Matchups Nba Quotes

I'm impressed with how the NBA, as a whole, is dressing so well. Guys are being very creative and having fun with it. ~ Tony Parker

The same way you slow me down. You can't. ~ LeBron James

You cant win unless you learn how to lose. ~ Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

In the end, what your own troops do is more important than who they are marching against. ~ Don Meyer

Everyday we are going to fight lazy and soft. It's completely unacceptable. You have to be demanding ~ George Karl

You learn from everybody. You learn from the players. You learn from great coaches. You learn from great teams ~ Tom Thibodeau

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

Footwork is one of the primary prerequisites to becoming a great player ~ Mike Krzyzewski

Flash, take the game off. I'll go out and do the work. ~ Shaquille O'Neal

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

[The NBA] used to be a small band of basketball groupies. Now there are a lot more corporate-type people working in the league. ~ Jerry West

I'm very happy and excited to be re-joining the Sixers family as a part of their broadcast team. I spent my best and most enthusiastic years of my NBA career with this organization and its fans and I truly feel honored and blessed to have been given this opportunity to return. ~ Eric Snow

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

Success doesn't stop when you get there ~ Michael Jordan

We looked like a team at both ends of the court. ~ Mike Dunlap

I don't know concretely if it's due to superstition, but any time a new rule is implemented into the NBA or a new piece of equipment or a new technology, there is always a transition and adjustment period by players and coaches and anyone involved with the game. ~ Stu Jackson

Since the NBA purchased the New Orleans Hornets, final responsibility for significant management decisions lies with the Commissioner's Office in consultation with team chairman Jac Sperling. All decisions are made on the basis of what is in the best interests of the Hornets. In the case of the trade proposal that was made to the Hornets for Chris Paul, we decided, free from the influence of other NBA owners, that the team was better served with Chris in a Hornets uniform than by the outcome of the terms of that trade. ~ David Stern

People who are in it for their own good are individualists. They don't share the same heartbeat that makes a team so great. A great unit, whether it be football or any organization, shares the same heartbeat. ~ Bear Bryant

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

If there is one thing that has helped me as a coach, it's my ability to recognize winners, or good people who can become winners by paying the price. ~ Bear Bryant

In the NBA, there is a guy guarding you, and you really have to try shooting over him. ~ Amar'e Stoudemire

I was the bridge between the Michael Jordan era and LeBron James era. ~ Allen Iverson

If I were involved with the NBA, I wouldn't want a 19-year-old or a 20-year-old kid to bring into all the travel and all the problems that exist in the NBA. I would want a much more mature kid. I would want a kid that maybe I've been watching on another team, and now he's 21, 22 years old instead of 18 or 19, and I might trade for that kid. ~ Bobby Knight

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

A pinch is a pinch. If you pinch my right nipple, I'm going to say, 'ouch.' If I pinch your right nipple, you're going to say 'ouch.' A foul is a foul and a flagrant is a flagrant. ~ Shaquille O'Neal

There are a lot of guys who play in the NBA. There aren't a lot of guys who have a chance to win a gold medal, too. ~ James Harden

When I was younger, I just thought about playing in the NBA. ~ Derrick Rose

My motto is very simple. Win a Ring for the King. ~ Shaquille O'Neal

They jumped on us. They were the aggressor. They had us on our heels from the beginning. ~ LeBron James

I'm very, very confident in my ability to see the game - even before it's played. ~ LeBron James