Basketball Quote by Michael Douglas

A lot of people don't understand European basketball but people who know the game know how good Europe is.

— Joe Ingles

Everybody knows the NBA is the top of basketball in the world. The game here is more hard, more physical, faster than in Europe.

— Toni Kukoc

I had always wanted to see Europe, and what better way to see it than to spend a year there playing basketball?

— Mike D'Antoni

I know people that was playing basketball better than me. If they were in the NBA, they could be All-Stars, those people. They just…

— Serge Ibaka

We have so much respect for European basketball.

— Mike Budenholzer

I think the international players, in general, show how basketball is global now. There are players from all the countries.

— Al Horford

Europe has by far the most hostile crowds I've ever played in.

— Patrick Beverley

Basketball is like Religion. Many attend but few understand.

— Scott Skiles

In Europe and FIBA, the game is a little slower and the court is a little smaller.

— Rudy Gobert

Sometimes it can be more difficult to play in Europe, as you are playing against the very best players, but I like the big…

— Oscar

Here you get to play one on one more, individual basketball. I think that fits me better than in Europe. You have harder, different…

— Ivica Zubac

Basketball is such a global sport, being second to soccer.

— Robin Lopez