Nba Quotes - Page 16

• In the NBA, you can't run from guys. I think a lot of teams were surprised by my interviews, how nice and well-spoken I am as a player and as a person. I'm a guy who wants to learn.

  Shabazz Muhammad

  Running, Team, Nice

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• I want to be an NBA all-star and help my team win. That's what it's all about, is winning. I'm a competitor... People said a lot about me being selfish and stuff like that. Getting into the league, I can't wait to shut that down. I'm a guy who wants to play and to win and love my teammates.

  Shabazz Muhammad

  Stars, Selfish, Team

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• This sport is just crazy. Your worst enemy in college is your teammate and friend when you get to the NBA. Who would have thought it?

  Gilbert Arenas

  Sports, Crazy, College

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• Don't get me wrong - I love Jason Kidd. He's a great point guard (But) how am I comparing myself to him when I think I'm the best point guard to play basketball? That doesn't make any sense. I mean, how can I sit here and compare myself to somebody if I already think I'm the best?I'm telling you what it is: I know I'm the best point guard in the NBA. I don't need anybody else to tell me that. When I go on the basketball court, if I think about what you're all saying, I'll lose my mind.

  Stephon Marbury

  Basketball, Mean, Thinking

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

  John Wall

  Humble, Play, Thank God

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• I once heard that Paul Seymour said as much as winning an NBA Championship, he'd like to see the Celtics lose a game after Auerbach brought out the cigar so he could go up to Arnold and stuff the cigar in his face.

  Bob Cousy

  Winning, Nba Championships, Games

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• Just because we play in the NBA or coach in the NBA doesn't mean we are not human. We are supermen. For me, getting shot is scary.

  George Karl

  Basketball, Mean, Play

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

  Tony Parker

  Boys, Player, Littles

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• The great thing about basketball is you work as hard as you can to individually get better so that your team can win

  Doug Collins

  Basketball, Team, Winning

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• In 1948, I began coaching basketball at UCLA. Each hour of practice we worked very hard. Each day we worked very hard. Each week we worked very hard. Each season we worked very hard. Four fourteen years we worked very hard and didn't win a national championship. However, a national championship was won in the fifteenth year. Another in the sixteenth. And eight more in the following ten years.

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Winning, Eight

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• Steve Kerr, now coaching Golden State after eight tumultuous and very inconsistent years at TNT.

  Marv Albert

  Funny, Eight, Years

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• We played well all the way until, like, the second quarter.

  LeBron James

  Funny, Way, Quarters

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• I'm going to be one of the top four that's ever played this game, for sure. And if they don't want me to have one of those top four spots, they'd better find another spot on that mountain. Somebody's gotta get bumped, but that's not for me to decide. That's for the architects.

  LeBron James

  Funny, Games, Mountain

  "LeBron: I'll be among greatest". www.espn.com.au. February 12, 2014.

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• I'll save that for Mrs. Battier.

  Shane Battier

  Funny

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

  Paul George

  Funny, Breaths

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• The way he was playing, he probably could have scored on Jesus.

  Mo Williams

  Funny, Jesus, Way

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• Overall, I think Michael Jordan is the greatest athlete in any particular sport. He dominated the game for the Chicago Bulls and brought the NBA to its greatest peak of popularity.

  Will McDonough

  Sports, Athlete, Thinking

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• Coaching in the NBA is not easy. It's like a nervous breakdown with a paycheck.

  Pat Williams

  Basketball, Coaching, Nervous

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• A sportswriter once referred to him as our future president. With a name like Kevin, I don't know whether that's possible.

  Barack Obama

  Funny, Names, President

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• I'm not going to retire because I want the money. We want honest athletes, but at the same time, you're going to have people saying, 'He's so greedy. He's made X amount of money, and he has to take that last little bit.' Yes, I do have to take that last little bit. I'm sorry if that is frustrating to some, but if they were in my shoes, they would do exactly the same thing.

  Steve Nash

  Funny, Sorry, Athlete

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• I'm here to shine a bright light. I'm not here to be a guy of death. I just like 'KD' better.

  Kevin Durant

  Funny, Light, Shining

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• You could be adding gasoline to a roaring fire. We understand that. But this is who we are.

  Brett Brown

  Funny, Fire, Roaring

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• A closing team is so important in the NBA. The last seven minutes is what you are always coaching to get to. Now you have your team set, you have the match-ups you want, you have your time-outs, your chance to finish the game, and that's my job, to get us to that position during the course of the game.

  Doug Collins

  Jobs, Team, Games

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• Loyalty is a cohesive force that forges individuals into a team.

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Loyalty, Team

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• Teamwork is not a preference, it is a requirement.

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Teamwork, Coaching

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