Championship Quote by Kyrie Irving

We were in the NBA Finals. Two games away from winning it. I think we did pretty well.

— David Blatt

I think that in Atlanta I was hoping that things would have worked out. Once I saw that things weren't going to work out,…

— Al Horford

I thought those three years when we won championships, I really was good enough to play in the All-Star game. I felt I deserved…

— Toni Kukoc

When you come off a losing season - one of the worst seasons in all of basketball - and get guys like Ray Allen…

— Paul Pierce

When I look back at my first few seasons in the NBA, we didn't dominate as a team. There were a lot of nights…

— Scottie Pippen

I have a real sense of appreciation of being in the NBA with all that I'd gone through.

— Manu Ginobili

I wanted to win a championship. We won one, but we should have won more.

— John Smoltz

If we were the team that won out, then life was good and we felt that we were worth something.

— Barry Mann

We were a 23-win team in Golden State, and Stephen Curry and I were the only ones from that team who would be a…

— David Lee

We have to have adversity in order for us to really reap the benefits and really just have an appreciation of how hard it…

— Andre Iguodala

I went through ups and downs as a young player dealing with criticism and things of that nature. To finally win that first NBA…

— Scottie Pippen

In Kansas City, most of the time, if we'd have made it to the playoffs, we would have been happy. But our team wasn't…

— Zack Greinke