Better Quote by Jim Boeheim

My job is to get out there and try to become the best basketball player I can be.

— Paul Millsap

In college, everything's structured. In the NBA, it's like, you have a lot of free time, and you have to use it wisely. A…

— Trey Burke

Playing the game at a high level, understanding what it's like to get to where I've already been and where they want to go.…

— Penny Hardaway

Coming in, I had no idea basketball would be a career for me, but I grew 7 inches in college and was fortunate to…

— David Robinson

Education, for me, was big. It allows me to have different avenues, job-wise, because basketball is not forever.

— Jeff Green

The hardest position to go from high school to college and college to the NBA is playing the point guard position. Because you're running…

— Billy Donovan

I think what I wanted mostly to experience in college is playing college basketball and learning.

— Jabari Parker

I've always put great emphasis on the academics and getting your degree. It's important because basketball is short term. The long term is what…

— Pat Summitt

Coming out of high school, I think it was good for me instead of going to college because college and the NBA are two…

— Dwight Howard

There's just so much free time. In college, you've got study hall, classes, film - all that stuff. In the NBA, it's just practices,…

— Caris LeVert

Kind of looking around, learning the NBA schemes offensively, defensively, and learning to be in the right spot. A lot of it I could…

— Kevin Huerter

Basketball, eventually I'm going to have to retire one day. Players are going to come in and take my job. But education, I'll always…

— Ben Wallace