"We try to treat the road like it's a home game. We ain't got no fans at home, neither."
- Dion Glover, Hawks days

"Like most American or foreign players, he understands about half of what I say."
- Jeff Van Gundy, on Yao Ming.

"Well, he's a good player for Minnesota."
- Gary Payton, when asked what he thought about Serbia.

"I like that team. They have a lot of guys from New York City on their team. How come they get guys from New York and our whole team is from Utah? I don't get it."
- Spike Lee, on the differences between the Pacers and the Knicks.

"Perhaps the biggest indignity for the Bulls came with 2:27 remaining when official Scott Foster whistled Latrell Sprewell and Linton Johnson for a double technical foul. Johnson, who didn't play all game, had been heckling Sprewell, who kept saying, "Who is he?" Foster didn't know either, asking for Johnson's uniform number to assess the technical. Sprewell, who had 27 points, smiled about the incident afterward: "I still don't know who he is." "
- K. C. Johnson

New York Knicks fan: "Hey, Damon...you can come here and live in my house."
Damon Stoudamire: "I'd live in your doghouse to get out of this shit."

"That didn't bother me. I am not going to worry about a guy trying to be tough with a pink tie on."
- Ben Wallace, on the injured Marcus Fizer acting like he was going to come off the Bulls bench and fight.

"Isiah Thomas: "I've got some bad news. We're trading you to Phoenix."
Antonio McDyess: "What's the bad news?"

"I've got to stop this. My entourages are getting entourages."
- Jalen Rose, on the trouble finding tickets for everyone when he returns to Detroit.

"Both teams played hard."
- Rasheed Wallace's answer to every question in a post game interview, for which he received a massive fine.

"Can I get a T for what I think?" "No." replied the referee. "Well I think you are fucking hopeless!"
- Anonymous coach

"You know the world is off tilt when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest basketball player is Chinese and Germany doesn't want to go to war"
- Chris Rock

"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"

“We all get heavier as we get older because there’s a lot more information in our heads. Our heads weigh more.”
- Vlade Divac

"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

"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

"When (Jalen) comes over here, I'm going to give him a kiss. Not on his lips, though."
- Rafer Alston.

"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.

"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

"Where's your head? Damn, we go to you every time."
- Nick Van Exel, to Zach Randolph, after Randolph complained about not getting the ball enough.

"It feels good to be in the second round"
- Tracy McGrady as his Magic team went 3-1 up in the first round. They lost 4-3.

"I'm always trying to see what the joke is, so I miss the play that's called and I've got to ask a teammate."
- Joe Johnson on the Phoenix's gorilla mascot