Basketball Quotes

“People associate me with 'oh he's just a basketball player,' I'm a regular guy and I like playing video games in my spare time. It's a way for me to really get out of my reality and just kind of be a kid and have fun.”

“When I lose the sense of motivation and the sense to prove something as a basketball player, it's time for me to move away from the game.”

“I especially enjoyed some of the old hairstyles, with my hair down to my shoulders and a beard. And Henley's nickname used to be 'Furry Basketball' because he had that fro. It was fun to just look at what was going on in that era and how we presented ourselves on stage.”

“I played small forward on the basketball team. I also ran the 300 hurdles.”

“When I was 16 I took the first opportunity I had to play basketball in a different country. I flew to Europe for the first time and found myself in the small town of Macon, in France. That was the first time I lived far away from my people, from my culture. I was young and had to adapt quickly.”

“The first time I played basketball was with my dad and my older brother Thanasis.”

“I know basketball. I don't think basketball changes a whole lot.”

“I didn't start sweating until I had children. That was one of the first things I realized when my daughter Violet was born - I started getting wicked BO. You know there's a difference between basketball BO and stress BO? This was definitely stress BO. Like, new dad BO.”

“I just want people to see another side of me. People only see basketball because I'm on the court all the time. But they don't see where I grew up, what I've seen in my life, different things I've experienced that I don't share with people.”

“I don't know about bullying and all of that stuff. That doesn't work in basketball.”

“I'm not just here to get a paycheck and leave. I'm here to be one of the greatest basketball players to ever play.”

“Here you get to play one on one more, individual basketball. I think that fits me better than in Europe. You have harder, different double teams and everybody helps, but in the NBA they let you play one on one, so I think that will fit me better.”

“I have to tell you, I'm proudest of my life off the court. There will always be great basketball players who bounce that little round ball, but my proudest moments are affecting people's lives, effecting change, being a role model in the community.”

“I understand that my success isn't about championships - it's about bringing together people who were once, and in some ways still are, divided. It's bigger than basketball.”

“Year 6 was the toughest one yet for me. That was the first time in my life I couldn't put my whole heart into basketball.”

“This is the NBA, so there's basketball and then there's business.”

“That's playoff basketball. Can you not get too happy after a win? Can you understand how determined the team is going to be after a loss and bring the energy you need to bring?”

“All the racial slurs I done heard. All the things I heard about my mom, and my basketball game and my kids, all this. It felt good to punch a fan one time.”

“My house was filled with music. We had a piano, and my brothers and sisters played instruments. Even though I was around it, I played basketball.”

“Who knows, maybe I'll be a basketball player one day? No, I'm definitely never going to be a basketball player. I have no hand-eye coordination.”