Quotes About Basketball

The key to the fadeaway is your legs.

Some kids have lifelong dreams of wanting to play in the NBA.

Playing in the NBA has been a lifelong dream.

I didn't grow up admiring anybody but George Gervin, and I didn't get a chance to play against him. That would've been one of my lifetime accomplishments. I probably would've went crazy if I played against him, because he's like a father to me now.

Most of my game is not really based on explosiveness, but I've gotta have a little lift on my jumper.

All the normal lifts that bodybuilders do, we didn't do them in basketball.

If a player needs money, and that's a decision he's willing to make to go to college based on name, image and likeness, where he can make more money instead of where he wants to go to school, why don't we give him the choice to go to the NFL if he's ready to go and if the NFL wants him to go? Basketball has done it for years.

I started liking basketball when I was 13, but I couldn't play because my dad thought it was too physical.

I'm in limbo. The baseball people are like, 'Oh, he's basketball athletic.' The basketball people are like, 'Well, he plays baseball, so he's probably not that athletic.'

I had a two-dribble limit.

I've always wanted to have some sort of academy or program that links education and basketball.

I know the NBA is my all-time goal. It's what I dreamed of as a little kid.

When I was a little kid, I looked at my mom, stepdad and said, 'I want to be an NBA player,' just because I love to play the game of basketball like 24/7.

Shaq is such a load. He's so big and strong, but it's possible to play well against him.

All I know is basketball, and I'm sure a lot of guys in the locker room, all they know is basketball. So, they have to enjoy it.

The music before the game, they're playing old-school music and it's right above your locker room and you're like, 'These people are crazy, man. This is pretty cool.' I'm sure it has an effect, but after a few minutes, it's just basketball.

I played for the Long Island Panthers growing up, and we played in all the boroughs.

I like George Gervin a lot, even as a guy that played a long time ago.

I'm looking forward to playing against LeBron.

Losses will come. That's for sure. There's nobody in the league who has gone 82-0.

I loved Muggsy Bogues when he was in the league.

During the season, I'm not really on too many other things - I'm just focused on basketball. But I'm a big lover of music and I watch a lot of movies.

I'm loyal to my family, to my faith, and to basketball.

With the years I've had with U.S.A. Basketball, my loyalty, their loyalty to me with always asking me to come back, that's incredible.