Quotes

Entertaining, Funny, Inspirational, and Other Quotes from People Around the NBA

• “Any time Detroit scores more than 100 points and holds the other team below 100 points, they almost always win.” – Doug Collins
• "Sometimes you're the pigeon, and sometimes you're the statue." - Bernie Bickerstaff
• "When I step onto the court, I don't have to think about anything. If I have a problem off the court, I find that after I play, my mind is clearer and I can come up with a better solution. It's like therapy. It relaxes me and allows me to solve problems." - Michael Jordan
• "These young guys are playing checkers. I'm out there playing chess." - Kobe Bryant
• "I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed." - Michael Jordan
• "Kobe's inspired not only songs, but he's inspired me in life in general just the way he attacks things, the way he never backs down, the way he fights through injury. .... I believe he's the greatest player to touch a basketball." - Lil Wayne (2012) 
• "The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes in or not." - Charles Barkley
• “Larry, you only told me one lie. You said there will be another Larry Bird. Larry, there will never, ever be another Larry Bird.” - Magic Johnson, at Larry Bird's retirement party
• "A team will always appreciate a great individual if he's willing to sacrifice for the group." - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
• “I don’t create controversies. They’re there long before I open my mouth. I just bring them to your attention.” - Charles Barkley
• "Ask not what your teammates can do for you. Ask what you can do for your teammates.” - Magic Johnson
• "At 49, I can say something I never would have said when I was a player, that I'm a better person because of my failures and disgraces.” - Bill Walton
• "Black culture is something I don't relate to much at all." - Dennis Rodman
• "Besides P.E., geography was my best class in high school. I was in this gifted class when I was younger, and it was wicked!" - Steve Nash