Top 99 Basketball Player Quotes

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.

I’ve been very fortunate throughout my life with a number of opportunities, a number of great people that have helped me be in the position that I am today to be an NBA basketball player and to be living out my dream.

I want to be an all-around basketball player.

I’m just trying to be the best basketball player, the best student, the best son, friend, etcetera. I’m just trying to get better in every facet.

There’s a lot of people that think I’m a terrible basketball player, so it’s just gonna piss me off. And if it’s people who think I’m good, I’ll be happy. I’m just not gonna read it at all and stay content in my own mind.

I’m not a political man. I’m a basketball player. So that’s what I have to do first. But second, I will try to help my country because I am a Croatian.

Kobe taught people how to work hard, he taught you how to work hard. He gave you the blueprint of what you should do to be a successful basketball player, and work hard.

First, I’m a basketball player and I try to have the most well-rounded game possible. But people forget when I was recruited out of high school, I was recruited as a passer.

I was a professional rehab/workout guy for four years. I wasn’t even a basketball player – just a guy who got paid to exercise.

You can never stop learning as a basketball player and it’s my goal to keep growing every day.

I want people to say that an African basketball player is the best player in the whole world.

If all I’m remembered for is being a good basketball player, then I’ve done a bad job with the rest of my life.

I try to envision what life is after basketball, but I just see myself working out and just being a basketball player still.

You know, if an actor or, say, a basketball player writes a rhyme, it doesn’t mean he’s a rapper. You got to put in time. I don’t say I’m an actor.

You’ve got to be on all-league teams before you can say that you are going to be a great basketball player.

I’m not a defensive specialist, I’m a basketball player.

I want people to follow their dreams, yes… but I’m not interested in telling young black kids how to be rappers… I want to show them that there’s so many other paths you can take, besides a rapper or basketball player.

A young basketball player has people to look up to an emulate. We are a pro league, and we’re on television. It makes a difference. It’s shows what’s possible.

College was a very necessary step along the way to my professional career. As I look back, I realize how much of an eye opener it was for me in terms of moving forward and developing as a basketball player.

I was a better basketball player growing up in high school than I was a swimmer. Basketball to this day is my favorite sport.

I’m JaVale McGee, the basketball player, funny guy, whatever, whatever. But I’m just really passionate about music and I don’t want people to look at it like ‘Oh he’s just doing it to get famous.’ I’m already pretty famous as is, so I’m not really trying to do it for the money.

Well, I came from a small little town on the beach – Grayland, a town of about 1,000 people. I was the quarterback and a basketball player at Ocosta High School. It was a great community to grow up in.

A lot of people just think I’m a big man, but I’m a basketball player. I am able to do everything that a basketball player can do – from playmaking and scoring to just passing the ball and just being a leader and post presence.

I’m not your average athlete. I’m good at other things. I’m not just a basketball player. I’m multi-talented.

My mother’s sobriety – that’s when I found the theater, that’s when I moved from being a basketball player to being a musician, to being an actor, to then being a writer.

I want the kids to know that it’s not a myth that somebody from their city plays and wins in the NBA. I just want to influence them to work hard and do whatever they want to do in life, whether it’s to be a basketball player or scientist… if they believe in themselves, they can do anything.

Every little kid that steps on the court or the field has aspirations to go pro. I think being a pro basketball player is the best job. The thing I had to realize was that I can’t do every dream that I have.

If I want to be a basketball player and you don’t draft me, what am I going to do, quit, or keep going? Knock on the next door, knock on the next door, if one of those open I’m going to go in and display my talent.

I’ve been No. 12 my entire career. My cousin Nikki Haerling was a good basketball player, she wore No. 12 in high school and college, and my dad, he was No. 12 as well. I actually just started wearing it when I got to high school my freshman year.

I’m a basketball player – I rely on instincts and IQ.

I think, between me and Chris Brown, if you combined our games, you’d get, like, a real Division I basketball player.

Up until I was about 12, I was a ballet dancer and a basketball player.

In the original script, my character was a basketball player rather than a boxer. I didn’t think I could pull that off. I’m a little short to be a basketball player!

I think, growing up, I was seen as the perfect power forward. For a long time, I thought maybe I was supposed to be a basketball player.

As you get older, as a father, you hope your kids can make that kind of impression on somebody who will say, ‘Hey, here’s a guy that you want, a guy of character, got his head tied on right, a good student, a good basketball player,’ whatever it is.

You have to be wired a certain way to be a professional basketball player, and the way my body grew, something happened genetically that allowed me to become a lot more explosive.

I grew up watching Dr. J, and I was like, ‘Oh my God, this guy is the greatest basketball player I ever saw.’

I’m not playing this game just to be a good basketball player. I want to be one of the greatest to ever play.

I don’t know how you can be an All-American in this country and not be a good basketball player.

I play guitar, and I’m a decent basketball player – people like to play on my team.

My mom used to be a basketball player so I was really into it. Plus of course my height made it easier for me to decide what kind of sport I wanted to play, so at the age of nine I went to my first basketball practice.

Just to get out, put it out on the line each and every night is a great feeling for a basketball player.

I can’t answer what coaches value me more. I don’t really look for that answer. I look to see if my teammates accept who I am as a basketball player and as a person.

I feel like LeBron James is an amazing basketball player, but he’s also a community person.

Who’s to say because you’re just a basketball player, or you are a basketball player, who’s to say you can’t chime in on other subjects or other important topics?

I was the best basketball player, the only thing good in my hometown so everybody did everything for me.

What would surprise people about working with LeBron is he’s really into the things that he’s into. And I think people don’t understand that. They just think he’s a basketball player, he’s super busy. But he actually pays attention.

When I started out, I was a basketball player at Texas Wesleyan University.

You don’t need to be a stereotypical basketball player to be successful. You can be yourself. You can kick it with artists, you can kick it with nerds.

I was a mediocre basketball player. But I was there, and I could remember the plays. And my basketball coach, after he retired from teaching, would come to my performances all the time. And I was very happy about that, because I was not memorable as a basketball player.

The man that got me into collecting sneakers in the first place was the man they call Michael Jordan. He was the one who kind of exposed me to the sneaker world – he was my favorite basketball player, and he had the best shoes.

It doesn’t have to take a Portland Trail Blazer or a professional basketball player to do good things in the community. You can work at a bank or work at a 7-Eleven.

Basketball was always my sport. It just took me until my second year of college for me to realize that I was a better baseball player than a basketball player. But basketball was always my number one love. Finally found out I was better at baseball and chose to pursue that route.

I’ve been a dunker for longer than I’ve been a basketball player.

As a former NCAA basketball player, many of the skills I now rely on as a leader took root on the basketball court: teamwork, integrity, and resilience are just some of the traits I’ve carried over into my professional game.

In high school, I had size and I had raw potential, but as a basketball player I was hot garbage.

You don’t ever want to be a mechanical basketball player, but as far as technique and things, I like to have certain check points in my shot, certain things that I can count on and think about. It kind of helps me to be consistent.