Quotes about Nba

I don't fit into the mold of the NBA man, and I think I've been punished financially for it. Votes: 4

A lot of late nights in the gym, a lot of early mornings, especially when your friends are going out, you're going to the gym, those are the sacrifices that you have to make if you want to be an NBA basketball player. Votes: 4

Happiness begins where selfishness ends. Votes: 2

Not a game, not a game... practice. Votes: 2

Be strong in body, clean in mind, lofty in ideals. Votes: 2

I play to win, whether during practice or a real game. Votes: 2

The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team. Votes: 2

Enunciation, diction, all that stuff. None of that is in my personality. Votes: 2

Never say never, because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion. Votes: 2

When I was younger, I just thought about playing in the NBA. Votes: 2

I look at the NBA as a football game without the helmet. Votes: 2

I can dunk! I can dunk, and not just in NBA Live. Votes: 2

The first time I stepped on an NBA court I became a businessman. Votes: 2

I expect more people from China and Asia to end up in the NBA. Votes: 2

Sometimes, things may not go your way, but the effort should be there every single night. Votes: 2

I look at my jersey and see the NBA logo, I'm like, 'I didn't think I'd be here.' Votes: 2

You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one. Votes: 2

Purchasing the Bobcats is the culmination of my post-playing career goal of becoming the majority owner of an NBA franchise. Votes: 2

Once you are labeled 'the best' you want to stay up there, and you can't do it by loafing around. Votes: 2

I've really gotten into fashion, and ever since I got into the NBA, I feel like players are walking billboards. Votes: 2

The idea is not to block every shot. The idea is to make your opponent believe that you might block every shot. Votes: 2

Michael Jordon may have been the best basketball player in history, but he couldn't have won six NBA titles without a team. Votes: 2

If you make every game a life and death proposition, you're going to have problems. For one thing, you'll be dead a lot. Votes: 2

The time when there is no one there to feel sorry for you or to cheer for you is when a player is made. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

I knew I was dog meat. Luckily, I'm the high-priced dog meat that everybody wants. I'm the good-quality dog meat. I'm the Alpo of the NBA. Votes: 2

I grew up on games like Madden and NBA Jam, then moved on to NFL 2K on Dreamcast. The game I really loved was Virtua Tennis. Votes: 2

The one thing that always bothered me when I played in the NBA was I really got irritated when they put a white guy on me. Votes: 2

You have teenagers thinking they're going to make millions as NBA stars when that's not realistic for even 1 percent of them. Becoming a scientist or engineer is. Votes: 2

If the NBA were on channel 5 and a bunch of frogs making love were on channel 4, I'd watch the frogs, even if they were coming in fuzzy. Votes: 2

A basketball team is like the five fingers on your hand. If you can get them all together, you have a fist. That's how I want you to play. Votes: 2

I wanted to be a football player. Football is a sport that I love, but the more I started playing basketball, the more I started dreaming of playing in the NBA. Votes: 2

I can't think of any NBA team over the last few years that lost three starters. And we replaced them basically with three guys who really haven't played in this league. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

I'm not for the flashes; I'm not for glitz and glamour, you know. I just want to win, I want to be good at what I do, um, and look back upon these days of playing in the NBA. Votes: 2

The only thing wrong with the NBA - or any other professional sport, for that matter - is a wild epidemic of Dumbness and overweening Greed. There is no Mystery about it, and no need to change any rules. Votes: 2

Everything happens for a reason. I'm used to it, I prepare for it. Like I say, at the end of the day, those in charge of their own destiny are going to do what's right for them and their family. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

You hear all these stories about, 'There's one in a million guys that make it to the NBA and stay there.' To see people cheering for me and when they say my name, it's just crazy. It's still crazy to me. Votes: 2

The way I dress, I dress totally different than I did when I was in college. I have to - try to - look professional. You change a lot when you are in the NBA, but I know where I came from. Votes: 2

I agreed to film after my rookie year in Golden State. I was more used to cameras and felt that my journey to the NBA was a story worth sharing. Little did we know how much bigger the platform and documentary would become after Linsanity. Votes: 2

David Stern should get with the mothers of the NBA and let the moms decide what the dress code should be. I asked my mother if I could wear a chain, and she told me yeah. So I do stuff that my parents allow me to do. Votes: 2

I spent 50 years in the NBA. Can you imagine doing something that you love the most in the entire world and doing it for your entire life and, besides that, getting a pile of money for it? It's unbelievable. I'm the luckiest guy in the world. And I know it. Votes: 2

It was the Michael Jordan/Nike phenomenon that really let people see that athletes were OK, and black athletes were OK. Defying a previous wisdom - not only that black athletes wouldn't sell in white America, but that the NBA as a predominantly black sport could not sell in white America. Votes: 2

My dream was to be in the NBA. I wasn't really focused on being a star player on a team. I just wanted to make it to the NBA. I've been blessed for the opportunities to be in the Finals, been in the playoffs ever since I've been in the NBA. Votes: 2

Truthfully, this is how I approach my workout: I want to be the best athlete I can possibly be. If I can out-perform some of the better athletes then I'm happy. When I look at the NFL or the NBA, these guys look how I want to look - it's useable, functional muscle. Votes: 2

I want to be an NBA all-star and help my team win. That's what it's all about, is winning. I'm a competitor... People said a lot about me being selfish and stuff like that. Getting into the league, I can't wait to shut that down. I'm a guy who wants to play and to win and love my teammates. Votes: 2

If I were involved with the NBA, I wouldn't want a 19-year-old or a 20-year-old kid to bring into all the travel and all the problems that exist in the NBA. I would want a much more mature kid. I would want a kid that maybe I've been watching on another team, and now he's 21, 22 years old instead of 18 or 19, and I might trade for that kid. Votes: 2

In the NBA, it's about patience. Votes: 0

I'm the best player in the NBA. Votes: 0

The NBA is becoming a global game. Votes: 0

Im the best point guard in the NBA. Votes: 0

Compared to the NBA, the ABA was FABULOUS. Votes: 0

The NBA needs more of that 'it's-about-us-against-them' mentality. Votes: 0

If cocaine were helium, the NBA would float away. Votes: 0

(Oklahoma Thunder center Kendrick) Perkins doesn't like other NBA players. Votes: 0

I think the NBA will certainly survive without Michael Jordan. Votes: 0

I'm a 34-year-old NBA center. I'm black. And I'm gay, Votes: 0

The NBA is fairy tale and real life mixed together. Votes: 0

I'm going to be the Will Smith of the NBA. Votes: 0

I am very happy to be here in the NBA. Votes: 0

It's always been my dream to play in the NBA. Votes: 0

I know I'm one of the biggest busts in NBA history Votes: 0

I watch a lot of NBA basketball, especially with the playoffs. Votes: 0

A lot of teams made a mistake in the NBA draft. Votes: 0

I always had a dream to someday own an NBA team. Votes: 0

It took me a while to realize I'm an NBA player. Votes: 0

There's never been a better time to be an NBA owner Votes: 0

Can't say no one makes money from Twitter now. The NBA does. Votes: 0

I love football. I'll watch the NFL before I watch any NBA. Votes: 0

The NBA is tough. Everybody plays hard and every game is vital. Votes: 0

Actually, Magic and the Lakers beat Philadelphia for Magic's first NBA Championship. Votes: 0

It's hard being the NBA's sex symbol, but somebody has to do it. Votes: 0

There are 30 great jobs in the NBA, and I've got one of them. Votes: 0

Fifty percent of life in the NBA is sex. The other 50 percent is money. Votes: 0

On females officiating in the NBA -Incompetence should not be confined to one sex. Votes: 0

The thing I love about the NBA game is that it's a playmaker's league. Votes: 0

This ain't the Girl Scouts. This ain't the Boy Scouts. This is the NBA. Votes: 0

I wanted to compete at the highest level again - and that's the NBA. Votes: 0

You go from high school, to the NBA, and you're thrown in the fire. Votes: 0

That's a dream of mine, to be able to coach at the NBA level. Votes: 0

I take everything I learned from the streets and put it in my NBA game. Votes: 0

Maybe somewhere down the line when I'm done playing, I'd want to style NBA players. Votes: 0

Coaching in the NBA is not easy. It's like a nervous breakdown with a paycheck. Votes: 0

I felt like we would have definitely won an NBA championship if everyone was healthy. Votes: 0

Creativity can be learned like basketball, which does not mean we will all be NBA stars. Votes: 0

It's been a journey, the NBA. It's taken me a lot farther than I ever expected. Votes: 0

People say that, but I think the NBA was bigger than Larry Bird and Magic Johnson. Votes: 0

I don't see it happening unless every NBA player is given a stipend to buy clothes. Votes: 0

I still say one of the greatest moments in my whole NBA career was getting drafted. Votes: 0

Wherever there's money, there's drugs, so to say drugs don't exist in the NBA would be stupid. Votes: 0

Everyone said that the NBA could not possibly make it because it had too many black players. Votes: 0

My favorite NBA team are the houston rockets and favorite college team are the duke blue devils. Votes: 0

For me, as a 14-year-old aspiring to be in the NBA, I wanted to hear from players. Votes: 0

Because of the makeup of the NBA, it cannot afford for the public to turn on them. Votes: 0

The NBA wasn't a big deal at that time, so it wasn't really in my career plans. Votes: 0

I was hoping to get to the NBA, but the Lord took me on a different path. Votes: 0

There's no reason to play in the NBA if you don't believe you can win it all. Votes: 0

Our goal is to be the best team in the NBA at the end of the year. Votes: 0

In the NBA, there is a guy guarding you, and you really have to try shooting over him. Votes: 0

I learned very quickly that the NBA is a very rough place, physically and mentally. There's no mercy. Votes: 0

He shouldn't have been in the NBA, but we were too cheap to pay for a point guard. Votes: 0

NBA gets to see these players develop more..Did Lebron need another year, Did Kobe need another year Votes: 0

I'm not trying to be like what I thought an NBA player is supposed to be growing up. Votes: 0

We were in the NBA Finals. Two games away from winning it. I think we did pretty well. Votes: 0

We Latinos are in a growing stage in the NBA. It's all part of the international basketball boom. Votes: 0

In college, the fans cheer the whole game, from start to finish. In the NBA it's really laid back. Votes: 0

If these are the last 34 games of my NBA career, I want them played as tough as I can. Votes: 0

The swimming community is really small, but why can't it be as big as the NBA or the NFL? Votes: 0

I've always played 'NBA Live' since I was a kid, so to be on the cover is a blessing. Votes: 0

I think the NBA players have to be held accountable in a reasonable way, just like any other professionals. Votes: 0

This is where young players today want to land. They want to be NBA players because of the money. Votes: 0

Trying to make the NBA is one of the very few areas where a Harvard degree won't necessarily help. Votes: 0

Kim Kardashian is single again. Hey, great. Maybe that will give the NBA players something to do during the lockout. Votes: 0

A lot of NBA owners sit at the midcourt. But we love being under the basket and seeing the players. Votes: 0

I think if I had one year of college, I'd have done better with the mental part [of the NBA]. Votes: 0

To be a great player or a good player in the NBA, I have to work on my perimeter game. Votes: 0

I'm the NBA's best NFL player, and I've always been the sexiest 7-footer in the NBA - for 12 years running. Votes: 0

I was always into sports games. Never really played anything else. I grew up on games like Madden and NBA Jam. Votes: 0

It's hard to say if the NBA is hurt by the influx of younger players, but it's definitely impacted the league. Votes: 0

I thrive on challenges, and there is no more imposing challenge for someone in my profession than winning an NBA title. Votes: 0

I told my wife the other day, I'm the Halle Berry of the NBA. Everybody wants this, baby. Everybody wants me. Votes: 0

I wrote six versions of a 30-second tease for an NBA game. You never get it right on the first try. Votes: 0

If I'd gone straight to the NBA, I don't think I would have been ready as a player or a person. Votes: 0

Nobody thought that I was going to make it to the NBA. I only had a couple of believers growing up. Votes: 0

The reality is that the NBA was in worse shape in the '70s and early '80s. People have convenient memories. Votes: 0

I've won a championship on every level except the NBA. It's frustrating to have not gotten that in the first two years. Votes: 0

Growing up, I always dreamed of winning an NBA championship, never a gold. A gold was something that never crossed my mind. Votes: 0

Obviously God knew I wasn't going to make it to the NBA as much as I probably believed. This was divine order. Votes: 0

In France, if you talk to little boys, they know all of the NBA players and not one single Pro A player. Votes: 0

You've got to stay humble and hungry. Just keep working and thank God you have a chance to play in the NBA. Votes: 0

I thought I was going to the NBA, but God knows, I'm not tall enough. I don't know what I was thinking. Votes: 0

The big and the fast beat the small and the fast. If you check out the NBA today, they're big and fast. Votes: 0

The NBA has the best point guards in the world, so it is important that I come ready to play every night. Votes: 0

I was supposed to be in the NBA. I was supposed to travel the world and make the world a better place. Votes: 0

After spending more than 17 years playing for the NBA, in the summertime, I always came back to community service and different basketball clinics. Votes: 0

I dream about winning a championship, where everybody is hooting and hollering for you. The whole world is drawn to the NBA Finals. Votes: 0

We couldn't get enough Jeremy Lin material in the NBA store fast enough. And when we did, it was just gone in minutes. Votes: 0

[The NBA] used to be a small band of basketball groupies. Now there are a lot more corporate-type people working in the league. Votes: 0

I guess when people ask what is the biggest transition to the NBA from college, it is definitely defense and the mental part. Votes: 0

Give me about 10 years, I'm going to run for President. If I can squeeze in an NBA championship before that, I'll do it. Votes: 0

The NBA's chosen ones think I'm setting a bad example? I think they need to look around and stop taking themselves so seriously. Votes: 0

Now, if you're an NBA fan, you know what Vince Carter did. I came up with a line about him: 'Half-man, half-amazing.' Votes: 0

I love to cook like a mad man. If I could do it all over again? I would be a NBA basketball player. Votes: 0

The guy said NBA players are one in a million, ... I said, 'Man, look, I'm going to be that one in a million. Votes: 0

I wanted a NBA basketball gym at my house and that's what I worked hard for and I was able to achieve that. Votes: 0

Listening and talking to my teammates has helped me learn the NBA game. I know that talent can only take you so far. Votes: 0

Given a full summer to practice basketball, and especially my jump shot, I know that I could play in the NBA and do well. Votes: 0

Say, Cuttino. What are those Godawful clothes you're wearing? Man, this ain't Rhode Island anymore. You're in the NBA. The girls have teeth here. Votes: 0

I'm not trying to plant the seed that I'm the most fashionable NBA guy - of course, I think that in my own mind. Votes: 0

The NBA is never just a business. It's always business. It's always personal. All good businesses are personal. The best businesses are very personal. Votes: 0

Are you a producer or a looter? If diversity were always and everywhere good we would be clamoring for more midgets in the NBA. Votes: 0

My best memories are because I was on teams I love - even going back to being a kid. Not just in the NBA. Votes: 0

An NBA game in L.A., the Lakers - I'm a Clipper fan - it's to be seen as much as seeing the game. Votes: 0

Kevin Garnett is the prototype for the NBA player of the future. He's already one of the greatest players to have played the game. Votes: 0

The NBA believes if you play for a team and get paid by a team, you're the property of that team for 24 hours a day. Votes: 0

I've always been interested in jobs in the NBA. But I've been in this for 20 years and it might be time to do something else. Votes: 0

Researchers in England say tall men are more likely to have more children than short men. Here in America we call that the NBA theory. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

This sport is just crazy. Your worst enemy in college is your teammate and friend when you get to the NBA. Who would have thought it? Votes: 0

I want to become the first European floor leader to succeed in the NBA. I want to be the standard-bearer and prove we can succeed here. Votes: 0

I never thought I'd lead the NBA in rebounding, but I got a lot of help from my team-mates - they did a lot of missing. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Mick Jagger is in better shape than far too many NBA players. It's up in the air whether the same can be said of Keith Richards. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

The NBA is a big family, and I think of all these rookies as my brothers. I still believe I am blue collar among the All-Stars. Votes: 0

If you can walk with your head in the clouds and keep your feet on the ground, you can make a million dollars in the NBA. Votes: 0

NBA games are exciting to watch and have global appeal. They are very popular in China. I do watch NBA games on television when I have time. Votes: 0

If this acting thing doesn't work, I'd just put in my resume for NBA.com. I'm a really huge basketball fan... I'll talk all sorts of trash. Votes: 0

I believe that if I committed to basketball, I could make an impact in the NBA. I now see football as my job and my greatest challenge. Votes: 0

You know the world is messed up when the tallest man in the NBA is Chinese, the best golfer is black, and the best rapper is white. Votes: 0

I'm a competitive player, and I love being on the court. If the NBA cancels the season I'm definitely looking at my options and considering going overseas. Votes: 0

When players are used to winning, they put out a little more. Basketball 3rd winningest coach (regular season and playoffs) in NBA history; won 1,037 times in 20 years; Votes: 0

The NBA (National Basketball Association) is never just a business. It's always business. It's always personal. All good businesses are personal. The best businesses are very personal. Votes: 0

Christian is going to be the strongest man in the NBA next year, because all he's been doing all summer is carrying around the luggage for 11 guys. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I got a goal, and it's a huge goal, and that's to bring an NBA championship here to Cleveland, and I won't stop until I get it. Votes: 0

I have a fond place in my heart for Seattle, so I hope that an NBA team comes back to this great city, this great sports city. Votes: 0

There are a lot of guys who play in the NBA. There aren't a lot of guys who have a chance to win a gold medal, too. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

The American attitude is 'We're the best'. That's why the NBA guys who come from other countries, the Europeans, all sort of stick together away from the game. Votes: 0

One thing I've learned about the NBA is that you can have one good year, but you've always got to be progressing and working and making yourself better. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

So you're dealing with a coach, and you're dealing with a guy who's actually experienced NBA basketball from a player's perspective and actually goes about it that way. Votes: 0

This is totally unexpected. I thought I'd be in the NBA or the NFL. I never thought baseball. It's kind of like a surprise. I'm happy it happened. Votes: 0

There is absolutely no way the best team in the NCAA could even dream of beating the worst team in the NBA? You're talking about men vs. boys. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I wanted to play in the NBA, I wanted to play sports, I wanted to do all this. And I have. I think I am becoming a man. Votes: 0

There was a possibility I could have been out of the NBA. It's taught me something that was a little deeper than basketball. I'm talking about life decisions. Votes: 0

Tim Duncan's foot issue, I think, is a major factor in this year's playoffs. That's not the kind of injury that gets better over time playing NBA basketball. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

No one missed more basketball in the history of NBA than I did. I played 14 seasons, on the roster for 14 years, and I missed more than nine-and-a-half full seasons. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

The accomplishments in college and even in the pros are more in my mind because you constantly see Duke on TV during basketball season. You constantly see the NBA. Votes: 0

Where else but the NBA could people like Bill Russell, Spencer Haywood, Ricky Barry, Dennis Rodman, and Allen Iverson come in and be allowed to be who they are? Votes: 0

I was in Charlotte, N.C., when they launched the NBA team there, the Charlotte Hornets. And the first guy to roll into town was Carolina native Michael Jordan. Votes: 0

I definitely like to stay active. I'm a huge fan of the NBA and the sport of basketball. I love to play pick-up games in Brooklyn where I live. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

These days I smile benignly at the fights that I see in NBA games. There aren't any broken noses or black eyes, which happened quite often when I played. Votes: 0

When I come home, I'm not a basketball player, but "dad". While everyone sees me as an NBA player, to my boys, I'm just "dad" and that's very important. Votes: 0

Not sure if that will benefit me or hurt me, but I know I have the skills and am ready to play in the NBA regardless of my ethnicity. Votes: 0

There's a lot of guys in the NBA that would hire stylists because they know they don't have their own sense of style and they need a little guidance. Votes: 0

I definitely like to stay active. Im a huge fan of the NBA and the sport of basketball. I love to play pick-up games in Brooklyn where I live. Votes: 0

I have the loving support of my girlfriend who still attends Wake Forest and is nearing graduation. She helps me cope with the everyday rigors of being an NBA player. Votes: 0

I've always felt obligated to help those less fortunate than me. It's an obligation that anyone who has a chance to be in the NBA should feel and act upon. Votes: 0

Shaq is not the man. He's the man because the NBA wants him to be the man, but before you can be the man, you've got to be the man. Votes: 0

I played college basketball in West Virginia for two years, and then I graduated from NYU with a sports management degree because I realized the NBA's not going to happen. Votes: 0

Winning teams at the NBA level, the college level, and the high school level all play team basketball. Championship teams have five players on the same page at all times. Votes: 0

Very unfairly, there's a negative image of the kid, which really stems from the greed and selfishness of the NBA and NCAA. They're forcing these kids to go to school. Votes: 0

Overall, I think Michael Jordan is the greatest athlete in any particular sport. He dominated the game for the Chicago Bulls and brought the NBA to its greatest peak of popularity. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I understand the NBA and the role I play on my team. I know that I have to play a leadership role and do whatever I have to do to win. Votes: 0

I remember when I was in college, people told me I couldn't play in the NBA. There's always somebody saying you can't do it, and those people have to be ignored. Votes: 0

We didn't see [the NBA lockout] as a victory at all. It was far from what we set it out to accomplish in bargaining, but I thought it was a fair compromise. Votes: 0

My biggest achievement - besides being drafted into the NBA - was becoming a father. Being a father has made me experience things that have contributed to my maturity and personal growth. Votes: 0

Everybody wants to talk about NBA players being selfish and arrogant and individuals. But what you saw today was a team bonding and facing adversity and coming out with a big win. Votes: 0

The thing with NBA teams, a lot of times they just want to get you back on the floor to play, so as a player you've got to be very, very smart. Votes: 0

For those who believe executive branch officials will voluntarily interpret their surveillance authorities with restraint, I believe it is more likely that I will achieve my life-long dream of playing in the NBA. Votes: 0

But I think the image that's thrown out on television is a bad image. Because you see players who want to imitate hip-hop stars. And the NBA is taking advantage of the situation. Votes: 0

The NBA definitely has some trendsetters that stay up on the latest fashion, but I think you're starting to see guys like myself and others get some much-deserved respect in the style department. Votes: 0

What I would say is I've only had one injury in my NBA career that was probably was because my core wasn't strong enough, when I had a stress fracture in my back. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I think I can be pretty special. I think I can impact a lot in the NBA, especially with my size and my shooting ability and athleticism and just being a humble person. Votes: 0

Look, I won in high school, I won a national championship in college, I want to win one in the NBA. But winning a gold medal, I don't think anything can top that. Votes: 0

The NBA is not for everybody. And looking from the outside in like I did last year, it seems so easy from just watching, but on the court it is a whole different level. Votes: 0

The ABA really loosened up the NBA and introduced innovations like the three-point shot and the Slam Dunk and other competitions at the All Star Game. And we had all the hot young players. Votes: 0

My sporting hero was Drazen Petrovic, the NBA basketball player, who was killed in a car accident in 1993. He was a good friend, an unbelievable player, and I dedicated my Wimbledon win to him. Votes: 0

I am always playing hard trying to win. Just knowing that at one time I was once that kid that looked up to NBA players and NFL players. Today these kids look up me. Votes: 0

I think it was wishful thinking of me to dream of being an NBA player. And once I made the NBA I dreamed of being an All-Star, but I never dreamed of being an MVP. Votes: 0

It wasn't a mistake to come out of college early. It was the best move I ever made. I had one year to practice and learn the NBA game. It was like a redshirt year. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Even though, physically, I can't do it, the mind says, 'Yeah, I can still do it,' and I still think I can do it better than most in the NBA, "¦ Driven From Within. Votes: 0

Every NBA player, every athlete, I think once you get to this level in life, whether you have kids or you're about to have kids, understands that this is so much bigger than this sport. Votes: 0

It`s not the NBA Finals, it's not even a regular-season game. It's the All-Star game, it's a celebration. A celebration of talent, speed, grace. Let`s put it on display and have some fun. Votes: 0