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The NBA's chosen ones think I'm setting a bad example? I think they need to look around and stop taking themselves so seriously.
I kind of knew. I said, 'Yeah, I'm not going to be able to play in the NBA. That's just not going to happen. Let that dream go.'
Everybody knows the NBA is the top of basketball in the world. The game here is more hard, more physical, faster than in Europe.
I dont want to be a point guard, or a two-guard, I want people to think of me as "creative", I just want to create on the court.
The fundamentals of the game are the same wherever you go: pass, dribble, shoot, defend, rebound, screen, play hard and together
Larry, you only told me one lie. You said there will be another Larry Bird. Larry, there will never, ever be another Larry Bird.
Most of the power forwards in the NBA are 6'10', 6'11', making it difficult for a player at 6'7', 6'8' to the play the position.
I'm not naive - I think it's rare in the NBA every day to actually be able to enjoy being around the people you're working with.
I haven't always recruited for the best talent. I've taken a few guys who would fit for different reasons. Leadership. Toughness
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
When I was eighteen and I won the European Championship - that's when I realized I had an opportunity to play in the NBA one day.
I've always said that besides the NBA, the Yugoslavian league and a Russian league were the best basketball leagues in the world.
The players I respected most were the toughest players, not those who talked a good game or blocked a shot and acted like a fool.
When I got into the NBA, the thing of it was, if you won, you got a new arena. But if you lost, you had to work to get the arena.
The Single Mothers Program is something I would love to start if I'm fortunate enough to make it to the NBA and things like that.
It's not like I was a one-of-a-kind talented guy at 18 who made it to the NBA and have been playing in All-Star Games ever since.
I know I'm one of the biggest busts in NBA history, and I know it will only get worse as Kevin Durant continues doing big things.
When Durant was in college, I predicted on 'First Take' he would lead the NBA in scoring and began calling him my favorite player.
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.
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.
I feel like I was counted out, you know, my first two seasons in the NBA. They might not have been perfect, but I'm proud of them.
There are so many kids in Africa who adore these athletes in the NBA and see themselves in them, even though we're so far removed.
I wanted to become one of the best guards in the NBA. In order to accomplish that, I had to increase the intensity of my workouts.
The Honda Center is a wonderful arena. And it's a great arena, not only for the NHL, but it would be a great arena for an NBA team.
It's not all about becoming an NBA player; sometimes it's about becoming your best self and making the biggest impact you can make.
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.
Of course, in college, you're traveling, especially when you're with Duke basketball, but in the NBA, it's on a whole entire level.
I dream about winning a championship, where everybody is hooting and hollering for you. The whole world is drawn to the NBA Finals.
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.
That's one of the reasons I was drafted because I blocked three shots a game in college so I got to continue doing that in the NBA.
I think it would be a boring game if everybody was the same, just like it would be boring if you guys asked the same dumb questions.
Some people think, 'Who is this guy? Where did he come from? I never heard of him.' But it took me time to become a good NBA player.
The NBA never wanted to use me to market their work even though I have a huge following and lots of fans. I was the bad guy to them.
I couldn't be more proud to be in the NBA, to be with the Celtics and be surrounded by the people I get to go to work with every day.
Not sure if that will benefit me or hurt me, but I know I have the skills and am ready to play in the NBA regardless of my ethnicity.
The public's got it right, a lot of NBA stars are arrogant and like to spend lots of money and have lots of girlfriends and all that.
I've been a bit surprised, and encouraged, by the NBA's support for athletes that speak out. Compared to the NFL, it's night and day.
I think it's cool to read that Draymond Green is transcending the NBA. I also think it's cool to read that Draymond Green is terrible.
If you're out there, and you can't do it, that makes you a bust. Well, I was never really out there. I was never Greg Oden in the NBA.
Researchers in England say tall men are more likely to have more children than short men. Here in America we call that the NBA theory.
If he wants to get that next contract, he's going to have to go to the New York Athletic Club three times a day and just ride the bike.
I learned quickly in the NBA that you keep one eye open at all times and one ear closed. You can't react to everything you hear or see.
When I retire, I'm going after his job. If I don't make sheriff, I'm going after his job. He's not that good. You can quote me on that.
People said I wouldn't be in the NBA. People said I wouldn't be a starting center, this, that and the other. I just prove people wrong.
I love Memphis. They've been good to me, the town and everything else. And quite frankly, I love the NBA and love being involved in it.
In basketball - as in life - true joy comes from being fully present in each and every moment, not just when things are going your way.
I want to become the first European floor leader to succeed in the NBA. I want to be the standard-bearer and prove we can succeed here.
No one was there. Some teammates, huh? I guess they didn't want to get their lip busted like the gentleman I busted. Sorry for that sir.
I don't want to come into a situation like the NBA and have to develop for two or three years. When I come in, I want to be a superstar.
If the NBA were on channel 5 and a bunch of frogs making love were on channel 4, I'd watch the frogs, even if they were coming in fuzzy.