Nba Player Quotes

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

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.

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.

Some people insist they've never met a gay person. But Three Degrees of Jason Collins dictates that no NBA player can claim that anymore. Pro basketball is a family. And pretty much every family I know has a brother, sister or cousin who's gay. In the brotherhood of the NBA, I just happen to be the one who's out.

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

I really don't like talking about diets.

If you're not doing what is best for your body, you are the one who lose.

You know it's going to hell when the best rapper out there is white and the best golfer is black.

I don't [know] what everybody else's motives are, I don't know what your motives are, but mine is to portray the real life of an NBA player. And it's not all about I just do everything, like I'm the hardest worker, or I love to play basketball every day, I go to the gym at eight and don't leave until five. No, that's not how it is. That's not how I am.

There is no 'i' in team but there is in win.

I think someone should explain to the child that it's OK to make mistakes. That's how we learn. When we compete, we make mistakes.

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

I've had enough success for two lifetimes, My success is talent put together with hard work and luck.

I learned at a young age to dribble with both hands, and that allows me to be more creative when I go against bigger and stronger opponents.

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.

I want the younger kids, the basketball players in high school and college to hear from me and let them know that when you come to the league, this is what happens and this is how I feel as an NBA player. And it's not all peachy keen.

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.

I can understand the frustration felt by the many basketball players who feel that they have been forced to conform with the league's new dress code, .. Iverson and other NBA players have suggested that they will not abide by the league's dress code, and Bodog.com will offer to reimburse any fines levied, and match the payment with a donation to each player's charity of choice.

You have to be able to center yourself, to let all of your emotions go... Don't ever forget that you play with your soul as well as your body.

If I weren't earning $3 million a year to dunk a basketball, most people on the street would run in the other direction if they saw me coming.

As far as carrying the torch for the years to come, I don't know. I just want to be the best basketball player I can be.

If you don't do what's best for your body, you're the one who comes up on the short end.

Even when I'm old and grey, I won't be able to play it, but I'll still love the game.

I never thought a role model should be negative.

All kids need is a little help, a little hope and somebody who believes in them.

Our offense is like the pythagorean theorem: There is no answer!

These are my new shoes. They're good shoes. They won't make you rich like me, they won't make you rebound like me, they definitely won't make you handsome like me. They'll only make you have shoes like me. That's it.

The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes in or not.

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

I play to win, whether during practice or a real game. And I will not let anything get in the way of me and my competitive enthusiasm to win.

I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come.

Sometimes a player's greatest challenge is coming to grips with his role on the team.

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

Everybody pulls for David, nobody roots for Goliath.

Coaching is easy. Winning is the hard part.

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.

When I was young, I never wanted to leave the court until I got things exactly correct. My dream was to become a pro.

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.

Look at the NBA players back when Magic and Kareem played in the early 80's with the short shorts, look at what Michael looked like when he first came in the league compared to when he left. Every sport evolves. Every sport gets bigger and more athletic, and you have to keep up.

You play with your soul as well as your body.

We're going to turn this team around 360 degrees.

I know I'm never as good or bad as one single performance. I've never believed in my critics or my worshippers, and I've always been able to leave the game at the arena.

I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come. I don't do things half-heartedly. Because I know if I do, then I can expect half-hearted results.

Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.

Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.

To be successful you have to be selfish, or else you never achieve. And once you get to your highest level, then you have to be unselfish. Stay reachable. Stay in touch. Don't isolate.

If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them

Great players are willing to give up their own personal achievement for the achievement of the group. It enhances everybody.

Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.

If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.