Basketball Quote by George Mikan

Basketball was just secondary, and I never had the opportunity to really address the issues that I was having physically.

— Jermaine O'Neal

My dad never pushed me to play basketball. I tried it, and I was pretty rag-tag for a long time.

— Larry Nance, Jr

I don't really want to go into my problems with the team at the time except to say that no one's ever had to…

— Jerry West

I played basketball to try to get my parents from working so hard.

— James Worthy

I know I used to play basketball every day, whether it was for fun with my older brother or if it was organized basketball…

— Christian Laettner

I've talked to a bunch of big men who told me they didn't really start playing basketball until seventh or eighth grade. That wasn't…

— Jahlil Okafor

It gets frustrating when you play basketball for your whole life and then it gets taken from you for a little bit.

— Lonzo Ball

I hated that perception that I didn't work hard, that I really don't love basketball.

— Dwight Howard

Most of the time, it's easy for us basketball players to adjust to our situation.

— Andre Iguodala

When I was a kid, from 10 years old, I worked every day for my dad, huh? Never played basketball. I never played tennis…

— Melvin Van Peebles

I always loved playing basketball. That was never a problem for me. You want to go to the park or the gym, I'll play…

— Draymond Green

I've learned a lot from my own kids. Actually, my son was the reason why I got involved in other things outside of basketball.

— Metta World Peace