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A Pro Athlete’s Best NBA Quotes
The best NBA quotes are insights into the beliefs, thoughts, and feelings (and world) of pro basketball. The highest level of sport, what can it teach us? What can the world’s best NBA players and coaches teach us about being our best selves? What’s the difference between the NBA and college basketball? How does LeBron set goals?
Phil Jackson’s genius-level NBA quotes on Last Dance are amazing.
Steph Curry’s best NBA quotes:
“All of us are in the same place, each with our own rooms, and we were allowed to do whatever we wanted. Which is totally different than college, where they manage your schedule for you. In the NBA, you’re on your own.” — Steph Curry
This is an important realization. In high school and college, you have coaches looking out for you. Calling you to show up for weights, training, open gym, and everything else there is. When you get to the pros, no one calls you. No one tells you to train. The money, the time, the training, the coaching, it all stops.
The real world of pro hoops is just the same for college kids when they first graduate — who is going to hire you? Where are you going to make your first dollar? Are you going to wake up early and work on your dreams or work for someone else’s? Who is on your team? What do you value? What virtues do you…
