Best 195 quotes in «nba quotes» category

Who could better motivate Bill Russell than Bill Russell?

Accept a loss as a learning experience, and never point fingers at your teammates

1. Be on time. 2. Never criticize a teammate. 3. Never use profanity.

A key basketball skill is imagery. The best players "see" situations before they happen so they can be prepared

As I grew up, I played in sandals. I played in flip-flops all the time back in the day. That's why I didn't really care about spraining my ankles. When I first started in the NBA, I loved low-cuts. I can play (in them), because I used to grow up playing in flip-flops all the time.

As a novelist, there are three phone calls you never expect to receive in your lifetime because if you waited for them you would grow despairing - one calling from Stockholm with a Swedish accent, one from the NBA, and one from Oprah Winfrey.

At the end of the day, no matter how well you score, you've got to be able to stop people

Basketball can serve as a kind of metaphor for ultimate cooperation. It is a sport where success, as symbolized by the championship, requires that the dictates of community prevail over selfish impulses.

Anything can happen with hard work and dedication

As players see themselves getting better through skill sessions, they will want to get in the gym more

Basketball, like all sports, is predicated on the execution of fundamentals. The coach is a teacher. His subject: fundamentals

Being afraid on the court, means you're not confident of your skills

Boston is a very proud franchise. The NBA misses them when they are not in the mix. They, along with teams like the Knicks and 76ers are a big part of the heart, soul and history of the league.

Because of the makeup of the NBA, it cannot afford for the public to turn on them.

Build shelter against a rainy day.

Despite their tremendous talent, (NBA players) are still, by and large, young adults, seeking validation from an authority figure, and there is no greater authority figure on a team than the coach. Needless to say, in today's warped, self-indulgent climate, too many players couldn't care less about appeasing the coach.

Don't worry about being cool. Worry about being the best

Drink deeply from good books.

Every NBA arena has six cameras in the ceiling. The question is what does the software do with video feeds? How to surface that in a set of analytics? There are some "playbooks," but in most sports these days what you really want to share out with coaches and players is a set of video that lets you visualize what's going on and what's the best way to do things.

Free speech is against governments, not against the NBA. So the players and coaches and indeed owners have been fined for their speech, which is costly rather than free. I sort of acknowledge that there is not free speech when you agree to work in the NBA.

Given a full summer to practice basketball, and especially my jump shot, I know that I could play in the NBA and do well.

Be a dreamer. If you don't know how to dream, you're dead.

But the point of using the number was to show that sex was a great part of my life as basketball was a great part of my life. That's the reason why I was single.

Congratulations to the NBA champion Boston Celtics - they beat the Los Angeles Lakers by 39 points. Or as Hillary Clinton would say, "Too close to call.

Everybody dreams about getting to the NBA and everybody dreams about having their own shoe. But when you're the face of a brand, you've got to kind of back off and let it all soak in a little bit.

Every year I will stock my locker up with body wash, different lotions, different oils and different creams.

Fundamentals were the most crucial part of my game in the NBA. Everything I did, everything I achieved, can be traced back to the way I approached the fundamentals.

Happiness begins where selfishness ends.

He shouldn't have been in the NBA, but we were too cheap to pay for a point guard.

How should we Democrats select the next presidential nominee? Smoke filled rooms? Brokered convention? National primary? Personally, I prefer jump shots from the top of the key.

I actually think some of the rappers can help our image, because the thing Im concerned about is the NBAs image. I always want our image to be on the rise, and if the rappers can help young players get business-minded, then Im all for it.

I always laugh when people ask me about rebounding techniques. I've got a technique. It's called just go get the damn ball.

I am very happy to be here in the NBA.

He'll never be Jordan. This clearly takes him out of the conversation. He can win as much as he wants to.

I always had a dream to someday own an NBA team.

I am the MVP and I gotta worry about the trade talk.

I ask myself why I do it [work]. Maybe it's to prove I'm still around. It takes a lot out of my body. I'm not an NBA player anymore. At my age, very few people can handle it.

I can't make every decision for you. I don't have 14 timeouts. You guys got to get together and talk

I don't hire good coaches, I hire good people. If they turn out to be good coaches, too, that's a plus.

I don't complain about playing time. My job is to play so well the coach can't sit me.

I don't have the first clue who he is talking about, because all I worry about is Jerome.

I don't look at myself as a basketball coach. I look at myself as a leader who happens to coach basketball.

I don't know what life is like, I don't know how regular people live. I just can never understand it. My first job was the NBA.

I feel confident because I'm the best player in the world. It's that simple.

I dont want to be a point guard, or a two-guard, I want people to think of me as "creative", I just want to create on the court.

I found the bench to be the greatest ally when I had to make individuals comply with what was best for the team

I expect more people from China and Asia to end up in the NBA.

If I can't expect someone to be accountable off the floor, how can I expect them to guard a pick and roll? Or get a rebound?

If your bigs rim run at full speed it not only increases the potential for a quick layup, but opens up court for guards

If you're going to have to beg them to play, it's not going to work.