Career Quote by Baron Davis

I wasn't tall enough to play basketball. I hit my growth spurt in ninth grade, but I'm 6-5. That's point-guard height.

— Trent Williams

When I was coming up through the programs with the Amateur Basketball Association, it was height: they looked for the tall players, and they…

— Anne Donovan

I was 5ft 3in tall until I was 17. Then I suddenly shot up.

— Carl Froch

I had no idea I was going to be this tall. Had I known that, I honestly would have stuck to basketball.

— John Isner

Once I grew from 6'1' to about 6'6', by that time I was going into 12th grade, and that's when I started wanting to…

— Eric Williams

When I got to Central Arkansas, I was a small, slim guy with little chance of playing in the NBA. Then, I went through…

— Scottie Pippen

I played high school basketball at six feet, then I went to 5-11 in my 50's, and then, bang, I went down to 5-9.

— Tom Brokaw

I was only 5'10'' until I was a senior in high school.

— Charles Barkley

I was taller than most of the kids. When I started playing basketball, my coach put me at point guard. Europeans do that sometimes.

— Vlade Divac

When I was 17, I was about 5'6''.

— Dylan O'Brien

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

If I was 6'3'', I'd be playing basketball for sure.

— Kyler Murray