Rudy Gobert Quotes

When I was young, I didn't watch basketball, but I watched 'Space Jam' with Michael Jordan so he was my favorite player.

NBA games are exciting to watch and have global appeal. They are very popular in China. I do watch NBA games on television when I have time.

When I'm sitting around watching a game with some friends, and we're all excited, and Jordan is driving in, we might say, 'Come on Mike, break me off a little somethin'-somethin'.' I decided to take that and translate it into what I do on 'SportsCenter.' Just add statistics.

In America, it is sport that is the opiate of the masses

Several NBA teams got their best gates every season when they scheduled a doubleheader and booked the Globetrotters and their stooges for the opening game.

I was probably 7 or 8 when I went to see the Bulls play and was able to see Michael Jordan.

I've always watched the NBA growing up.

Michael Jordan was a cultural icon that everybody on the playground wanted to be. The Bulls dynasty was a huge part of my childhood and it was the peak of my basketball interest as a kid.

It ain't like we're curing cancer or anything, we're watching basketball.

I think professional sports, football, to use it as an example, it's fundamentally a form of entertainment.

There's no shame in owning a New Kids on the Block t-shirt. They were my first concert when I was eight.

When I played in the NBA for 12 years, Seattle had some of the best fans in the NBA.

People came to the All-Star Game to see the dunk contest.

I originally was more into baseball and football, but being in Los Angeles, you just couldn't help but to fall in love with the game of basketball because they had such a winning tradition.

I never saw 'Home Alone.'

I have been watching Hollywood films from childhood.

I like watching tennis and basketball, but it's not every day you can watch it on TV. I don't play them, though.

I loved the NBA. I really did.

My first pair of shoes my mom bought me. I was born in 1985 and my mom is the biggest North Carolina/Michael Jordan fan there is, so when those first Jordan's came out those were my first shoes ever. I don't remember but I guess it started from there.

It wasn't until I moved to Spain that I actually got my first glimpse of the NBA. I'd watch this program called 'NBA Action,' which came on every week and showed clips from different games.

You're really in a bubble if you're not watching the league.

I'd 1,000 times rather go see an NBA game than a football match.

When I went to Boston, I tell people all the time, being able to be in that arena with those banners hanging up, it excited me.

I'm obviously very grateful to play for a sports organization like the Boston Celtics.

I love 'Game of Thrones' just as much as I love watching the NFL; I think a lot of fans do, too.