“I would love an extension, who wouldn't? If they offer me a $35 million-a-year extension, I'll sign it right now. I won't even read the contract. I'm just here to take care of business and I know can help give the city what it's looking for.” IfsKnowsGivingYearsHelpingCareCitiesMillionsRight NowOffersBasketballTake CareNbaContractsExtensions Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“One thing I learned in the NBA is that the No. 1 job of a general manager is to keep his job. They are only 30 positions where you make millions and hang around with basketball players all day.” JobsMillionsPlayerOne ThingPositionBasketballManagersNbaBasketball PlayerGeneral Manager Author:Mark Cuban
“Now tell me this. What would you consider the greatest spectator sport in the country today? Would you say it was baseball, basketball, football?... It's politics. That's right, politics. Millions and millions of people following it every day in the newspapers, over the TV and the radio. Now mind you, they wouldn't get mixed up in this themselves for all the tea in China, but they know the names and numbers of all the players. And what they can't tell the coaches about strategy. Oh, you should see some of the letters I get.” PeopleKnowsShouldMindCountryTodayPoliticsNamesSportsNumbersMillionsPlayerFootballTvsBasketballLettersBaseballStrategyRadioFollowingChinaCoachesNewspapersTeaSpectators Author:Frank Nugent
“It's not like being a professional basketball player where you're in a big house. Maybe three, four or five guys make a couple million bucks a year, but that's it. The rest of them have second jobs.” YearsBigsJobsGuyThreeHouseMillionsFiveFourPlayerCoupleBasketballBucksBasketball PlayerBig Houses Author:Frank Grillo
“Mr. Lemon-Man has inspired millions across the world through his gift. I don't refer only to basketball, but also to his magnificent gift of caring, sharing, and loving all people. I only hope my kids would possess an ounce of the Lemon-Man's heart, which easily radiates through that smile.” PeopleMenWorldHeartKidsMillionsBasketballInspiredCaringMagnificentLemons Author:A. C. Green
“If I weren't earning $3 million a year to dunk a basketball, most people on the street would run in the other direction if they saw me coming.” PeopleIfsYearsRunningSportsMillionsSawsStreetsBasketballEarningFlirtingFake PeopleBasketball PlayerFamous BasketballInspirational BasketballMotivational BasketballFlirtyNba PlayerFunny BasketballBest BasketballEncouraging BasketballBasketball WinningWinning BasketballDunking Book:Outrageous! Source: Outrageous!
“Millions of guys play millions of basketball games every day of the week at the playground or the YMCA. But LeBron James gets $20 million a year because he can jam on all of those guys. We're always going to want to see LeBron and Kobe go at it.” WantInspirationalYearsPlayGuyGamesMillionsWeekBasketballJamPlaygroundsDays Of The WeekBasketball GameYmca Author:Adam Carolla
“If you can walk with your head in the clouds and keep your feet on the ground, you can make a million dollars in the NBA.” IfsFunnyWalksMillionsFeetBasketballDollarsCloudsNbaMillion DollarsFunny BasketballFeet On The GroundHead In The Clouds Author:Gary Dornhoefer
“The guy said NBA players are one in a million, ... I said, 'Man, look, I'm going to be that one in a million.” MenInspirationalLooksSaidGuyMillionsPlayerBasketballNbaNba PlayerOne In A Million Author:Kobe Bryant
“They don't pay you a million dollars for two-hand chest passes.” TwoHandsPayMillionsBasketballDollarsChestsMillion DollarsTwo Hands Author:Pete Maravich
“I remember sitting down with the Rockets and saying, 'Yeah. I'm going to retire.' They said, 'Well, we'll give you $9 million.' And I said, 'You got a pen on you?'” GivingWellsSaidRememberMillionsBasketballSittingYeahPensRetiringThey SaidRocketsSitting DownFunny Basketball Author:Charles Barkley