Baby Quote by Lauren Wasser

My dad had always encouraged me to play basketball, he didn't push me too much at first - he wanted me to try out…

— A'ja Wilson

My father was a soccer player. All my friends played basketball though, so I stuck with basketball.

— Steve Nash

I started liking basketball when I was 13, but I couldn't play because my dad thought it was too physical.

— Joel Embiid

I learned that I love basketball, but I love my family more.

— Channing Frye

I absolutely loved basketball. All I ever wanted to do was play basketball.

— Brooke Sweat

Basketball was my first love. I still love the game of basketball.

— Jeff Jarrett

I loved basketball.

— Patrick Corbin

I love what my dad taught me and modeled for me - not just with coaching but as a husband, as a father, as…

— Mike Budenholzer

Growing up, I didn't like basketball. I played football and baseball and ran some track.

— Robert Parish

Growing up, I played about every sport imaginable except soccer and hockey. I've always had a passion for basketball. I remember actually playing basketball…

— Dwight Howard

If you put it in perspective, I loved basketball before I loved everything else, you know what I mean? Before I had a girlfriend…

— Jamal Crawford

I played baseball too, and flag football, but basketball was the easiest for me. Then when I was 12, my dad asked me what…

— Lonzo Ball