Nba Quotes - Page 7

• In order to achieve to achieve positive results, one must work for them, not hope for them

  Bobby Knight

  Basketball, Order, Achieve

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• The thing I love about the NBA game is that it's a playmaker's league.

  Lamar Odom

  Games, League, Things I Love

  FaceBook post by Lamar Odom from Nov 30, 2011

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• Jeff Bzdelik is one of the smartest, most knowledgeable, hardest working coaches I have ever worked with. His teams in the NBA and college have achieved beyond their talent levels. Recruits to Wake Forest will play for a coach who was successful in the NBA for a long time and will teach them what they need to know to make it to the NBA.

  Stan Van Gundy

  Team, Successful, College

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• Offense is not equal opportunity

  Bobby Knight

  Basketball, Opportunity, Equal

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• I always wanted to be a Sixer. My dad was a Sixers' fan. I never wanted to leave. I wanted to start my career in Philly and finish it here.

  Allen Iverson

  Basketball, Dad, Careers

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• I want to be a free agent. I think everybody in the NBA dreams to be a free agent at least one time in their career. It's like you have an evaluation period. It's like if I'm in the gym and I have all the coaches, all the owners, all the GMs come into the gym and just evaluate everything I do. So yes, I want that experience.

  Carmelo Anthony

  Dream, Thinking, Careers

  "Knicks remain faves with Melo set to dive in to free-agency". Interview with Marc Berman, nypost.com. June 28, 2014.

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• I never envisioned myself playing for the U.S. Olympic team -- growing up, I never envisioned playing in the NBA, to be real with you. I never envisioned that type of stuff. So this is like a dream that I never had come true. It's like I'm a part of what's really going on. It's still very hard for me to believe that I am really going to be a part of the biggest thing in the whole entire world.

  Carmelo Anthony

  Dream, Growing Up, Team

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• These days I smile benignly at the fights that I see in NBA games. There aren't any broken noses or black eyes, which happened quite often when I played.

  Bob Cousy

  Basketball, Eye, Fighting

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• One time, I put up 40, 50 points dunking on Shawn Bradley. After the game, he brought his family over. He was like, 'This is my wife. She wants to take a picture.' I'm like, 'Nice to meet you.' I smile into the camera, take the picture, and then feel guilty about dunking on him so many times.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, Nice, Games

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• Hey Steve, no offense, but if you couldn't shoot, there would be no reason for you to be alive.

  Charles Barkley

  Funny, Hey, Alive

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• I guess when people ask what is the biggest transition to the NBA from college, it is definitely defense and the mental part.

  Magic Johnson

  College, People, Transition

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• If the only reason I coached was to win basketball games, my life would be pretty shallow

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Winning, Games

  Mike Krzyzewski, Donald T. Phillips (2010). “Leading with the Heart: Coach K's Successful Strategies for Basketball, Business, and Life”, p.208, Hachette UK

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• That dude scored 8 points in the last 19 seconds, pulled out a miracle win at the Garden. He made me choke on a chicken bone that day. I'm serious.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, Winning, Garden

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• Mama wanted me to be a preacher. I told her coachin' and preachin' were a lot alike.

  Bear Bryant

  Leadership, Basketball, Believe

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• What excites me the most is when a coach calls a timeout and chews out his forward because I just dunked on his head.

  Karl Malone

  Inspirational, Basketball, Coaches

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• The American attitude is 'We're the best'. That's why the NBA guys who come from other countries, the Europeans, all sort of stick together away from the game.

  Andrew Bogut

  Country, Attitude, Games

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The thing with NBA teams, a lot of times they just want to get you back on the floor to play, so as a player you've got to be very, very smart.

  Andrew Bogut

  Smart, Team, Player

  "Bogut downplays injury concerns, relishes fresh start with Warriors". Interview with Sam Amick, www.si.com. March 28, 2012.

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• I'm a 34-year-old NBA center. I'm black. And I'm gay. I didn't set out to be the first openly gay athlete playing in a major American team sport. But since I am, I'm happy to start the conversation. I wish I wasn't the kid in the classroom raising his hand and saying, "I'm different." If I had my way, someone else would have already done this. Nobody has, which is why I'm raising my hand.

  Jason Collins

  Sports, Team, Kids

  "Why NBA center Jason Collins is coming out now" by Jason Collins, www.si.com. April 29, 2013.

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• I actually think if you have a strong junior class, that's the best possible scenario. In their senior year, guys who are on the threshold of making it to the NBA start getting preoccupied in their thoughts elsewhere more than concerning themselves with the present. The junior class is the perfect age.

  Rick Pitino

  Senior, Strong, Thinking

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• Creativity can be learned like basketball, which does not mean we will all be NBA stars.

  Edward de Bono

  Basketball, Education, Stars

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• Owner Red McCombs has a track record for dumping teams - he owned both the NBA's Spurs and Nuggets at various times - and his stadium situation just isn't going to get resolved in the Twin Cities. Even some of his fellow owners have him No. 1 on the relocation list. I think Red might sell, ... He's been known to sell before.

  Bud Adams

  Team, Thinking, Cities

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• I want to thank all the fans for their support over the years. Keep supporting the Knicks, we're moving in the right direction here and we will be exciting to watch and competing against the best in the NBA. Come back to the Garden for those exciting games.

  John Starks

  Moving Forward, Garden, Years

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• The NBA has a voice that's why they have a lockout. The NFL has a voice that's why they had a lockout. Boxing is the only sport that's individually represented the individual people - Managers, Promoters and Boxers.

  Bernard Hopkins

  Sports, Motivation, Nfl

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• I'm playing the guys who are going to fight. If you're not into this, I'm going to someone else

  John Calipari

  Basketball, Fighting, Guy

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• Give me about 10 years, I'm going to run for President. If I can squeeze in an NBA championship before that, I'll do it.

  Will Smith

  Running, Nba Championships, Years

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