff push…

— Goran Dragic

When I retire, I'm going after his job. If I don't make sheriff, I'm going after his job. He's not that good.…

— Shaquille O'Neal

I've started. I've come off the bench. I've not played. I've been on the worst team in the NBA. I've won championships.

— Tyronn Lue

How to you use your lower body is a big thing you got to be able to use in the NBA.

— Kevin Knox

Even over the course of the NBA's schedule, you're gonna have games where you're gonna take your lumps.

— Joe Harris

We used to play 'Double Dribble' on Nintendo. Later, in high school, it was more 'NBA Live' and 'John Madden Football.'

— Paul Pierce

On the NBA show we are dealing with millionaires. On the college level we are dealing with some teenagers.

— Ernie Johnson Jr