Nba Quotes - Page 24

• A pinch is a pinch. If you pinch my right nipple, I'm going to say, 'ouch.' If I pinch your right nipple, you're going to say 'ouch.' A foul is a foul and a flagrant is a flagrant.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Ouch, Nipples, Foul

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• I think the new ball is terrible. It's the worst decision some expert, whoever did it, made. It's terrible. It's like touching an exotic dancer and then going and touching a plastic blow-up doll. You know, it feels different.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Blow, Thinking, Dancer

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• I dont want to be a point guard, or a two-guard, I want people to think of me as "creative", I just want to create on the court.

  Allen Iverson

  Basketball, Thinking, Two

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• I see kids today trying to do the things I did, and it makes me feel like I've come a long way.

  Allen Iverson

  Basketball, Kids, Long

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• I remember playing in a tournament when at home we didn't have light, because my mom spent her last money on my sneakers.

  Allen Iverson

  Basketball, Mom, Home

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• After spending more than 17 years playing for the NBA, in the summertime, I always came back to community service and different basketball clinics.

  Dikembe Mutombo

  Basketball, Years, Community

  "Dikembe Mutombo stands tall for charity". Interview with Giacinta Pace, www.nbcnews.com. November 1, 2010.

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• I was really upset. I felt like they tried to limit me, whoever 'they' may be. So I just said to myself third quarter I'm going to come out and do what I do.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Upset, May, Limits

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• I was supposed to be in the NBA. I was supposed to travel the world and make the world a better place.

  Dwight Howard

  World, Better Place, Supposed To Be

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• We cannot accept in victory what we would not accept in defeat.

  Dick Bennett

  Basketball, Victory, Defeat

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• My purpose in life, my goal for the NBA is to preach God's word - not just try to beat everybody over the head with a Bible but just being a good example and always conducting myself in a Christian-like manner.

  Dwight Howard

  Christian, Goal, Trying

  "NBA All-Star Dwight Howard talks about family, faith and destiny". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com.

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• It is time for everyone to sit down -the NCAA, the NBA, the players union and the coaching fraternity-and come up with suitable solutions to these problems.

  Dick Vitale

  Player, Ncaa, Coaching

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• When the effort is in question, the ball goes in different directions and the ball doesn't always bounce your way. When you're playing in the home of the NBA champions, it isn't going to be easy.

  Ray Allen

  Home, Effort, Champion

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• The NBAs a Fortune 500 company. Thats how you look at it. And all the other Fortune 500 companies out there in the world, you dont see their CEOs and COOs going to work with white tees and baggy clothes and stuff like that. So I have to take that same approach.

  Carmelo Anthony

  White, Clothes, World

  "Carmelo Anthony Does Not Wear Bowties: Q&A". Interview with Jordan Peter Hickey, www.esquire.com. October 20, 2009.

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• I got a goal, and it's a huge goal, and that's to bring an NBA championship here to Cleveland, and I won't stop until I get it.

  LeBron James

  Nba Championships, Goal, Cleveland

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• I spoil a lot of people with my play.

  LeBron James

  Play, People, Spoil

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• Last, I just want to thank God again. He's the first and the last. Alpha and Omega. I thank you for saving my life.

  Kevin Durant

  Mvp, Thank God, Saving

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• What a pathetic play from a pathetic human being.

  Bill Walton

  Funny, Play, Humans

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• Caron, Even though you just got here a few months ago, We've grown so close over these last few weeks And, I can remember, When you first got here, You wrote a piece of paper in my locker... I don't know why I'm crying so much man... You wrote a piece of paper in my locker that said, "KD MVP." And that's after we had lost two or three straight. And I don't really say much in those moments, But I remember that. I go home and I think about that stuff man. When you got people behind you, You can do whatever. And I thank you man, I appreciate you.

  Kevin Durant

  Home, Men, Thinking

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• Jeremy, Perry, Andre, Steve and Reggie, Grant, You guys make me so much better without you even knowing man. 'Cause I know I set the example for y'all. I know there's days where I have my bad days, And I say some words I'm not supposed to say sometimes, But when I need an extra push, You guys are there man. And I appreciate that. I appreciate that because I'm not always the best leader, I'm not always the best player, I don't always shoot the best in the games, But, Our little handshakes that we do before the game, That gets me going.

  Kevin Durant

  Bad Day, Player, Men

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• This means the world to me that you guys are here with me celebrating with me. Thank you. Thank you. I can’t express it enough.

  Kevin Durant

  Mean, Mvp, Guy

  Kevin Durant's MVP Acceptance Speech, newsok.com. May 13, 2014.

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• Perry, Jeremy, Man, Just knowing that you guys look up to me, And I can help you out so much, I could pull you to the side when we're working out. And just as much as you think I'm making you better, You elevate my game.

  Kevin Durant

  Men, Thinking, Mvp

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• Reggie when I first met you, You didn't say two words to me, I didn't know who you were, But we instantly clicked, And you became one of my best friends man... Words can't express how much I care about you, Your well-being, How you feeling, Not even just basketball man, But off the court, I always make sure you're alright. You're such a humble person man. You do everything for the team. You always put yourself last. And I learned a lot from you. Thank you man, thank you.

  Kevin Durant

  Basketball, Team, Humble

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• I thought we'd be discussing about me not leaving Philadelphia and they just kept asking me about the practice, so I lost it.

  Allen Iverson

  Basketball, Practice, Philadelphia

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• If you want to have a lot of success, you need to have a lot of failure

  Rick Majerus

  Basketball, Needs, Want

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• I definitely want to thank my doctor, Dr. Sandy, um, my psychiatrist, she really helped me relax a lot, thank you so much.

  Metta World Peace

  Doctors, Relax, Drs

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