Ball player Quote by Josh Howard

As a youngster, my whole life was basketball.

— Danny Green

Basketball paid for four years of my education, and I am so proud of that.

— Ramon Rodriguez

I played all four years [at St. Mary's College] with - at a certain point, basketball became the thing I was doing most, but…

— Mahershala Ali

I felt like I was chosen to play basketball when I was younger.

— Chris Bosh

I'm going to be learning until the day I retire. There is so much to grow and focus on in this game of basketball…

— Maya Moore

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

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

— Jeff Green

I've been playing youth basketball ever since I was in sixth grade; I've been traveling ever since I was in sixth grade, so I'm…

— Derrick Rose

You can never stop learning as a basketball player and it's my goal to keep growing every day.

— Tobias Harris

The NBA is kind of where I've grown up, coming out of high school at 18.

— Shaun Livingston

Over the years, I'll admit, I lost the love for basketball a little bit.

— Stephon Marbury

Basketball has been my life and I worked at it so hard because I enjoyed it so much.

— Larry Bird