Dad Quote by Jamal Crawford

I was a big Michael Jordan fan growing up. I don't feel my game resembles his though.

— Jeremy Lin

Just knowing your dad is a professional basketball player, it just makes you feel like you're destined for.

— Devin Booker

My dad used to play basketball, now he gets to see me in the NBA Finals.

— Serge Ibaka

When I was a little kid, I looked at my mom, stepdad and said, 'I want to be an NBA player,' just because I…

— Zion Williamson

My father was always pushing me to become a basketball player. In Africa, when you're a kid, every kid loves to play soccer, and…

— Serge Ibaka

My dad played junior college basketball, and he always showed me clips of Michael Jordan.

— Aaron Judge

Throughout my journey in basketball, I always have someone to talk to in my father. I know how hard he had to work as…

— Joakim Noah

As you get older, as a father, you hope your kids can make that kind of impression on somebody who will say, 'Hey, here's…

— Dwane Casey

When I come home, I'm not a basketball player, but "dad". While everyone sees me as an NBA player, to my boys, I'm just…

— Dwyane Wade

Obviously I knew my dad was a basketball player, but at the age of 11 or 12, I really found out who my dad…

— Domantas Sabonis

My dad never really taught me anything about the game, he was never on me in the basketball aspect of life.

— Jose Calderon

“I see a lot of myself in him. No doubt about it.” —NBA legend Michael Jordan”

— Anthony Taylor