NBA Star Quotes

Blake Griffin has shown he can be an All-NBA performer.

I think LeBron is the best player in the world, as far as overall in his career and what he's doing for this league on and off the court.

In my mind, LeBron James is the best player in the league.

I knew I was dog meat. Luckily, I'm the high-priced dog meat that everybody wants. I'm the good-quality dog meat. I'm the Alpo of the NBA.

Phil Handy played for me in England and has obviously risen to stardom in his area of what he does.

One day he just showed up at the zoo, and I actually didn't know who the man was. Everybody was like, 'that's Shaq!' And I'm like 'who's Shaq?'

Since I've been five, people asked me if we're related. It is usually the third question in the line of questions. What's your name? Sue Bird. Oh, what do you do? I play basketball. Are you related to Larry Bird? That's how it goes. I guess it could be worse, though, since he is a legend and all.

My hands are huge. When I was on 'Scrubs,' Zach Braff used to make fun of them all the time. And now I made some list. I guess Jennifer Garner is on the top of the list for best hands and I'm fourth down. But that's for people who really like an NBA star's hands.

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

Losing Michael Jackson is a handicap. It's the Lakers trying to win a championship without Kobe Bryant.

Few players have cast a spell across the game like Yao Ming, before or since.

An NBA star is a role player. Your role is to score a lot of points; your role is to get a lot of rebounds.

I like Jamal Crawford. He's from Seattle, went to high school there, lived up there. He's fantastic.

Michael Jordan was a tremendous basketball player.

I'm good friends with Tim Duncan.

I think anybody would want to be compared to Kevin Durant.

Anthony Davis is cool.

The star power is who is playing at an All-Star level, a top 12 level, and that's Jimmy Butler. He's become one of the best players in the league, a terrific two-way player.

I know Andre Drummond has potential.

Pau is one of the best big men in the game. I mean, Pau Gasol is going to be in the Hall of Fame.

I know he's retired, but I'm a big fan of Shaquille O'Neal, his game and his personality. I have a pair of his shoes in my office. You see the size of his shoe and think, 'This is not real, this couldn't belong to a human being.' But he is human!

D-Wade is my favorite player of all time.

I think everybody's goal is to make the NBA. My goal is to be a star.

Everybody makes a big deal about small ball. Well, I've guarded Anthony Davis every time I've played him, since he first came into the league.

Obviously, Kobe is one of the greatest players to ever play the game.