Nba Quotes - Page 15

• I use Secret... I'm always powder-fresh during the games.

  DeAndre Jordan

  Games, Secret, Use

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• If I was going to get beat up, I wanted to be indoors where it was warm.

  Tom Heinsohn

  Basketball, Beats, Wanted

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• Most people forget that Danny Biasone was the Wilbur Wright of basketball. Because he invented the 24-second clock, the game took off. Yet he was a man who never played the game.

  Dolph Schayes

  Basketball, Men, Games

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• These guys have been criticized the last few years for not getting to where we're going, but I've always said that the most important thing in sports is to keep trying. Let this be an example of what it means to say it's never over.

  Jerry Sloan

  Sports, Mean, Winning

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• 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.

  Michael Redd

  Workout, Order, Intensity

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• I was just getting acquainted with the wood. I wanted to see if it was maple or pine.

  Kurt Rambis

  Funny, Woods, Wanted

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• Sport is the only profession I know of that when you retire you have to go to work.

  Earl Monroe

  Funny, Sports, Retiring

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• Nobody fights with Jerry because you know the price would be too high. You might come out the winner, at his age, you might even lick him, but you'd lose an eye, an arm, your testicles in the process, everything would be gone.

  Frank Layden

  Funny, Eye, Fighting

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• 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.

  Eli Manning

  Years, Progress, I've Learned

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• In the NBA, it's about patience.

  Chauncey Billups

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

  Tony Gonzalez

  Basketball, Summer, Practice

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• I love football. I'll watch the NFL before I watch any NBA.

  Dwyane Wade

  Football, Nfl, Watches

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• Our goal is to be the best team in the NBA at the end of the year.

  Dwyane Wade

  Team, Years, Goal

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• 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.

  Tony Parker

  Leader, Want, Firsts

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• 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.

  Michael Redd

  Mistake, Moving, College

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• 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.

  Carl Crawford

  Baseball, Nfl, Unexpected

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• In many ways, my job in soccer was like my job in basketball now. I had to protect the goal. That was the name of the game, not letting the other team score.

  Hakeem Olajuwon

  Basketball, Soccer, Jobs

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

  Larry Bird

  Levels, Wanted, Highest

  "Life Is Still Good For Coach Larry". Post-Tribune, October 30, 1997.

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• Coming out of high school, I think it was good for me instead of going to college because college and the NBA are two different things. You can dominate on the college level, but the NBA is a whole different story. The dudes that do the best are the ones who work hard.

  Dwight Howard

  Hard Work, School, College

  Interview with Victor Kelly, www.ign.com. January 26, 2005.

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• 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.

  Dwight Howard

  Years, Different, Levels

  Interview with Victor Kelly, January 26, 2005.

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• 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.

  Calvin Ayre

  Basketball, Frustration, Player

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• The thing that happened in Washington -- it happened. All you can do is just grow from it. That took a toll on me. That was probably -- I think if I could've bounced mentally out of that situation faster than I did, I would probably still be in the NBA. But since I couldn't understand why they were trying to treat me like that, I basically gave up. I just didn't want to be a part of it anymore.

  Gilbert Arenas

  Thinking, Trying, Tolls

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• 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.

  Carmelo Anthony

  School, Winning, College

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• Of all the things in sports, getting a sack is one of the hardest things to do. It's like a last-second, game-winning shot in the NBA. A guy hits the last-second shot, and the fans scream. For us (defensive ends), the sack is everything. It's hard to get there. But once you do, there's nothing like it.

  Dwight Freeney

  Sports, Winning, Games

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

  Arn Tellem

  Player, Years, Needs

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