So you're dealing with a coach, and you're dealing with a guy who's actually experienced NBA basketball from a player's perspective and actually goes about it that way. Kevin Garnett
The 76ers hold a special place in my heart and I am intrigued by the opportunity to return to Philadelphia, where I was part of a rebuilding program, joining the team the year after it went 9-73 and going to the NBA Finals just four years later. Doug Collins
The biggest surprise has been making the adjustment after losing a game. In the NBA you could lose tonight and you have to put that game behind you because you have another game the next night.Dwyane Wade
The NBA believes if you play for a team and get paid by a team, you're the property of that team for 24 hours a day. Dennis Rodman
The NBA's a Fortune 500 company. That's how you look at it. And all the other Fortune 500 companies out there in the world, you don't 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
The NBA's chosen ones think I'm setting a bad example? I think they need to look around and stop taking themselves so seriously. Dennis Rodman
The swimming community is really small, but why can't it be as big as the NBA or the NFL? Ryan Lochte
The way I dress, I dress totally different than I did when I was in college. I have to - try to - look professional. You change a lot when you are in the NBA, but I know where I came from. Derrick Rose
This is where young players today want to land. They want to be NBA players because of the money. Oscar Robertson
When I was small, playing NBA Live, that's how I knew everyone in the NBA. That's how I learned about the players. Tony Parker
Wherever there's money, there's drugs, so to say drugs don't exist in the NBA would be stupid. Dennis Rodman
Wherever you go, things change you. I mean, obviously moving to Miami and becoming part of the NBA has given me a different perspective on style than I had when I lived in Chicago or Milwaukee.Dwyane Wade
You hear all these stories about, 'There's one in a million guys that make it to the NBA and stay there.' To see people cheering for me and when they say my name, it's just crazy. It's still crazy to me. Kevin Durant