Game Quote by Billy Donovan

You try to get every little possible advantage you can. And sometimes for the officials, it's really really hard to officiate the games. I…

— Billy Donovan

The craft of officiating is taught that people come and pay top dollar to see people like Shaquille O'Neal, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, all…

— Tim Donaghy

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

— Dwight Howard

I love the NBA playoffs. It's just a great mental test for each team. When it's really close, usually one team pulls together, and…

— Doc Rivers

Never complain about the officiating. It does no good. During the game I don't want to be fighting two opponents.

— John Wooden

I remember an incident overseas about five years ago where a player punched a referee and knocked him cold. I don't think anything like…

— Jalen Rose

There's an excitement to officiating a well-played game. A lot of discretion, a lot of judgment comes into play.

— Pat Meehan

I always look at the NBA as kind of a muddled mess in the regular season, and then you just get in the tournament,…

— Steve Young

In playoffs, it's so emotional and the tension's really high and guys are laying everything on the line. And when you do that, things…

— Brad Marchand

I think it makes the game much easier to play once you have a good cohesion off the court. I think that's big because…

— Jae Crowder

It's kind of surreal to play in the NBA, and to have some success, but I've never had an experience like this playing the…

— Tyrese Haliburton

Don't watch TV and think that the NBA game is easy.

— Buddy Hield