Basketball Comparison Quotes

My 10th grade year I was 6-foot-4 and I grew to like 6-foot-7, but I still had my guard skills. I was playing point guard, I was a big guard. People started calling me 'Penny Hardaway' - comparing me to him because I was a big guard.

When people start comparing him with (Michael) Jordan then that's not a fair comparison. Jordan was a far more superior player in a very tough league, he was very creative. That's not taking away anything from LeBron because he is a great player, but it is not a fair comparison because Jordan is a far superior player.

Kevin Garnett was a great player, but he wasn't Kobe Bryant.

If I would compare anybody to Michael Jordan, it would be Kobe Bryant.

Trying to take money out of politics is like trying to take jumping out of basketball.

In Europe and FIBA, the game is a little slower and the court is a little smaller.

Elgin's game was an incredible performance, also. I don't think there's any comparison. Elgin did it without three-point lines. His game was attacking the hoop and hitting jumpers inside 20 feet. Kobe's range is unreal, and he does it his way.

But you can not compare Yao's stats to mine. You just can't compare it and I am playing everyone one-on-one.

People compare me to Isiah Thomas because of my quickness and change-of-direction, the way I change speeds and run the team.

Durant has developed a LeBron Complex, sounding like he wants to be his best buddy LeBron as well as beat him.

The spacing is so much different in the NBA... There's more spacing, more 1-on-1. I got more space to do work - something I didn't get to show at Kentucky.

The natural thing in Africa is to start playing soccer at 8 or 9. You go outside and you play like kids play basketball here, and you grow a feel for the game. In Africa, the kids start playing basketball at 16 or 17 or 18, and when they get an opportunity to come here, they have been playing for only one or two years.

Leading your family is a lot tougher than basketball.

I'm like LeBron, man. I'm like a smaller LeBron. That's why I'm not in the NBA. If I had about five, six more inches, I'd be in the league.

You see far more swings and misses on can't-miss football recruits than basketball blue chips.

Michael Jordan on his worst day is ten times better than Kobe Bryant on his best day.