Becoming Quote by Dean Kamen

Some kids have lifelong dreams of wanting to play in the NBA.

— Mohamed Bamba

I think there are a lot of people who say they want to be professional athletes, say they want to make millions of dollars,…

— Pat Connaughton

I can't say that any two people want the same career. I don't want to be a 'teen star' because so many people don't…

— Lacey Chabert

The irony of that is, what makes it kind of ironic, is when you do become successful as a professional athlete in particular, a…

— Frank Shorter

Creativity can be learned like basketball, which does not mean we will all be NBA stars.

— Edward de Bono

It's not like being a professional basketball player where you're in a big house. Maybe three, four or five guys make a couple million…

— Frank Grillo

This is where young players today want to land. They want to be NBA players because of the money.

— Oscar Robertson

For my friends and I, we all wanted to be action sports stars. Luckily for us, we somehow missed the real world reality that…

— Travis Pastrana

I want the kids to know that it's not a myth that somebody from their city plays and wins in the NBA. I just…

— Kawhi Leonard

It's not all about becoming an NBA player; sometimes it's about becoming your best self and making the biggest impact you can make.

— Metta World Peace

So many black kids aspire to be entertainers or professional athletes because those are the only role models they see that look like them.…

— Troy Carter

If they're out of high school, and they can go directly to the NBA and get drafted and get millions of dollars, I'm for…

— John Calipari