Top 17 Quotes & Sayings by Antonio Davis

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American athlete Antonio Davis.
Last updated on April 14, 2025.
Antonio Davis

Antonio Lee Davis is an American former professional basketball player who played for the Indiana Pacers, Toronto Raptors, Chicago Bulls, and New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He also played for Panathinaikos B.C. in Greece and Philips Milano in Italy. Davis is also the former president of the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA). On October 31, 2012, ESPN announced the hiring of Davis as a studio analyst for NBA broadcasts. He is also currently a co-host/analyst on SiriusXM NBA Radio.

I didn't go in there and tell them I think you should move me, but I also understand the nature of this business.
When I look at our roster, I'm sure all of you have printed that I'm coming up on 35, and given my situation and my salary structure and all that, yeah, I have to wonder if this team is going to make moves and they haven't.
If you're going to trade me, trade me. Whenever they are going to do, let them do it so I can situated.
Even if I would have left on a good note, there is still going to be people who don't like you, who don't like what you stand for. I can't worry about that.
It's fool's gold if you are winning games and are not playing the right way.
I actually think some of the rappers can help our image, because the thing I'm concerned about is the NBA's image. I always want our image to be on the rise, and if the rappers can help young players get business-minded, then I'm all for it.
I've been shooting the ball and running a little bit. It's just going out here now and forgetting that I've been out and try to get back in and make sure I know what's going on out there on the floor and that we're just not lost as a team.
I've never had a chance to go to the Finals, and I don't have a ring - and that would be the only thing that would get me to think about it.
I meet a lot of people. — © Antonio Davis
I meet a lot of people.
I'm not apologizing to anybody for anything.
I'm still doing something I love to do.
As of right now, I have no desire. I've watched several games and played pickup ball thinking I'd have the feeling I'd like to get back, but I didn't have that feeling. I don't really miss the game.
I have to be a father first and a husband first. — © Antonio Davis
I have to be a father first and a husband first.
I don't think I'll be playing again. I'm very content and happy, doing the types of things I haven't gotten to do, be a father.
If these are the last 34 games of my NBA career, I want them played as tough as I can.
I hope the business sense that artists like Jay-Z and Nelly are showing rubs off on the young players. I want somebody to stand up and say, Look, these kids got it going on. We want to be a part of them.
I actually think some of the rappers can help our image, because the thing Im concerned about is the NBAs image. I always want our image to be on the rise, and if the rappers can help young players get business-minded, then Im all for it.
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