Famous Quotes & Sayings

LeBron James

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

Mario Chalmers

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.

Marv Albert

The Chicago Bulls’ Michael Jordan’s three-point explosion in Game 1 of the 1992 NBA Finals against Portland is easily one of the greatest performances I’ve ever seen. As he made his sixth straight, he winked directly at (broadcast partner) Mike (Fratello) and me and held his palms up in a shrug, as if to say, What can I do?

Scott Drew

There will be a ton of NBA scouts going through Valparaiso this season.

I wanted to show the NBA scouts what I could do. That's my dream, to play in the NBA. That's always been my dream.

Tom Izzo

I turned down going to the NBA so I wouldn't have back-to-backs.

Chauncey Billups

It takes a while -- a long time, because we have so many different sets, options. It's not just the regular old sets that every NBA team runs. We run a lot of stuff. It's kind of complicated.

It was like winning the NBA championship or something,

Billy Donovan

It's not about just getting to the NBA with these guys. It's about making an impact. This is their decision.

Lamar Odom

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

Kyrie Irving

I felt like we would have definitely won an NBA championship if everyone was healthy.

Gilbert Arenas

When I leave the NBA, I don't want my legacy to be, 'He won a championship ring.' I want my legacy to say: 'He played for the people. He gave everybody in the world hope that they can be just like him.'

Chris Paul

I can dunk! I can dunk, and not just in NBA Live.

Chris Paul

I grew up on games like Madden and NBA Jam, then moved on to NFL 2K on Dreamcast. The game I really loved was Virtua Tennis.

Jonah Goldberg

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

Steve Kerr

For them to have the season that they had, for them to have us on the ropes ... Congrats to the Cavs.

Steve Kerr

We didn't do much different against LeBron. We were just more active and more competitive.

Steve Kerr

It's different as a coach because you feel responsible for a lot of people. Even though you don't take a shot, you don't get a rebound, you feel like you just want people to succeed and you want to help them any way you can.

Ted Leonsis

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

Shaquille O'Neal

Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, bet you can't type that.

Shaquille O'Neal

Keep in mind, I'm not allowed to be tough. I'm tamed.

Shaquille O'Neal

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

Why aren't the Nets playing in Newark?

Shaquille O'Neal

There will be a report coming out, and my name will be on it.

Shaquille O'Neal

First person who says that to my face, I'll punch you!

Shaquille O'Neal

Tell them it was a foul.

Shaquille O'Neal

I was really upset. I felt like they tried to limit me, whoever 'they' may be. So I just said to myself third quarter I'm going to come out and do what I do.

Shaquille O'Neal

I got into foul trouble, so I really kind of had to play on egg shells from there on out.

Shaquille O'Neal

It gets bigger every time you go over. In China, there was Yao Ming stuff everywhere. I'm just fortunate to have a good-looking face to where they recognize me.

Shaquille O'Neal

I look forward to making Miami a media mecca.

Shaquille O'Neal

Well, Doctor, I don't have the diagnosis on that. I'll be sure to do a physical checkup and get back to you.

Shaquille O'Neal

If you take a needle and stick her in the booty and take a needle and stick me in the booty, we're both going to say ouch.

Shaquille O'Neal

You guys make the rules up, so a foul is a foul. It doesn't matter if a guy is bigger and stronger. It's not my fault I ate my Frosted Flakes when I was little, and you ate Wheaties.