Quotes on Nba

I expected to be a pretty good NBA point guard and hopefully win a championship. But MVP and all this stuff? Not really.

If every basketball player worked as hard as I did, I'd be out of a job

You take those little rascals, talk to them good, pat them on the back, let them think they are good, and they will go out and beat the biguns.

Offense is not equal opportunity

Some people insist they've never met a gay person. But Three Degrees of Jason Collins dictates that no NBA player can claim that anymore. Pro basketball is a family. And pretty much every family I know has a brother, sister or cousin who's gay. In the brotherhood of the NBA, I just happen to be the one who's out.

Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.

The only thing wrong with the NBA - or any other professional sport, for that matter - is a wild epidemic of Dumbness and overweening Greed. There is no Mystery about it, and no need to change any rules.

It's been a journey, the NBA. It's taken me a lot farther than I ever expected.

After I made it to the NBA, I said that I didn't want to be the last player from Africa. After my rookie year, I went to the league and talked about this, and they embraced my idea and started conducting basketball clinics in Africa, and that's when I knew I wouldn't be the last African.

My dream was to play in the NBA and live my authentic life as a proud gay man at the same time. I was able to accomplish both of those goals because of the people who have supported me throughout my life.

I want to thank the NBA and U.S.A. Basketball. Words can't describe my feeling. I was a small town kid from Hamburg, Arkansas, and you provided me a platform to live out my passion, the game of basketball, on the world's grandest stage.

That feeling of being the NBA Champion is really unparalleled, because you're the best in the world. Without question. How many people can say that in any profession?

I just try to play every game like it's Game 7 of the NBA Finals.

It was a blessing just to play one NBA basketball game.

Growing up, people will tell you that you have a better chance to become an astronaut than becoming an NBA player. So when you finally get to the NBA, you've beat the odds. So when you put on that jersey, everything else is downhill.

I know you want me to let you in on some big secret to success in the NBA. The secret is there is no secret. It's just boring old habits.

I look at my jersey and see the NBA logo, I'm like, 'I didn't think I'd be here.'

I never thought I'd make it in the NBA, so everything else is gravy.

Young people need models, not critics.

The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team.

Growing up, I always dreamed of winning an NBA championship, never a gold. A gold was something that never crossed my mind.