#nba

The first time I stepped on an NBA court I became a businessman. ↗

— LeBron James

#businessman #court #first #first time #i

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

#after #age #am #basketball #businessman

I guess when people ask what is the biggest transition to the NBA from college, it is definitely defense and the mental part. ↗

— Magic Johnson

#biggest #college #defense #definitely #guess

I met wonderful people playing in the NBA. Whether it is the officials, the scorekeepers, all the people who work for the NBA, not just for the Lakers, but I'm talking about just for the league itself. ↗

— Magic Johnson

#i #itself #just #lakers #league

It's hard to say if the NBA is hurt by the influx of younger players, but it's definitely impacted the league. ↗

— Michael Jordan

#hard #hurt #impacted #influx #league

Purchasing the Bobcats is the culmination of my post-playing career goal of becoming the majority owner of an NBA franchise. ↗

— Michael Jordan

#career #culmination #franchise #goal #majority

A lot of late nights in the gym, a lot of early mornings, especially when your friends are going out, you're going to the gym, those are the sacrifices that you have to make if you want to be an NBA basketball player. ↗

— Jason Kidd

#basketball #basketball player #early #early mornings #especially

That's a dream of mine, to be able to coach at the NBA level. ↗

— John Starks

#coach #dream #level #mine #nba

In fact, Cannonball Run II. I used to pick that as the worst movie ever made. ↗

— Gene Siskel

#ever #fact #i #ii #in fact

I want to thank all the fans for their support over the years. Keep supporting the Knicks, we're moving in the right direction here and we will be exciting to watch and competing against the best in the NBA. Come back to the Garden for those exciting games. ↗

— John Starks

#back #best #come #competing #direction