Attention Quote by Harrison Barnes

I've been lucky to have great coaching, great teammates, and a desire to keep getting better. That, slowly over time, helped me grow from…

— John Stockton

I went from being very athletic, one of the best guards in the NBA, to barely making it. No speed, no agility. I had…

— Penny Hardaway

A lot of things, experiences I had, helped me to grow up and mature, both in terms of my football career and my private…

— Javier Zanetti

I experienced different things growing up as a child that helped me. That helped mold me into the man that I am now, to…

— Jameis Winston

Basketball made me happy to be tall. And more secure about myself than I ever would have been without it.

— Anonymous

For me as a basketball player, it's about continuing to get better and continuing to grow.

— Tobias Harris

My thing I liked was to challenge guys that were smaller, guys that were supposed to be quicker. Because I think self-consciously I was…

— Wilt Chamberlain

I really didn't want to play basketball for the longest time, but I just wouldn't stop growing. But I always wanted to be a…

— Luol Deng

I always wanted to be a basketball player. Nothing more, nothing less.

— Dirk Nowitzki

I can't say there was one thing in particular that helped prepare me for life beyond basketball except for the exposure to college and…

— Len Elmore

My coach, Robert Allen, helped me a lot. He had more influence on my growth as a player than anyone else.

— LaMarcus Aldridge

You have to be wired a certain way to be a professional basketball player, and the way my body grew, something happened genetically that…

— Jeremy Lin