College Quote by Magic Johnson

College is so different from the NBA. You have three guys coming at you and trapping all over the place, and NBA is different.…

— Buddy Hield

I think if I had one year of college, I'd have done better with the mental part [of the NBA].

— Jermaine O'Neal

In college, it's all about defense.

— Jrue Holiday

I think the biggest thing is, you have to understand the different rules. There are so many rules that change from college to the…

— Karl-Anthony Towns

I always felt from an NBA perspective, just because of the amount of time coaches spend on the game, they're a lot further along…

— Billy Donovan

As NBA players, so much of the game is mental, as far as confidence and playing against the best players in the world.

— Pat Connaughton

All the coaches preach about defense. Every day they talk about defense, they talk about how important it is to get stops in order…

— Rudy Gobert

The hardest position to go from high school to college and college to the NBA is playing the point guard position. Because you're running…

— Billy Donovan

Basketball has turned into an offensive-minded situation. They don't play on both ends. They don't play defense.

— Gary Payton

If you see the NBA now, a lot of it is in transition. Most people now try to get an easy shot off in…

— Larry Brown

There's just so much free time. In college, you've got study hall, classes, film - all that stuff. In the NBA, it's just practices,…

— Caris LeVert

Just going through a full year of the NBA teaches you a lot of different things.

— Caris LeVert