Ball player Quote by Larry Nance, Jr

I was a total jock growing up. I went to super-dorky basketball clinics and was handpicked to play on a state team called the…

— Erin Wasson

With my height in high school, I was really thinking basketball. But I guess I wasn't that good, because my sophomore year I didn't…

— Dean Potter

I went to Kentucky to be a better player.

— John Wall

I was a mediocre basketball player. But I was there, and I could remember the plays. And my basketball coach, after he retired from…

— Johnny Mathis

My senior year in high school I knew was going to be drafted into the NBA.

— Derrick Favors

I still wanted to get into the NBA. I was still on the team, I was a starting point guard and I was on…

— Ryan Montgomery

The Bucks and John Hammond chose me in the draft, got me in the NBA, kept me in the team with a role from…

— Giannis Antetokounmpo

When I first went to Stevens Point, I never thought I'd ever be close to the NBA. I didn't even think about the NBA.…

— Terry Porter

I was never the big leaper, the dunker, the long and athletic kid who looked the part of a traditional basketball star. Truth be…

— Trae Young

I had never dreamed about the NBA like some guys did. I was a non-scholarship player at an NAIA college. I played on the…

— Terry Porter

I was the best basketball player, the only thing good in my hometown so everybody did everything for me.

— Stephen Jackson

I wasn't the greatest at school, so I studied basketball.

— Stephen Jackson