Best Basketball Player Quotes

#1. Scientists contribute in a variety of ways and I don't think I can singular one even including [Albert] Einstein, that I can say that he's the best. We don't work like the best basketball player and the best musician and so on. Science is a collective effort.

Ahmed H. Zewail

#2. Michael Jordon may have been the best basketball player in history, but he couldn't have won six NBA titles without a team.

Mark E. Hyman

#3. As far as carrying the torch for the years to come, I don't know. I just want to be the best basketball player I can be.

Kobe Bryant

#4. I want to be one of the best players in the game.

Kevin Durant

#5. And I didn't fall in love with the game of basketball just because it was me playing. I fell in love with it Because I got guys like this, Like these guys every single day That push me to be the best player I can be.

Kevin Durant

#6. I wanted to the best player in the state - [the best] the area has ever seen. That's always been my goal. Guys like Elgin Baylor, Adrian Dantley and Dave Bing, it's tough to pass those guys. So I'm studying, working. My project's not over yet. Hopefully, I get there.

Kevin Durant

#7. Put your two best players away from the ball and bring it back to them.

Don Meyer

#8. They said you have to use your five best players but I found you win with the five who fit together the best.

Red Auerbach

#9. I'm the NBA's best NFL player, and I've always been the sexiest 7-footer in the NBA - for 12 years running.

Shaquille O'Neal

#10. The highest level of achievement is attained by the teams with the best conditioned players

Jack Ramsay

#11. What you specifically teach is what your players will do best.

Dick Bennett

#12. Earl "The Goat" Manigault was probably the greatest basketball player of all time, but Michael Jordan is universally regarded as the best ever. This is because The Goat only did it at Rucker Park, while Michael did it where it mattered: in front of the world.

Tucker Max

#13. Great players never look in the mirror and think I'm a great basketball player. You ask yourself, Am I the best player I can be?

Michael Jordan

#14. In 1981, at age 31, I was voted the best player in basketball, and the most valuable player in the league.

Julius Erving

#15. How good can we expect to be if our best player is not our best teammate

Brad Stevens

#16. Your best players have to unite and inspire the group ... otherwise, they'll divide the group

Jeff Van Gundy

#17. Every little kid that steps on the court or the field has aspirations to go pro. I think being a pro basketball player is the best job. The thing I had to realize was that I can't do every dream that I have.

Brian McKnight

#18. Don't ever have a rule that you won't enforce with your best player.

Doug Collins

#19. A big market is something that doesn't really concern me too much. It's cool to think about, it's good for off-the-court deals. But I'm more of a basketball player. That's what I want to be known as. And this is the best place for me to play basketball. I'm glad I'm here.

Kevin Durant

#20. When your best player puts it on the line every day, the other guys can't cut corners

George Karl

#21. Although I wanted my players to work to win, I tried to convince them they had always won when they had done their best.

John Wooden

#22. Your best player has to set a tone of intolerance for anything that gets in the way of winning

Jeff Van Gundy

#23. The man that got me into collecting sneakers in the first place was the man they call Michael Jordan. He was the one who kind of exposed me to the sneaker world - he was my favorite basketball player, and he had the best shoes.

Macklemore

#24. A key basketball skill is imagery. The best players "see" situations before they happen so they can be prepared

Jack Ramsay

#25. You need your best players to play their best when their best is needed

Jeff Van Gundy

#26. Our offensive philosophy is to simply find a way to get the ball into the hands of our team's best player.

Kelvin Sampson

#27. My goal was just to try and be the best player on my high school team, and look where I am now. And that was still my goal as a young kid, just to try and be a little better than my brother was.

Larry Bird

#28. Everywhere I've been, I've been the best player. I love being a leader, and I love being the best. I just want to get better. It's not about being cocky or selfish or anything like that. It's just how I am.

LeBron James

#29. Magic Johnson is the best player who plays on the ground, and Michael Jordan is the best player who plays in the air.

John Paxson

#30. I'm playing against great players, playing against the best in the world. The competition-that's what I've always wanted.

Kobe Bryant

#31. Do your best when no one is looking.

Bob Cousy