Nba Player Quotes

Nba Player Quote of the day

You need to work as hard to be a great teammate as you do to be a great player

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

Your best players have to unite and inspire the group... otherwise, they'll divide the group

The greatest compliment to any player is he is a great teammate. We can't all be great players, but we can all be great teammates

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

Goals determine what you are going to be

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

Do your best when no one is looking.

I'm not trying to be like what I thought an NBA player is supposed to be growing up.

I ask myself why I do it [work]. Maybe it's to prove I'm still around. It takes a lot out of my body. I'm not an NBA player anymore. At my age, very few people can handle it.

Maybe somewhere down the line when I'm done playing, I'd want to style NBA players.

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.

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.

Players draw confidence from a poised, alert coach who anticipates changing in game conditions

When I come home, I'm not a basketball player, but "dad". While everyone sees me as an NBA player, to my boys, I'm just "dad" and that's very important.

I don't see it happening unless every NBA player is given a stipend to buy clothes.

If I'd gone straight to the NBA, I don't think I would have been ready as a player or a person.

One thing I learned in the NBA is that the No. 1 job of a general manager is to keep his job. They are only 30 positions where you make millions and hang around with basketball players all day.

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

It took me a while to realize I'm an NBA player.

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.

I'm the NBA's best NFL player, and I've always been the sexiest 7-footer in the NBA - for 12 years running.