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Quotes About NBA

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.
~ Hunter S. Thompson
I always watch NHL, NBA, NFL games and don't miss tennis and golf.
~ Gennady Golovkin
The Energy job was probably the key. It kind of transitioned me back into the States. It gave me a link to the NBA. And I got to make some contacts and meet some players and get players set up and learn the NBA game and terminology and coaching those type of players. It was certainly a huge, huge key to getting to the NBA.
~ Nick Nurse
I've had my differences with the NBA in terms of cryptocurrency and contractual things.
~ Spencer Dinwiddie
Kobe Bryant is a terrific offensive rebounder.
~ Jeff Van Gundy
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.
~ Andrew Bogut
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.
~ Tracy McGrady
I started broadcasting in 1992, calling Providence College women's basketball on radio. From there to an analyst on the NBA. Think of that journey and every step in between. It's special.
~ Doris Burke
I was a much better player in Europe than I was in the N.B.A., and lot of that had to do with feeling comfortable psychologically and believing in myself.
~ Mike D'Antoni
I've always been known as a pure scorer, and I've always said if I just sat outside and shot 3s and just really focused on that - coming off of screens and spot-up 3s - and shot six or seven 3s a game, I would probably be more known as one of the greatest shooters in NBA history.
~ Paul Pierce
I like playing for the purple and gold. This is where I want to finish up.
~ Kobe Bryant
My dream was always to be a great PG and lead my team to an NBA title. So that's what I'm fighting for and pursuing.
~ Spencer Dinwiddie
What really pushed me into chasing basketball even more was my cousin making the NBA too, in 2003.
~ Ivica Zubac
I still run into a lot of people from Memphis, all around the NBA. I feel like they're with me every game. I feel their love, their support, their pushing. I know they still cheer for me. They let me know they cheer for me. And there's a part of them with me in every game I play.
~ Marc Gasol
Before I got to the NBA, I always flew coach - it was the worst time of my life. I remember being 14 or 15, and it was such a struggle to fit into those seats.
~ Kristaps Porzingis
Being from Flint, especially in the basketball community, is a big deal. Basketball in Flint, you're pretty much like a god there if you play college basketball or are lucky enough to make it to the NBA.
~ Kyle Kuzma
I think I brought something different to the NBA. I brought that I can do pretty much everything on the floor.
~ Nikola Jokic
I think confidence is a key thing in this league and I want everyone that's on the floor with me to be just as confident as I am.
~ Tobias Harris
If the NBA wants me to be somebody who can say, 'It is flop or not?' I'll do that for free. For fun.
~ Vlade Divac
It's a different animal when you're in the NBA. You come in this league and you've got 7-footers who play 7 foot who are going to protect that rim come hell or high water.
~ Dwane Casey
I'd 1,000 times rather go see an NBA game than a football match.
~ Carlos Vela
I'm going to continue to see my friends who coach in the NBA and see my former players who play in the NBA. I'm going to continue to go to games.
~ John Calipari
It's been a dream come true, you know, just making it to the NBA and being drafted by a great franchise like Boston.
~ Jayson Tatum
I frankly think the NBA All-Star game has run its course, the whole dunk contest... The game - if those guys actually played hard in that game, it'd be the best watch ever.
~ Jeff Van Gundy