NBA Quotes · Page 36

I want to return to the NBA this season, and help any team that wants me, in any capacity that they feel…

— Allen Iverson

Freshman want to play. Sophomores want to start. Juniors want to score. Seniors want to win

— John Beilein

I never had a doubt that I would make it to the NBA, even when I wasn't playing.

— Amar'e Stoudemire

One of the challenges with NBA coaching is it's such a crucible, keeping your eye on the big picture is very challenging.

— Rick Carlisle

You don't look through the NBA schedule and say, 'this is going to be an easy night.'

— Joe Harris

Now that the NBA has removed restrictions on the color ways we can wear on court, I can be as expressive as…

— Kyle Kuzma

You don't win games as a coach during games. You win games as a coach before games. Players win during games, not…

— Red Auerbach

Long term success is a direct result of what you achieve everyday. Goals provide your daily routine

— Rick Pitino

For those who believe executive branch officials will voluntarily interpret their surveillance authorities with restraint, I believe it is more likely that…

— Ron Wyden

Basketball should be more popular. In my opinion, the NBA should rival the NFL. At the very least, no way should the…

— Jason Whitlock

They won't choose Joakim Noah as the MVP, but I think it's great that he's in the conversation and he should be.…

— Gregg Popovich

I don't think when I decided I didn't want to be an accountant any more that I was necessarily saying I wanted…

— Nick Nurse

I was in love with the triangle because it was so different to what everybody was doing in the NBA. Everybody else…

— Nick Nurse

I came into the NBA not looking at it as a job but the same way I did when I was playing…

— Stephen Jackson

But I think the image that's thrown out on television is a bad image. Because you see players who want to imitate…

— Oscar Robertson

The NBA is not for everybody. And looking from the outside in like I did last year, it seems so easy from…

— Dwight Howard

I can probably go down in history as the best backup point guard ever in NBA history.

— Baron Davis

I don't mess with that cat. I'm pretty sure he carries a blade under his jersey.

— Charles Barkley

No one is bigger than the team. If you can't do things our way, you're not getting time here and we don't…

— Gregg Popovich

When you play in the NBA, everybody wants to play in the All-Star Game. I really want to.

— Serge Ibaka

Well, like every kid playing basketball, I dreamed of being an NBA player.

— Maverick Carter

We are in the trophy generation.Give them a trophy for 23rd place.That makes the parents happy

— Tom Izzo

The most important measure of how good a game I played was how much better I’d made my teammates play.

— Bill Russell

I know that my peers around the NBA respect me and I have respect around the NBA.

— Nikola Vucevic

When I played in the NBA for 12 years, Seattle had some of the best fans in the NBA.

— Kevin Johnson

You can't play Around the World in the NBA, you've gotta go to the basket.

— Charles Oakley

The greatness of Michael Jordan is his competitive drive. The weakness of Michael Jordan is his competitive drive

— Phil Jackson

If I was going to get beat up, I wanted to be indoors where it was warm.

— Tom Heinsohn

I thought we'd be discussing about me not leaving Philadelphia and they just kept asking me about the practice, so I lost…

— Allen Iverson

If you don't smell nice before the game, it's going to be pretty bad during and after.

— DeAndre Jordan

I love performing, and I was a dancer and then worked in the NFL and NBA, and I loved being in front…

— Carmella

As soon as I got in the NBA, I was thinking about it - wanting to use my influence and resources to…

— Shaun Livingston

My goal is to win the next game one possession at a time. That's it. I don't have any other goals

— Brad Stevens

In the two years that I've been in the NBA, I don't think I've played to my ability.

— Brandon Ingram

What kid who was playing basketball didn't have the dream about going to the NBA? It's the biggest and final step.

— Andre Drummond

I hate casual shooting. Every shot is preceded by working to get open and catch and shoot under game like conditions

— Bobby Knight

The NBA made a big move to become more stylish and business-oriented a few years back, and it's made a big change.

— Dwane Casey

Discipline is the greatest form of love you can show someone. Great players crave discipline

— Tom Izzo

It's important to keep trying to do what you think is right no matter how hard it is or how often you…

— John Wooden

Are you a producer or a looter? If diversity were always and everywhere good we would be clamoring for more midgets in…

— Jonah Goldberg