Basketball Quote by Sue Bird

You don't play basketball for 20, 30 years. You only play, if you're lucky, 10 years. So that is my time.

— Danilo Gallinari

I will not feel like I've made it until the day I retire from basketball because there's something that I can always get better…

— Draymond Green

There was the misconception out there that I retired after the 2008 season, but that was never the case. I wasn't done with basketball…

— Sheryl Swoopes

Obviously, the basketball career doesn't last forever.

— Rudy Gobert

I'm going to be learning until the day I retire. There is so much to grow and focus on in this game of basketball…

— Maya Moore

When our career is over, when we retire and the basketball stops bouncing, we still have to find something else to do.

— John Wall

I understand basketball is not my entire life. It's only a part of my life. And there are a lot of other things that…

— Yao Ming

I try to envision what life is after basketball, but I just see myself working out and just being a basketball player still.

— Diana Taurasi

At the end of the day, basketball is basketball. You've got a whole life to live.

— Jaylen Brown

I am reaching a point in my life where the basketball chapter in my life is slowly closing from a competition standpoint.

— Alonzo Mourning

I'm going forward with my plans for life. I'm looking at things not only basketball-wise, but personal-wise.

— Dwyane Wade

Basketball is a lifelong game. You continue to learn from the game day in and day out, and all along the way, you get…

— Scottie Pippen