Bird Quote by Zion Williamson

I always watched Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson, and I said I could be playing on the court with them.

— Stephon Marbury

One of my dear friends became Michael Jordan. That gave me a lot of access there. But I had access to everybody from Larry…

— Ahmad Rashad

Michael Jordan and Magic and myself all learned how to play the game in college programs that emphasized the team.

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

My dad was the one who really loved basketball, and he was the one that put the basketball in my hands, and my mom…

— Jeremy Lin

When I was growing up I looked up to a lot of different players. I looked up a lot to my dad because he…

— Nikola Vucevic

My dad was a professional basketball player, and my mom was a hell of a tennis player.

— Luke Rockhold

In the old days Michael Jordan and Larry Bird worked for everything they got. They worked hard on their game.

— Charles Oakley

“More recently, Magic Johnson and Larry Bird faced each other on the basketball court as arch-competitors—first in high school, continuing through college, and culminating…

— Leonard Sweet

I have certain guys who I looked up to. Jordan, Kobe, those guys. Passing that on to doing my part to kind of keep…

— Stephen Curry

My dad played junior college basketball, and he always showed me clips of Michael Jordan.

— Aaron Judge

I loved basketball and grew up with the Lakers and Magic Johnson. That was a big part of me.

— Justin Lin

I play knowing that there is somebody watching me out there in the crowd that has never had the opportunity to watch a game…

— Tyson Chandler