Nba Quotes (31 quotes)

“You settle for less, you get less.”
― Brandi L. Bates, Remains To Be Seen

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“For those who believe executive branch officials will voluntarily interpret their surveillance authorities with restraint, I believe it is more likely that I will achieve my life-long dream of playing in the NBA.”
― Ron Wyden

tags: law, national-security, nba, secrets, surveillance

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“When my son speaks of playing sports, I've always told him: playing on the team is great, but aspire to be the guy who owns the team. I've always told my son: most of the guys on the team will end up bankrupt with bum knees, but not the guy who owns that franchise.”
― Brandi L. Bates

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“We looked like a team at both ends of the court.”
― Mike Dunlap

tags: basketball, bobcats, charlotte, coach, nba

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“Who could better motivate Bill Russell than Bill Russell?”
― Red Auerbach

tags: basketball, bill-russell, boston, celtics, nba, pride, red-auerbach, they-cleared-the-lane, winning

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“But how many people lighted the path for me? That’s the evolution of basketball. There’s no way I could have played the way I played if I didn’t watch David Thompson and guys prior to me. There’s no way Kobe could have played the way he’s played without watching me play. So, you know, that’s the evolution of basketball. You cannot change that.”
― Michael Jordan

tags: basketball, nba, sports

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“Athletes, we were supposed to just be there, and in class I made it a point that I was prepared for every exam, that I got on that Dean's List. Because I wanted them to see that there was a black person on the Dean's List who was an athlete. I accepted the challenge, because I want you to know that we bleed just like you do. We have feelings just like you do. Let us read the same books and we'll understand it just like you do!”
― Lenny Wilkens

tags: afro-american-relations, basketball, nba, ron-thomas, they-cleared-the-lane

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“Who's the greatest center of all time, Wilt Chamberlain or Kareem Abdul-Jabbar? Where does Shaquille O'Neal land in the rankings? Would you pick Tim Duncan or Charles Barkley as the better power forward? Who's your best Sixth Man? Where does LeBron James rank among small forwards?”
― Sports Illustrated Basketball's Greatest Hardcover – October 21, 2014

tags: nba, nbalive

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“We had watched the Sacramento Kings, my favorite NBA team, playing the Indiana Pacers. The Pacers had won but it was still fun, especially since we had tickets for the third row. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw Vlade Divac and Predrag Stojakovic, two Serbs playing in the Kings, waving at me and saying hello. They recognized the jersey of Divac's former team from Belgrade that I had been wearing.”
― Savo Heleta, Not My Turn to Die: Memoirs of a Broken Childhood in Bosnia

tags: basketball, belgrade, beograd, indiana, nba, peja-stojakovic, predrag-stojakovic, sacramento, serbia, vlade-divac

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“I love sucking up all them rebound balls.”
― LeBron James

tags: basketball, humor, interview, nba, post-game-interview

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“However you treated me when I was at my worst is how you truly felt about me”
― kyrie irving

tags: basketball, kyrie-irving, nba

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