Basketball Quote by Bill Walton

It's easy to be a spokesman and ambassador for a great organization like the NBA. I thank Commissioner David Stern for putting that trust…

— Dikembe Mutombo

I think that David Stern is probably the greatest commissioner that any sport has ever had in the history of this country.

— Bill Russell

I thank God every night for David Stern.

— Anne Donovan

I have to give a lot of credit to David Stern to open up the league, but also in my case, Jerry West and…

— Vlade Divac

“David Stern might be the smartest executive in the history of professional sports. His obsession with the Vagrant Kings is one of the strangest…

— R.E. Graswich

Wilt Chamberlain had a great deal to do with the success of the NBA. His dominance, power, demeanor and the rivalry with Bill Russell…

— Red Auerbach

Basketball is a beautiful game and it's afforded all of us in this profession so many things. To give back any time we can…

— Erik Spoelstra

He [Phil Jackson] is such a basketball genius in terms of the details of the game, the little nuances of the game and the…

— Kobe Bryant

Larry Bird is like a basketball god to me for what he's done for my career.

— Jalen Rose

David Stern is the mastermind behind a lot of stuff, he controls a lot of stuff, he dictates a lot of stuff so he's…

— Charles Oakley

I was real excited. I finally got a chance to walk up and shake David Sterns hand, Ive been thinking of that all my…

— Russell Westbrook

Michael Jordan was a tremendous basketball player.

— Lee Trevino