Tyronn Lue Quotes

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

Every time I'd ever stepped on a basketball court, AAU, middle school, high school, I always thought about the NBA.

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

It's been a dream come true, you know, just making it to the NBA and being drafted by a great franchise like Boston.

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

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 won at every level - all the way since I started playing the game of basketball at nine. I've won at every level, won championships at every level. And, you know, it won't be fulfilled until I win at the highest level.

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

If you know people around me, even in college, I was confident, but the possible thought of making it to the NBA was crazy.

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

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

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

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.

It was my dream for a long time to play in the NBA. When I was drafted, it was a challenge for me. I decided to go and see where I was compared to the best players in the world.

I know the NBA is my all-time goal. It's what I dreamed of as a little kid.

After my second year in the NBA, my prep years, my college, I hadn't really found myself.

What kid who was playing basketball didn't have the dream about going to the NBA? It's the biggest and final step.

I've been blessed to be in the NBA.

I always dreamt of being a basketball player. A dream that only I believed in.

I've won a championship on every level except the NBA. It's frustrating to have not gotten that in the first two years.

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

If someone were to ask me before I made the NBA, you going to have to go through all this, you're going to have to sign your soul away to play in the league, I still would have done it.

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