Basketball Quote by Jose Calderon

I left my home when I was 13 years old, I was a professional at 17, and I've been playing basketball since.

— Jose Calderon

When I was 16 I took the first opportunity I had to play basketball in a different country. I flew to Europe for the…

— Serge Ibaka

I played club football with a traveling team since I was 8 years old. I also played basketball and baseball, so I was competing…

— Jesse Palmer

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

— James Worthy

When I was eighteen and I won the European Championship - that's when I realized I had an opportunity to play in the NBA…

— Kristaps Porzingis

I started doing sports when I was 13 and competitively doing sports - where I was actually training - when I was 17.

— Oksana Masters

I started playing baseball and soccer. Those were my sports on the streets and in school when I was growing up. I didn't even…

— Earl Monroe

I was always around basketball, from when I was four or five years old.

— Brandon Ingram

I started playing at six. I was at a school always playing football with my friends. But I was always bored at home. I…

— Romelu Lukaku

I grew up playing basketball on the streets of New York City, and it was very, very rough, and I started playing in the…

— Metta World Peace

I started playing basketball at such a late age.

— Tristan Thompson

Growing up, my father coached my basketball team, and my mother drove me into St. Louis for various rehearsals between musical productions and Radio…

— Taylor Louderman