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"I've had to overcome a lot of diversity."
- Drew Gooden
Kenny Smith: "You can see that he [Voshon Lenard] has been out
for a while because he's put on a little weight"
Charles Barkley: "A little weight? A little weight? That's like
saying what happened to the Titanic was a small boating accident. As
a matter of fact, we can check, but I think me and him are wearing the
same size underwear right now..."
"I'm one of those players who likes to take the last shot. Let's be
honest, I like to take all the shots"
- Dan Issel
Fan to Wilt Chamberlain: "How's the weather up there?"
Wilt: (spits on fan) "Fine, but it looks like rain down there"
"It was so quiet you could have heard a rat pee on cotton"
- Reggie Miller after a dagger 3
“We all get heavier as we get older because there’s a lot more information
in our heads. Our heads weigh more.”
- Vlade Divac
“We're supposed to stop eating when he stops? But what if we're still
hungry? He may have had a snack before he came over.”
- Charles Barkley, on the proper etiquette involving dinner with
Prince Rainier at the Royal Palace in Monte Carlo
"This is one o' my most rememorable...did I say that right? Rememorable?
Whatever, man, y'all know what I'm talkin' 'bout. I'm gonna remember
this game."
- Allen Iverson
"I can not do the finger wave to the guy after I block a shot, I have
to do it to the crowd. I did it to the crowd, but the referee said there
was a bench in front of the crowd."
- Dikembe Mutombo, on waiving his finger to the crowd.
“I really didn't want it, but now that I've won it, it's nice. It's
an honor. It's nice to know people don't think you're a total idiot.
... It must have been a poor year for coaches.”
- Doug Moe on winning coach of year
“Yeah, I'm a little surprised. But nowadays, with snipers and Bin Ladens
running around, don't nothing really surprise me anymore. Kind of messed
up to say, but, somebody told me they seen a flying monkey. There is
flying monkeys, too! Flying squirrels and all kinds of shit. Doesn't
nothing surprise me these days."
- Kevin Garnett, when asked if he were surprised that a Twolves
game against Micheal Jordan and the Wizards did not sell out.
"Hey Steve, no offense, but if you couldn't shoot, there would be no
reason for you to be alive."
- Charles Barkley to Steve Kerr
Charles Barkley: "To win a championship you shouldn't think so
much about having home court advantage."
Mike Bibby: "How would you know?"
"Christian (Laettner) is going to be the strongest man in the NBA next
year, because all he's been doing all summer is carrying around the
luggage for 11 guys."
- Charles Barkley
"We're just playing basketball. It's not like we're going out to have
unprotected sex with Magic."
- Barkley
Kenny Smith: "I devote these rings to my family, as they were
the ones who helped me get them".
Charles Barkley: "You should have given them to Hakeem."
"They (the Lakers) don't care if Michael Olowokandi gets points. If
he explodes... he's gonna get 8."
- Charles Barkley
"Hakeem couldn't kick your ass cuz you were too close, kissin his!"
- Charles Barkley to Kenny Smith
"It's the kind of game that makes you go home and beat your wife."
- Barkley
"I don't trust people that don't eat meat. Hey Kevin, you know what
the difference between me and you is? When I die, I'll die because I
was eating bad food. When you die, they'll say 'wooo that Kevin, he
as dead as Charles'"
- Charles Barkley on Kevin Eubanks
"Obviously, my part is terrific. But Michael (Jordan) is the leader.
It's his movie. I think it's going to be very funny, great entertainment
for the kids. I hope everybody likes it. But, really, I don't care because
I've already been paid."
- Charles Barkley about "Space Jam"
Charles Barkley on being misquoted in his autobiography: "That
was my fault. I should have read it before it came out."
"Why wouldn't I start? I mean, I'm the franchise player here. I don't
know any franchise players that come off the bench. I don't know any
Olympian that comes off the bench. I don't know any All -Star that comes
off the bench. I don't know any former MVP that comes off the bench.
I don't know any three -time scoring champion that comes off the bench.
I don't know any first -team all -NBA (player) that comes off the bench.
Why Allen Iverson? Why would I come off the bench? I don't know; maybe
that's something for people to think about."
- Allen Iverson
"[My] career was sputtering until [I] did a 360 and got headed in the
right direction."
- Tracy McGrady, after signing with the Orlando Magic
"I can't really remember the names of the clubs that we went to."
- Shaquille O'Neal on whether he had visited the Parthenon during
his visit to Greece
"My sister's expecting a baby, and I don't know if I'm going to be an
uncle or an aunt."
- Chuck Nevitt, North Carolina State basketball player, explaining
to Coach Jim Valvano why he appeared nervous at practice, 1982
"Tom."
- Tom Nissalke, New coach of the NBA's Houston Rockets, when
asked how he pronounced his name, 1966
"Play some Picasso."
- Former New Jersey Net Chris Morris, to a piano player at a
hotel bar while trying to impress a date.
I've been dunked on by (Vitaly) Potapenko and now (Zan) Tabak. The good
part is that they don't make posters of those guys."
- Walt Williams
"Greg Ostertag is one of the top centers on this planet!"
- Bill Walton, said in all seriouness
“Eric Piatkowski makes perhaps the greatest defensive play in Clipper
history!”
- Bill Walton, Mr Exaggeration
"What a pathetic performance by this sad human being. This is a disgrace
to the game of basketball and to the NBA. He played like a disgrace
tonight. And he deserved it."
- Bill Walton on Larry Johnson
"Yeah, we make a lot of money, but we spend a lot of money too."
- Patrick Ewing
"It's weird, because in some ways, we think the same. Today, when we
were walking here, we were about to say something (and) it was about
the same exact thing. It was weird."
- Jamal Crawford, on his relationship with Stephon Marbury.
"Hermaphrodites are people with male and female gena - um, genitalia."
- Emeka Okafor, on a book he was reading
"I don't want to get involved in that stuff, man. That stuff is deep.
I ain't scared of Vince or nothing like that, but that is between him
and his conscience. I ain't saying it did happen or it didn't happen.
I'll leave that for Ray. I'll let Ray do all that type of talking, man.
For real. I'll let Ray open his mouth, he is the one...who got into
it with Kobe (Bryant), so I will just leave that alone. I don't want
to get into no beef with nobody."
- Reggie Evans, on Vince Carter allegedly tipping off a play
against the Sonics.
"If I was to answer that question honestly, I would have to lie to you."
- Isiah Thomas, when asked if any teams were interested in trading
for Shandon Anderson.
"I really like Rafer Alston. We get along great. We have a lot of fun
times together that I can't share with you guys."
- Jalen Rose.
"When (Jalen) comes over here, I'm going to give him a kiss. Not on
his lips, though."
- Rafer Alston.
"I saw him walk in a locker room with a pair of $300 jeans on. They
were too short for him, and he had them way down on his hips so they
would look like they were long enough and he had his shirt out over
them. He sure needs some help."
- Kevin Willis, on the clothing worn by Tyson Chandler
"See, that is one of my pet peeves. You should be able to go and pick
out one fan a game, and just beat the hell out of him."
- Barkley, after watching footage of Denver fans throwing garbage
on Latrell Sprewell.
"Don't even put me and dude in the same breath."
- Kobe Bryant, on comparisons between him and Ray Allen.
"What do you want, a cookie?"
- Kobe Bryant, when asked about the possibility of the Clippers
finishing with a better record than the Lakers.
"Kobe's a great player. He's even better when he has the refs on his
team. It's tough to sometimes guard two people at once."
- Bonzi Wells, angling for a fine.
"I ain't no GM. Ask Kobe. He's the GM. It's his team. Go ask him."
– Chucky Atkins
"I'm sitting in the house loading up the pump, loading up the Uzi, I've
got a couple of M -16s, a couple of 9s and a couple of joints with some
silencers on them. I'm just loading up clips, a couple of grenades,
a missile launcher with a couple of missiles. I'm ready for war."
- Kevin Garnett.
"I'm bringing my shotgun, my bow and arrow, my four -wheel drive truck
and four wheelers and run over him."
- Brad Miller's response
"We're going to be in bed with each other. It's like a marriage."
- Stephon Marbury, on his relationship with Jamal Crawford.
"It's always frustrating when you get down 40 points."
- Nazr Mohammed, of the New York Knicks.
"I can't put it into words. Playing with a guy, living with a guy, just
knowing that every day when I wake up that's something I can count on,
that I'm going to be in practice or in a game with Cuttino. Him not
being here is going to be tough for me. I don't know what I'm going
to wake up for."
- Steve Francis on the Cuttino Mobley trade
"Kobe took over in the second half, especially in the third and fourth
quarter."
- Magic Johnson, on TNT.
"That was Denver's fault. They're so young they didn't even know how
to slow the game down. They were up seven with a minute left and were
still trying to run and gun...the Lakers got away with murder last night...
like OJ."
- Charles Barkley, on a Lakers win over Denver.
"Roses are red ... violets are blue ... if you look at another girl
... I will beat you."
- Doug Christie's wife reciting a poem she had written to him.
"I don't have (expletive) to say to him. I didn't vote for him. It's
just something we have to do."
– Rasheed Wallace, before meeting President Bush
"When in doubt, shoot. That's how I look at it."
- Stephon Marbury
"It was my feeble attempt to steal the spotlight from Sean Elliott.
Everybody was saying, 'Sean's retiring, his jersey is in the rafters,
he's a great guy...' I honestly felt left out. So I felt at some point,
I should do something to refocus...on me."
- Tim Duncan, on injuring his ankle during Sean Elliott night
in San Antonio
"If you think Tony Parker is better than Manu Ginobili, you need to
stop drinking before you come in here."
- Charles Barkley, to Kenny Smith.
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