About Quote by Terry Porter

Every time I'd ever stepped on a basketball court, AAU, middle school, high school, I always thought about the NBA.

— Lou Williams

The odds were against me when I arrived at Central Arkansas. I was barely 6-foot-2 and didn't have a scholarship. But I always felt…

— Scottie Pippen

If you know people around me, even in college, I was confident, but the possible thought of making it to the NBA was crazy.

— Donovan Mitchell

I had never dreamed about the NBA like some guys did. I was a non-scholarship player at an NAIA college. I played on the…

— Terry Porter

Getting to the NBA really helped me personally on a lot of levels. I liked it so much that I wanted to stay there.

— Kelvin Sampson

It was a steppingstone. The NBA, for me, was preparation for me to do something someplace else.

— Stephon Marbury

When my dad passed away, the NBA became a major priority for me. It became bigger than just loving basketball; I suddenly had extra…

— Pascal Siakam

When I was younger, trying to make the freshman and JV team, my dream was always to make it to the NBA.

— Markelle Fultz

The NBA? Never in my wildest dreams when I was playing in Division III basketball.

— Frank Vogel

I played college basketball in West Virginia for two years, and then I graduated from NYU with a sports management degree because I realized…

— Ramon Rodriguez

After my second year in the NBA, my prep years, my college, I hadn't really found myself.

— Enes Kanter

I love basketball, and I didn't get a chance to finish my career the way I wanted.

— Penny Hardaway