NBA Quotes · Page 38

Everyone said that the NBA could not possibly make it because it had too many black players.

— David Stern

I was supposed to be in the NBA. I was supposed to travel the world and make the world a better place.

— Dwight Howard

Hard work is not punishment. Hard work is the price of admission for the opportunity to reach sustained excellence

— Jay Bilas

As NBA players, so much of the game is mental, as far as confidence and playing against the best players in the…

— Pat Connaughton

The in-season tournament is probably the first time that I'm really competing to win a championship on the NBA level.

— Tyrese Haliburton

I think it would be a boring game if everybody was the same, just like it would be boring if you guys…

— Shaquille O'Neal

I've always said that besides the NBA, the Yugoslavian league and a Russian league were the best basketball leagues in the world.

— Toni Kukoc

The guy said NBA players are one in a million, ... I said, 'Man, look, I'm going to be that one in…

— Kobe Bryant

If you're from Argentina, you don't dream about these things. You probably dream about being in an Olympic game, but winning it?…

— Manu Ginobili

I remember when I was in college, people told me I couldn't play in the NBA. There's always somebody saying you can't…

— Bill Cartwright

At Carolina, I was surrounded by great players, and we felt like we were one of the more talented teams in the…

— Harrison Barnes

NFL, NBA, they all have off-seasons. Wrestling doesn't have an off-season. We're on the road 209 days out of the year, performing…

— Eva Marie

I spent 50 years in the NBA. Can you imagine doing something that you love the most in the entire world and…

— Don Nelson

I think I can be pretty special. I think I can impact a lot in the NBA, especially with my size and…

— Ben McLemore

I want the MMA fighter to make as much money as the NBA and NFL players. We are as professional as they…

— Wanderlei Silva

You always have to know what business you are in. Everybody thought we were in the basketball business. It's an NBA-team; we…

— Mark Cuban

Being a professional is doing the things you love to do, on the days you don't feel like doing them.

— Julius Erving

Let me tell you, NBA free agency is wild. It's like an even worse version of speed dating.

— Jared Dudley

I'm impressed with how the NBA, as a whole, is dressing so well. Guys are being very creative and having fun with…

— Tony Parker

Winning is the first priority. Individual development is important, but if each guy gets better, the team gets better

— Lawrence Frank

Basketball is not played simply with X's and O's. It's played with both trust and confidence.

— Isiah Thomas

You've got to stay humble and hungry. Just keep working and thank God you have a chance to play in the NBA.

— John Wall

So many people doubted me. They motivated me every single day, to be, who I am.

— Kevin Durant

There's a disposition great defenders have - a genuine pride that scores are a problem, people that score on me is a…

— Brett Brown

Actually, Magic and the Lakers beat Philadelphia for Magic's first NBA Championship.

— Oscar Robertson

Don't talk too much. Don't pop off. Don't talk after the game until you cool off.

— Bear Bryant

I've done a lot of the NBA programs in the Philippines and other places in South Florida. But I've always wanted to…

— Erik Spoelstra

Kobe is one of the best scorers in NBA history, but I don't have as much trouble with him in the post…

— Paul Pierce

Obviously making the adjustment to playing against grown men in the NBA, it's all a learning curve.

— Tyler Herro

Kevin Garnett is the prototype for the NBA player of the future. He's already one of the greatest players to have played…

— Bill Walton

Promise to be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear, and too happy to permit trouble to…

— John Wooden

If you can't stretch the floor in the NBA, it's hard for you to be competitive or even have a chance.

— Jared Dudley

The NBA is always looking for tough kids who aren't afraid of the moment or the guy they're playing against.

— Jimmer Fredette

The thing about the NBA, any pro sport, is, guys don't know how to take care of their body.

— John Salley

I've traveled enough around the world with the NBA to see how much it's grown, globally.

— Erik Spoelstra

Nobody thought that I was going to make it to the NBA. I only had a couple of believers growing up.

— Dwight Howard

The more concerned we become over the things we can't control, the less we will do with the things we can control

— John Wooden

No NBA, I pick a hoe, give her d*** and then I go,na that's a give and go

— Cassius Quantrell Ellison

People think that I'm some tough renegade, black-hearted being, evil, but that ain't me.

— Allen Iverson

When I got to the NBA, I got a Macbook, and the first thing I did was buy Logic.

— JaVale McGee