Nba Quotes - Page 25

• I'm working hard to see whether there can be basketball next year.

  David Stern

  Basketball, Years, Next Year

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• It's hard being the NBA's sex symbol, but somebody has to do it.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, Sex, Symbols

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• I told my wife the other day, I'm the Halle Berry of the NBA. Everybody wants this, baby. Everybody wants me.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, Baby, Wife

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• All the support from all my friends, All my family over the years, I appreciate it.

  Kevin Durant

  Mvp, Years, Appreciate

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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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• I don't mess with that cat. I'm pretty sure he carries a blade under his jersey.

  Charles Barkley

  Funny, Cat, Jersey

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• The NBA's been around how long? A hundred years? Fifty years? So to change it now, whoever that person is needs his college degree revoked....Whoever did that needs to be fired. It was terrible, a terrible decision. Awful. I might get fined for saying that, but so what?

  Shaquille O'Neal

  College, Years, Long

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• You gotta fight all the karate guys, and once you kill them off, now you gotta get to the ninjas. Once you get through the ninjas, now you gotta get to the showmen. Now me, I'm the showman of big men.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Fighting, Men, Guy

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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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• Why aren't the Nets playing in Newark?

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Newark, Referee

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• Tell them it was a foul.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Foul, Referee

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• There's two kinds of dirty - dirty and sewer-dirty. Danny Ferry is sewer-dirty and has been ever since he was at Duke.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Dirty, Two, Dukes

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• You guys make the rules up, so a foul is a foul. It doesn't matter if a guy is bigger and stronger. It's not my fault I ate my Frosted Flakes when I was little, and you ate Wheaties.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Guy, Stronger, Littles

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• It all depends on how you want to define what an MVP is. I've been fortunate to win the trophy four times, but I've been the MVP of my team for a long time - just because of the way I lead and the way I approach us being professionals off the floor.

  LeBron James

  Basketball, Team, Winning

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• Russell... I love you. I thank you so much man. You made me better. You know, Your work ethic. I always wanted to compete with you. I always wanted to pull up into the parking lot of the practice facility, And if you beat me there, I was always upset. I always wanted to outwork you. And you set the bar. You set the tone. And thank you so much man. Thank you. You had a big piece of this MVP trophy. You're an MVP caliber player It's a blessing to play with you man.

  Kevin Durant

  Love You, Blessing, Player

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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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• To all the staff members that take care of us every single day, From Donnie Strack, to Joe Sharpe, Tony Katz, Dave Bliss, Josh Longstaff, Will, Wilson, St, Mark, Dwight, I could down the line, All you guys have made me a better player. I wish I had a Sharpie, So I could write all your names on here 'Cause you had a hand on this. You made me believe in myself. You made me a better person, A better player. Your words of encouragement, Your love, Your positivity, Got me through. And I thank you guys.

  Kevin Durant

  Encouragement, Believe, Love You

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• Scott Brooks you mean the world to me. I love you. You as a man, I never met anybody like you. So selfless. You don't take the credit for nothing, Even though you deserve all of it. I love you and your family for always taking me in, Believing in me, Texting me late at night when I was going crazy. Thank you. Thank you.

  Kevin Durant

  Crazy, Believe, Love You

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