Ball player Quote by Andre Drummond

I just wanted to be as good of a basketball player as I could.

— Lauri Markkanen

I've always wanted to be the best at anything I've ever done, and basketball's no different.

— Caris LeVert

I knew who I was coming into the NBA, so I knew what I could contribute to a team, and I just had a…

— Malcolm Brogdon

I had to relearn myself and what I love outside of basketball and value things that weren't performance-based.

— Kelsey Plum

I did pursue to be a good basketball player.

— Christian Laettner

The biggest thing that I felt basketball could do for me was help me get a good education.

— Julius Erving

I always felt like I needed to play basketball.

— Toni Kukoc

When you're in the NBA, you think about playing time, how to make your coach happy or if you're winning. It really just took…

— Jay Williams

I wanted to be a great player, and I wasn't. I never got over that. I take that same energy into coaching.

— Mike Tomlin

I love basketball, and I didn't get a chance to finish my career the way I wanted.

— Penny Hardaway

A big part of what kept me focused on the music was already failing with basketball. I played basketball all of my life. When…

— Dave East

I looked at basketball as something that I love and escape from the real world, and in order to continue to escape the real…

— Trevor Ariza