“Hard work is not punishment. Hard work is the price of admission for the opportunity to reach sustained excellence” HardMotivationalOpportunityWorkHard WorkBasketballExcellenceCoachesPunishmentReachingNbaPaymentAdmissionMotivational WorkHard Work Pays Off Author:Jay Bilas
“Coming out of high school, I think it was good for me instead of going to college because college and the NBA are two different things. You can dominate on the college level, but the NBA is a whole different story. The dudes that do the best are the ones who work hard.” ThinkingTwoDifferentHardWholeStoriesSchoolLevelsCollegeHard WorkHigh SchoolDifferent ThingsNbaComing OutDo The BestTwo Different ThingsGoing To College Author:Dwight Howard
“I never envisioned myself playing for the U.S. Olympic team -- growing up, I never envisioned playing in the NBA, to be real with you. I never envisioned that type of stuff. So this is like a dream that I never had come true. It's like I'm a part of what's really going on. It's still very hard for me to believe that I am really going to be a part of the biggest thing in the whole entire world.” WorldBelieveStillsRealHardWholeDreamStuffGrowing UpGrowingTeamTypeNbaBeing Real Author:Carmelo Anthony
“Of all the things in sports, getting a sack is one of the hardest things to do. It's like a last-second, game-winning shot in the NBA. A guy hits the last-second shot, and the fans scream. For us (defensive ends), the sack is everything. It's hard to get there. But once you do, there's nothing like it.” EndsHardLastsGuyGamesWinningSportsFansShotsHardestThings To DoNbaScreamHardest ThingHardest Thing To Do Author:Dwight Freeney
“In 1948, I began coaching basketball at UCLA. Each hour of practice we worked very hard. Each day we worked very hard. Each week we worked very hard. Each season we worked very hard. Four fourteen years we worked very hard and didn't win a national championship. However, a national championship was won in the fifteenth year. Another in the sixteenth. And eight more in the following ten years.” YearsHardWinningHoursPracticeFourWeekTenBasketballSeasonsFollowingEightCoachingEach DayNbaChampionshipFourteenUclaNational Championships Author:John Wooden
“All the guys in the locker room will give me a hard time and call me Robin Thicke or call me Justin Bieber.” GivingHardGuyRoomsGive MeHard TimesCall MeNbaRobinsLockersJustinLocker RoomGrooming Author:Chandler Parsons
“They better not put me in the All -Star Game. I won't shoot, but I'll dominate that easy game. I'll be playing hard defense. I'll be foulin'. I'll be flagrant fouling. Everyone will be like, 'What are you doing?'” HardFunnyGamesStarsEasyDefenseNbaAll Stars Author:Metta World Peace
“I'm working hard to see whether there can be basketball next year.” YearsHardNextBasketballNbaNext Year Author:David Stern
“It's hard being the NBA's sex symbol, but somebody has to do it.” HardSexBasketballSymbolsNbaSex Symbol Author:Shaquille O'Neal