Basketball Quote by Magic Johnson

A lot of people tried to convince me not to play basketball.

— John Wall

I had attached my life to basketball so closely that it made me physically ill.

— Jaylen Brown

I couldn't imagine not playing basketball. To me, basketball is what life is all about.

— Bill Walton

I just wanted to play basketball.

— Lauri Markkanen

Everybody was pressuring me to play basketball, so I was like, 'OK, I'll do it.'

— Deandre Ayton

Basketball saved my life.

— Baron Davis

Basketball was not my main sport in grade school, or even the first year of high school.

— Mike Krzyzewski

I always loved playing basketball. That was never a problem for me. You want to go to the park or the gym, I'll play…

— Draymond Green

“I don't play basketball, but if I did, I wouldn't.”

— Jarod Kintz

I was a soccer player. Basketball wasn't my thing.

— Pascal Siakam

There's nothing like playing basketball.

— Gordon Hayward

Basketball did not save my life. God saved my life. It's not basketball. But God saved my life because he blessed me through basketball.…

— Serge Ibaka