Nba Youngboy All In Quotes

We were in the NBA Finals. Two games away from winning it. I think we did pretty well. ~ David Blatt

Actually, Magic and the Lakers beat Philadelphia for Magic's first NBA Championship. ~ Oscar Robertson

Kim Kardashian is single again. Hey, great. Maybe that will give the NBA players something to do during the lockout. ~ Frank Caliendo

When you look at the last 20 years in the NBA, there have been seven teams that have won the NBA championship. Six of those seven teams drafted the number one or number two pick; their foundational people, ~ Ted Leonsis

There's never been a better time to be an NBA owner ~ Ted Leonsis

Everyone knows Jordan as a winner, and that's what I want to be known as at the end of my playing career. Someone who's won multiple NBA Championships and has made a difference in the NBA. ~ Mario Chalmers

People say that, but I think the NBA was bigger than Larry Bird and Magic Johnson. ~ Oscar Robertson

In the NBA, it's about patience. ~ Chauncey Billups

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

Can't say no one makes money from Twitter now. The NBA does. ~ Mark Cuban

(Oklahoma Thunder center Kendrick) Perkins doesn't like other NBA players. ~ Doc Rivers

I know I'm one of the biggest busts in NBA history ~ Greg Oden

I never rushed the fact that I wanted to be in the NBA or rushed the fact, you know, they asked me about the NBA. I always (unintelligible) back to the fact that I just love playing with my teammates. ~ LeBron James

I'm going to be the Will Smith of the NBA. ~ Kobe Bryant

I am very happy to be here in the NBA. ~ Dwyane Wade

I wrote six versions of a 30-second tease for an NBA game. You never get it right on the first try. ~ Mike Tirico

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

A lot of times things get blown out of proportion in a negative light, especially in the NBA, ... But there are a lot of players in the NBA who really care about the community and want to use their basketball-playing ability for a good cause. ~ Kobe Bryant

Listening and talking to my teammates has helped me learn the NBA game. I know that talent can only take you so far. ~ Paul Pierce

There are 30 great jobs in the NBA, and I've got one of them. ~ Scott Brooks

It's always been my dream to play in the NBA. ~ Paul Pierce

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

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

Now, if you're an NBA fan, you know what Vince Carter did. I came up with a line about him: 'Half-man, half-amazing.' ~ Shaquille O'Neal

I learned very quickly that the NBA is a very rough place, physically and mentally. There's no mercy. ~ Chris Bosh

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

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

I don't think we'll shoot 76 percent in a half ever again. That's crazy. ~ Gregg Popovich

He shouldn't have been in the NBA, but we were too cheap to pay for a point guard. ~ Kobe Bryant

I think if I had one year of college, I'd have done better with the mental part [of the NBA]. ~ Jermaine O'Neal

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

A lot of people look at playing overseas as a step down from the NBA. And, yes it is a step down from the NBA money-wise, but there is just as good of talent overseas as in the NBA. Not better talent. ~ Udonis Haslem

We Latinos are in a growing stage in the NBA. It's all part of the international basketball boom. ~ Manu Ginobili

I dream about winning a championship, where everybody is hooting and hollering for you. The whole world is drawn to the NBA Finals. ~ Ray Allen

Trying to make the NBA is one of the very few areas where a Harvard degree won't necessarily help. ~ Jeremy Lin

I remember when I came into the NBA, eighteen years ago, there were maybe nine to twelve international players playing in the NBA. Today we've got more than 85, so that tells you how our game has grown at that level. ~ Dikembe Mutombo

It's a luxury to play. I get to play basketball for a living. I'm a lucky guy and I'm thankful for everything I have and what I get to do. I realize how many people would give their left foot to just play one game in the NBA. This is the NBA! ~ Chris Bosh

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

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. ~ Bill Walton

I told my wife the other day, I'm the Halle Berry of the NBA. Everybody wants this, baby. Everybody wants me. ~ Shaquille O'Neal

In college, the fans cheer the whole game, from start to finish. In the NBA it's really laid back. ~ Nate Robinson

Are you a producer or a looter? If diversity were always and everywhere good we would be clamoring for more midgets in the NBA. ~ Jonah Goldberg

I met wonderful people playing in the NBA. Whether it is the officials, the scorekeepers, all the people who work for the NBA, not just for the Lakers, but I'm talking about just for the league itself. ~ Magic Johnson

I've always played 'NBA Live' since I was a kid, so to be on the cover is a blessing. ~ Dwight Howard

I always felt that I had to leave a legacy on the African continent. As I was only the third player to come to the NBA from Africa, I felt I had to do my best to recruit more young Africans to come and play in the NBA - and also find a way to bring the NBA to Africa. ~ Dikembe Mutombo

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

It takes a number of critical factors to win an NBA championship, including the right mix of talent, creativity, intelligence, toughness, and of course, luck. But if a team doesn't have the most essential ingredient - love - none of those other factors matter. ~ Phil Jackson

There was a possibility I could have been out of the NBA. It's taught me something that was a little deeper than basketball. I'm talking about life decisions. ~ Lamar Odom

Nobody thought that I was going to make it to the NBA. I only had a couple of believers growing up. ~ Dwight Howard

If cocaine were helium, the NBA would float away. ~ Art Rust, Jr.

I don't know what life is like, I don't know how regular people live. I just can never understand it. My first job was the NBA. ~ Tracy McGrady

My dream was to be in the NBA. I wasn't really focused on being a star player on a team. I just wanted to make it to the NBA. I've been blessed for the opportunities to be in the Finals, been in the playoffs ever since I've been in the NBA. ~ James Harden

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

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

Im the best point guard in the NBA. ~ Stephon Marbury

Creativity can be learned like basketball, which does not mean we will all be NBA stars. ~ Edward De Bono

When I played in the NBA for 12 years, Seattle had some of the best fans in the NBA. ~ Kevin Johnson

I love the NBA playoffs. It's just a great mental test for each team.
When it's really close, usually one team pulls together, and the other team comes apart. ~ Doc Rivers

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

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

The swimming community is really small, but why can't it be as big as the NBA or the NFL? ~ Ryan Lochte

When players are used to winning, they put out a little more. Basketball 3rd winningest coach (regular season and playoffs) in NBA history; won 1,037 times in 20 years; ~ Red Auerbach

My whole thing was, just being me. Now, you look around the NBA and all of them have tattoos, guys wearing cornrows. Now you see the police officers with the cornrows. I took a beating for those types of things. ~ Allen Iverson

I got hooked up with the NBA Nation and the next thing I knew I was judging the Sprite Slam Dunk Showdown. They needed somebody who can travel on the weekends and go up to eight different cities. ~ Darryl Dawkins

I've always been interested in jobs in the NBA. But I've been in this for 20 years and it might be time to do something else. ~ Larry Bird

NBA games are exciting to watch and have global appeal. They are very popular in China. I do watch NBA games on television when I have time. ~ Xi Jinping

It's easy to be a spokesman and ambassador for a great organization like the NBA. I thank Commissioner David Stern for putting that trust in me to serve the NBA around the globe. ~ Dikembe Mutombo

It's been a journey, the NBA. It's taken me a lot farther than I ever expected. ~ Larry Bird

Because of the makeup of the NBA, it cannot afford for the public to turn on them. ~ Julius Erving

The first time I stepped on an NBA court I became a businessman. ~ LeBron James

Yao Ming is the best thing to happen to the NBA in a long time. He is just a beautiful person inside and out. The vision, the creativity, the gentleness of spirit ... he has it all. ~ Bill Walton

I was always into sports games. Never really played anything else. I grew up on games like Madden and NBA Jam. ~ Chris Paul

When Jordan took the court for the first time wearing his special red-and-black shoes, the NBA fined the Bulls $1,000 for violating the league's uniform dress code. Nike cleverly seized on the fine as a publicity opportunity, producing a television commercial that showed Jordan bouncing a ball as a voice said: "On September 15, Nike created a revolutionary new basketball shoe. On October 18, the NBA threw them out of the game. Fortunately, the NBA can't keep you from wearing them. Air Jordans from Nike. ~ Aaron Frisch

It's hard to say if the NBA is hurt by the influx of younger players, but it's definitely impacted the league. ~ Michael Jordan

We didn't see [the NBA lockout] as a victory at all. It was far from what we set it out to accomplish in bargaining, but I thought it was a fair compromise. ~ Adam Silver

I think it was wishful thinking of me to dream of being an NBA player. And once I made the NBA I dreamed of being an All-Star, but I never dreamed of being an MVP. ~ Steve Nash

When the effort is in question, the ball goes in different directions and the ball doesn't always bounce your way. When you're playing in the home of the NBA champions, it isn't going to be easy. ~ Ray Allen

The NBA and NHL have different agendas: The NBA is much more protective of its players and its brand; the NHL has less to lose, and it's in their best interest to generate buzz any way they can. ~ Bill Simmons

If you put everything together as far as my mind, my body, my game. If you put everything in one bottle, this is probably the best I've been. ~ LeBron James

I love football. I'll watch the NFL before I watch any NBA. ~ Dwyane Wade

The 76ers hold a special place in my heart and I am intrigued by the opportunity to return to Philadelphia, where I was part of a rebuilding program, joining the team the year after it went 9-73 and going to the NBA Finals just four years later. ~ Doug Collins

Everybody dreams about getting to the NBA and everybody dreams about having their own shoe. But when you're the face of a brand, you've got to kind of back off and let it all soak in a little bit. ~ Brandon Jennings

I got a goal, and it's a huge goal, and that's to bring an NBA championship here to Cleveland, and I won't stop until I get it. ~ LeBron James

Christian is going to be the strongest man in the NBA next year, because all he's been doing all summer is carrying around the luggage for 11 guys. ~ Charles Barkley

NBA has a selfish rationale. It saves the owners money by delaying the time a player gets to a second, more lucrative contract. Even the player's union is on board. There are only 450 jobs in the NBA, and the one-and-done protects veterans' jobs. ~ Sonny Vaccaro

When I was a little kid I used to go on the playground and say: today I will shoot like Bird, pass like Magic, jump like Mike, be quick like Zeke. I am thankful to them, since without seeing them do things they did, I wouldn't be in the NBA. ~ Allen Iverson

The NBA has the best point guards in the world, so it is important that I come ready to play every night. ~ Steve Nash

I think I got hooked up because I try to do good things with the NBA, and they always want somebody who's notable and who's personable with people. ~ Darryl Dawkins

Unfortunately, music is a male-dominated industry. It's not that there aren't plenty of women working in the industry, it's just, the higher up you go ... it's like how women who play in the WNBA make so little, compared to men in the NBA. ~ Cassie Ventura

I'm pleased that they performed as well as they did while we've been in Miami and that's about as far as it goes. Now, we've got to go home and play as well or better. ~ Gregg Popovich

This ain't the Girl Scouts. This ain't the Boy Scouts. This is the NBA. ~ Kevin Garnett

[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

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

The NBA's been around how long? A hundred years? Fifty years? So to change it now, whoever that person is needs his college degree revoked ... Whoever did that needs to be fired. It was terrible, a terrible decision. Awful. I might get fined for saying that, but so what? ~ Shaquille O'Neal

It is time for everyone to sit down - the NCAA, the NBA, the players union and the coaching fraternity - and come up with suitable solutions to these problems. ~ Dick Vitale

Shaq is not the man. He's the man because the NBA wants him to be the man, but before you can be the man, you've got to be the man. ~ Dennis Rodman

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Boston is a very proud franchise. The NBA misses them when they are not in the mix. They, along with teams like the Knicks and 76ers are a big part of the heart, soul and history of the league. ~ Doug Collins

You know the world is messed up when the tallest man in the NBA is Chinese, the best golfer is black, and the best rapper is white. ~ Chris Rock

So you're dealing with a coach, and you're dealing with a guy who's actually experienced NBA basketball from a player's perspective and actually goes about it that way. ~ Kevin Garnett