Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Shawn Bradley
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Last updated on September 17, 2024.
My first baby toy was a basketball and ever since, I've had a basketball in my hands.
Playing in the NBA is more than just tough competition. It is very difficult being away from my family when we're on the road. I'm always grateful to come home to them.
I've played basketball most of my life, so it will probably be a little hard adjusting to life without it.
My mom makes my dress pants.
I knew in my heart that it was right to go on a mission, but it required a lot of fasting and prayer to make the decision.Now that I am returned, I realize even more that I made the right decision.
My dad thought my head looked like a basketball, so he set one inside my crib.
I don't play the game to lose.
I started to think I could do just as much by playing basketball and setting a good sporting example than I could by going on the mission. But in the end I realized the mission was what was expected of me and was what would be better for me in the end.
The times you have to get up in the middle of the night and hold one of your children because they're scared of the lightning. Or changing diapers. That togetherness far outweighs the times you don't get to sleep in.
One game doesn't make a career.
Basketball's not the only thing in my life. It shouldn't be in anyone's life.
One of the things that's difficult about the NBA is being away from the family.
I've always been interested in politics, and I would like to make a difference in people's lives.
I've not liked how people treat you sometimes, but I love being tall.
My job is to go out and not let the people who like me go to my head and not let the people who don't like me pull me down into a depressive state.
I'm proud to be able to say that I went to BYU.
I sit down before every game and tell myself I've got to have fun.
You want to go out and do the best you can do - then you're successful, no matter how it all turns out.
Something needs to change when you start losing your focus as a missionary. You need to do something to gain that focus again.
If you don't get tested throughout your career, people can forget about you.
I've always wondered why I'm so tall.
As a professional entertainer in sports, you get a lot of real-world experience in a world that's not very real - which is a lot of what politics are.
Whether you're 7 feet 6 inches or normal height, stealing someone's bike is low.
Well, you know what, I was who I am and I'm not going to change that.
I guess I play a lot better when my confidence is high, and when you get people cheering for you it helps your confidence.
I'll never regret going on my mission.
I don't like to give a 50 percent effort.
If you're going to play with the best in the world, you have to train like you want to be the best in the world.
I'm taller than Manute. I don't know if he's shrunk, or I've grown or whatnot, but we measured up side to side, and I'm taller. I don't think Manute's 7-7. I don't think he's barely 7-6.
I know what I'm all about.
I had a very difficult time deciding to go on my mission. It was hard to set aside my basketball career.
I was made to be 7-foot-5. That's me, that's the way I'm going to be. I want to make it a positive experience and not a negative one.
There are times when I've been struggling and I get down on myself and my game. I have to remind myself that I've loved this game my whole life and it should be fun.
I have had a very fun, positive experience in seminary. It's taught me a lot.
I just plan on enjoying being tall.
I know what's going on in life.
My religion and my family are the two most important things in my life. But I love basketball.
I value my family and my religion as No. 1 and hold them almost in the same light.
Guys like to dunk on me. It's always been that way. I'm 7-6, and guys want to dunk on the 7-6 guy.
Going to the draft, I took two years off to serve my church and my God. There were no secrets, there was no deception; I didn't ask anyone to be drafted No. 2.
I'm going to go out and do the best I can do. If it revolutionizes the game, it revolutionizes the game. If I don't, and I become a bench player, and that's the best that I'm ever going to be, as long as I'm giving my best, I'll be content with that.
I've always dreamed of going on a mission. You get a chance to go out and help other people.
I understand what Shawn Bradley can do.
I just went and I worked hard and said, 'This is what I have. If you can use it, great. If not, fine.'
Whether I lived up to people's expectations of changing the game or franchise or what not, look: I went out, I worked hard, I didn't fib or lie or cheat anyone.
I'm not going to lie to you, it's a lot nicer to have cheers rather than boos.
It is exciting to be recruited by North Carolina, UCLA, Syracuse and other schools that have won many national championships. But as I prayed about it and talked with my family, I felt that BYU was the best place for me.
No one likes to lose, and that includes me, and I'm having to learn to deal with that; and I'm learning to deal with the physical game too.
When I was younger, I had to play with kids three or four years older than me because of my size, and they always had to prove they were better than the younger guy. That's the way it's been.
Whatever people say, they are going to say and I can't change that. I can change how I work and how I take care of myself.
Nothing that's worth getting out of life comes easy.
People said I'd revolutionize the game. Look, I made myself available and said I'd work hard and give you the best I can.
I wear a size 16 shoe, which isn't too bad. I can't usually go into a store and buy them, but there are catalogs throughout the country for big and tall people that I can order from.
I always felt as if force-feeding wasn't natural.
I'd like to get around 7-7, be as tall as Manute Bol, and someday block his shot.
I want to be the kind of guy people will look at and say, 'Hey, he'd be a cool guy to have as a friend.'
I love doing things that help kids.
I've had a lot of stories done on me because of my height, but that's OK. I don't feel like an exhibit. If that's what it takes to get noticed, that's fine.
Six months before the end of my mission, I was dogged by the press to give an answer about turning pro. They were extremely persistent.
I know there are people out there that no matter what I do, say or become, they're not going to like me. Conversely, there's going to be people that no matter what I do, say or become, they're going to love me.
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