I wanted a NBA basketball gym at my house and that's what I worked hard for and I was able to achieve that. Terrell Owens
I wanted to be a football player. Football is a sport that I love, but the more I started playing basketball, the more I started dreaming of playing in the NBA. Dwyane Wade
I wanted to do two things when I was growing up, about your age. I wanted to play in the NBA, and I wanted to be a businessman after my basketball career was over, and that is what I am doing now. Magic Johnson
I was a better basketball player growing up in high school than I was a swimmer. Basketball to this day is my favorite sport. Ryan Lochte
I was always doing something physical. My brothers and I used to have handstand contests. We'd walk around the projects on our hands and see who could get the farthest. I was always playing football with them, basketball or racing in the street. Florance Griffith Joyner
I was pretty hot-tempered all through school. I remember my high school basketball coach telling me: 'Boy, if you don't learn to control that temper, you're gonna kill somebody.'Tony Dorsett
I won at every level - all the way since I started playing the game of basketball at nine. I've won at every level, won championships at every level. And, you know, it won't be fulfilled until I win at the highest level. LeBorn Jemes
I'm a basketball player. That's what I do and what I love but that's just not all who I am. I'm talented in a lot of different areas.Kevin Durant
I'm not a role model... Just because I dunk a basketball doesn't mean I should raise your kids. Charles Barkley
I'm not comfortable being preachy, but more people need to start spending as much time in the library as they do on the basketball court. Kareem Abdul Jabbar
I'm not playing for other people; if I start thinking in those terms I would put too much pressure on myself. I play basketball because that is what I love to do. Jeremy Lin
I'm not super social, don't really go to parties, or basketball games, or football games very often, the big social occasions. Taylor Phinney
I'm one of those people who can't watch themselves do anything. I could never watch myself wrestle. I've probably watched a handful of my matches. I never could watch myself. Even when I played college basketball, I hated film days... 'Oh God, I'm gonna watch myself screw up.' I'm just one of those people who can't watch their work. Kevin Nash
I'm someone who always comes on the court no matter what's going on in my life. It's all about basketball and my teammates and my team. I don't let any distractions in, and I bring my best every night, regardless of what's going on or what people are talking about. Kris Humphries
I've accomplished everything a person can accomplish on a basketball court, but I never thought about the future when I was younger. I never made plans for the next stage in my life. Sheryl Swoopes
I've decided to listen to my doctors and get the procedure I need on my knee. USA Basketball said I had to do what was best for me. They want me to be obviously as healthy as possible so I can continue to play this game at a high level.Dwyane Wade