Chris Webber Quotes

I remember as a young player I had this dream of playing in the NBA.

If I make it in the NBA or wind up playing overseas, I will be at peace.

People don't understand how hard it is to get to the NBA and that's where I want to be.

My thing is, I want to play basketball, I would enjoy playing in the D-League, but at the same time I don't want to take an opportunity away from a young guy to get exposure. I'm still thinking about it.

I've also always known that I wouldn't be playing for the N.B.A.

I thought, 'I'm going to play in Yugoslavia, then I'll go to play in Italy or Spain.' Then I'll be 28 or 29 and I'll try NBA. I never thought I can play in NBA because NBA was totally different world for us in Europe.

I've always wanted to make it to the NBA and be on a team, so whatever team drafts me I'm going to be happy with.

My dream was to be in the NBA. I wasn't really focused on being a star player on a team. I just wanted to make it to the NBA. I've been blessed for the opportunities to be in the Finals, been in the playoffs ever since I've been in the NBA.

I look at my jersey and see the NBA logo, I'm like, 'I didn't think I'd be here.'

This is where young players today want to land. They want to be NBA players because of the money.

The NBA wasn't a big deal at that time, so it wasn't really in my career plans.

I'm going to be honest, playing in D-League games is tough.

I knew I could hang on in the NBA, but I wasn't going to play.

It's so much harder to make the NBA than people think it is.

I always wanted to be a Sixer... I always wanted to finish my career as a Sixer.

Getting to the NBA really helped me personally on a lot of levels. I liked it so much that I wanted to stay there.

I gave up school. I gave up a really, really good job. I gave up a lot of stuff. I cut a lot of people out of my life so I could just focus on my fighting dreams.

If I'm able to get drafted by the New York Knicks, it would be a blessing.

The NBA is kind of where I've grown up, coming out of high school at 18.

All I wanted to do is coach in the NBA. I didn't want anything to do with college basketball.

Every person that's in the NBA should experience playing in New York at least once in their career.

At first, I was thinking about just getting to the NBA, just watching the NBA, being one of the All-Stars in the NBA.

I'm living my dream, getting to play in the NBA, getting to play basketball.

I always said in my mind I wanted to be an All-Star and show four-year guys in the NBA can be good players as opposed to just one-and-done guys. If I left after my freshman year, I wouldn't have gotten drafted, I probably couldn't deal with D-League and travel on the bus.

Playing in the NBA has been a dream of mine for a long time, so to finally get to do that is amazing.