Best 195 quotes in «nba quotes» category

I love football. I'll watch the NFL before I watch any NBA.

I love the NBA playoffs. It's just a great mental test for each team. When it's really close, usually one team pulls together, and the other team comes apart.

I met wonderful people playing in the NBA. Whether it is the officials, the scorekeepers, all the people who work for the NBA, not just for the Lakers, but I'm talking about just for the league itself.

I'm here to shine a bright light. I'm not here to be a guy of death. I just like 'KD' better.

I'm not out there sweating for three hours every day just to find out what it feels like to sweat.

I'm not like the next Michael Jordan, but I'm also not what everyone saw me as before I started playing in the NBA, either.

I might play in shorts, but I wear the pants.

I'm not trying to be like what I thought an NBA player is supposed to be growing up.

I'm very good at noticing talent. I knew he was special then and obviously he is now.

I'm the one guy who says don't force the stupid people to be quiet - I want to know who the morons are.

I'm working hard to see whether there can be basketball next year.

In 2001 we didn't have all the talent in the world, we just had me on offense and just a bunch of tough ass dudes, and a great coach in Larry Brown.

I'm still waiting for perfection. In the meantime, I'll settle for persistence

I spoil a lot of people with my play.

Inferior guards play on the sidelines and great guards play in the middle. Isiah, Magic, Chris Paul, all get to the middle

In the NBA you need a little bit more than that when Jordan is front of you. You need a little bit more than that when it is Barkley or Karl Malone or Shaq or whoever else. You need a lot more than that frankly if you're the English kid who can't jump.

In basketball - as in life - true joy comes from being fully present in each and every moment, not just when things are going your way.

I never rushed the fact that I wanted to be in the NBA or rushed the fact, you know, they asked me about the NBA. I always (unintelligible) back to the fact that I just love playing with my teammates.

I thought I would make it (to the NBA). I believed that I would make it. But I had a Plan B. I was going to get my Master's degree at Tulane University had it not worked out. I think the pressure of making it wasn't on me as great as some other players that had no other options. I was going to do something special in life and I wanted to play in the NBA. I had a backup plan but I went full speed ahead with my Plan A.

It doesn't cost nothing to be nice to people

I still have my old Nintendo 64 that works. And I hook it up, and I still play the original Goldeneye. Im that geek. I have an NBA Jam arcade machine in my office at SNL.

I think I got hooked up because I try to do good things with the NBA, and they always want somebody who's notable and who's personable with people.

I thought we'd be discussing about me not leaving Philadelphia and they just kept asking me about the practice, so I lost it.

It's not just about working hard, it's about working together. You have to care more about the team than you do about yourself

It's easy to be a spokesman and ambassador for a great organization like the NBA. I thank Commissioner David Stern for putting that trust in me to serve the NBA around the globe.

It's not about any one person. You've got to get over yourself and realize that it takes a group to get this thing done

It is time for everyone to sit down -the NCAA, the NBA, the players union and the coaching fraternity-and come up with suitable solutions to these problems.

It really doesn't matter to me. We're just talking about clothes. I can understand what the NBA is trying to do. I love my sneakers, but we're just talking about clothes.

It's not about the number of hours you practice, it's about the number of hours your mind is present during the practice

It was a good opportunity for me to wear a NBA jersey. The Golden State Warriors gave me an opportunity to come in and play for them. I was very appreciative of that.

It took me a while to realize I'm an NBA player.

I usually dig the single-digit numbers, but No2 is retired. I'm going to change it up and wear No10. I'm going to wear it for Messi, my favourite soccer player. I've been playing a lot of FIFA lately and watching the games. He's the best little guy to do it and I've got to be the best little guy to do it at No10 in the NBA. That's my goal.

It will work out, somehow. That's a hell of a duo right there, Marbury, Crawford and Houston.

I've ultimately decided that I will not play this NBA season. I'm going to take the remainder of this season, as well as the upcoming off-season, to reassess my situation, spend time with my family and determine if I will play in the 2015-16 season.

I've given these guys the blueprint on how to win a premiership, now I just have to be patient until they're ready.

I've won a championship on every level except the NBA. It's frustrating to have not gotten that in the first two years.

I wanted to become one of the best guards in the NBA. In order to accomplish that, I had to increase the intensity of my workouts.

I wanted to do two things when I was growing up, about your age. I wanted to play in the NBA, and I wanted to be a businessman after my basketball career was over, and that is what I am doing now.

I want to thank all the fans for their support over the years. Keep supporting the Knicks, we're moving in the right direction here and we will be exciting to watch and competing against the best in the NBA. Come back to the Garden for those exciting games.

I want to return to the NBA this season, and help any team that wants me, in any capacity that they feel that I can help. I'm disappointed.

I watch a lot of NBA basketball, especially with the playoffs.

I wasn't a bad guy. I just wanted God to give me a second chance.

I was just getting acquainted with the wood. I wanted to see if it was maple or pine.

I was supposed to be in the NBA. I was supposed to travel the world and make the world a better place.

Just like the NBA, the NFL has guys that can pull off multiple looks, ranging from street style to more dapper, buttoned-up looks, and people are starting to notice.

I wouldn't feel good about it at all. At the end of the day I'm here to win a team prize, and that's to win a championship, not an individual prize.

Jeff Bzdelik is one of the smartest, most knowledgeable, hardest working coaches I have ever worked with. His teams in the NBA and college have achieved beyond their talent levels. Recruits to Wake Forest will play for a coach who was successful in the NBA for a long time and will teach them what they need to know to make it to the NBA.

Just because we play in the NBA or coach in the NBA doesn't mean we are not human. We are supermen. For me, getting shot is scary.

Maybe somewhere down the line when I'm done playing, I'd want to style NBA players.

Last, I just want to thank God again. He's the first and the last. Alpha and Omega. I thank you for saving my life.