“I hate them with all the hate you can hate with. Can you hate more than that? If you can, I hate them more than that.”
Tim Hardaway
“We Latinos are in a growing stage in the NBA. It's all part of the international basketball boom.”
Manu Ginobili
“I love basketball and look forward to competing again at the sport that I hold so dear, ... Interested NBA teams want assurances that I am completely recovered and that I am able to deal with rigors of daily competition. The very competitive CBA will provide me this opportunity.”
Jayson Williams
“Before high school I really wanted to play basketball and play in the NBA and all of that stuff. I still miss it. Once I saw that baseball could maybe take me somewhere, I decided to pursue it.”
Michael Arensdorff
“I think he has enough of his players in the NBA to spread the word that he knows what basketball is about. He's smart enough to surround himself with people who have international experience, experience in the NBA. He will leave nothing unturned, believe me.”
Mike Fratello
“One of the areas the NBA has affected college basketball is the big guys. If they're very skilled as young guys, they take them early. The guys who are able to benefit from maturing four years in college are the guards.”
Jay Wright
“I tell the players, 'I'm sorry that you got hurt, but there's not a thing I can do about it'. You've got to go forward. That's the only thing I know. That's what I've tried to convey to our players. We've been fortunate here. Our organization for 18 years had very few injuries when John [Stockton] and Karl [Malone] were here ... I understood all along we were fortunate our guys stayed healthy. That's life in the NBA. If you don't like it, there's other jobs.”
Jerry Sloan
