Quotes About NBA

I was in Atlanta for nine years and we never got to play on Christmas Day.

After I see in OKC, I see this is how NBA teams are. You know how you're like in a dream and you have a superpower and just don't want to open your eyes and end the dream? Oklahoma City's been like that to me.

I don't want to come into a situation like the NBA and have to develop for two or three years. When I come in, I want to be a superstar.

I think it's the hardest part for about 80 percent of the guys in the NBA. That's just the way it is in the NBA, unless you're a mega superstar. You're just going to play wherever you go. You try to find the right fit and the right team with the right system and the right coach at the right time.

It's a league where guys are trying to play to the best of their ability, whether you're a superstar or trying to make the NBA.

Superstar NBA players don't just change positions in their prime. Not eight years into their careers... not when they've been consistently at the top of the league in scoring... and especially not when their team lacks another dominant scorer.

That's kind of what I got in the NBA for. I want to go against superstars that would be a good challenge for me.

There are only a handful of guys in the NBA who are going to be superstars and I think I found a bit of a niche with the Jazz to come off the bench and do what I do.

I had no idea that the over-the-counter supplement that I took was a substance banned by the NBA. It was an honest mistake, but I take full responsibility for my actions.

The kind of support we have in Oklahoma City, it's the best in the NBA. Phenomenal. Beards in the crowd, the whole nine. The city is really something special.

My dream was to play in the NBA and live my authentic life as a proud gay man at the same time. I was able to accomplish both of those goals because of the people who have supported me throughout my life.

Life is full of surprises. We've seen on the NBA court a lot of surprises. You never know what's going to happen if we play smart, if we play hard, if we play together.

Pau is one of the best big men in the game. I mean, Pau Gasol is going to be in the Hall of Fame.

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.

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.

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.

I think that Paul Gasol is the most skilled big man in the NBA today with his ability to post on either block, the way he runs the floor, and the way he can shoot the mid-range jump shot.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

All I could think to say was, "The Lakers are my home team!

I hope his breath wasn't too bad for 'Bron.'