Basketball Quote by Julius Erving

My whole childhood I grew up wanting to be a professional basketball player.

— Becky Hammon

Only having a short dose of an NBA career, my entry into pro basketball started in 2003 and ended up being an entry way…

— Jay Williams

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 am professional and not just in basketball.

— Boban Marjanovic

I started playing pro in Argentina. Then I went to second division in Italy. Then after a lot of work, I made it to…

— Manu Ginobili

I grew up in New York City: Harlem, New York. I played ball for probably two of the biggest amateur basketball organizations in the…

— Cam'ron

I started playing basketball at such a late age.

— Tristan Thompson

Since I was like 6 or 7, I've always had a basketball season.

— O. J. Mayo

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

— Brandon Ingram

There was no professional basketball for me in the United States when I was in grade school and middle school. I could look to…

— Sue Bird

I was a professional baseball player from the time I was drafted out of high school in 1981 until the time I retired in 2003.

— David Cone

I played basketball at Kentucky in 1986-87 and '87-88 and enjoyed a 12-year NBA career. After multiple injuries and seven surgeries, I developed an…

— Rex Chapman