B. J. Armstrong Quotes

I know that I love the whole game of basketball, and that's what I've always believed in.

With me and basketball, it became part of me.

There's hasn't been a day in my life since I was 9 years old that I haven't touched a basketball or done something connected with basketball.

I think I'm one of the rare people out there who still cares about the game of basketball.

I think every player who truly loves basketball wants to be in the game at all times.

I don't see myself not playing basketball. I don't see myself not around basketball.

If you put it in perspective, I loved basketball before I loved everything else, you know what I mean? Before I had a girlfriend or even childhood friends, I had my basketball. So it's my first love.

When you want to play basketball and you get paid for playing basketball, you want to do it every single day. So I don't think I'll get tired of doing it.

Kobe was obsessed with the game of basketball.

I have a very high love for the game. My mom would always drop me off at the YMCA downtown in Flint, and I'd stay there all day. If she couldn't take me, I'd take the bus there and be there until she'd pick me up when she got off work. I've always had the love for basketball.

Basketball has consumed me since the age of 7 or 8. I don't know what I would do without it.

I'm a competitive person. I love the game of basketball. I'm a gym rat.

If someone were to ask me before I made the NBA, you going to have to go through all this, you're going to have to sign your soul away to play in the league, I still would have done it.

There's no nights off in the NBA. That's what makes it so special. That's why everyone loves the game.

Obviously I love playing the game of basketball. That's what God blessed me to do.

As committed to my Lakers teammates and the organization as I am, I ultimately play basketball for my family.

It's just basketball. It's what I do. I've been doing this since I was 4.

I cherish being on the court, and I really love watching basketball, women's basketball, whatever it is.

When I was a little kid, I looked at my mom, stepdad and said, 'I want to be an NBA player,' just because I love to play the game of basketball like 24/7.

There's no part of me that doesn't like basketball. I love it.

I have a huge admiration for fans in China. I think they're some of the greatest basketball fans in the world. I think they're passionate and love the game, almost second to none.

Sometimes you get the rap of, 'Don't always play hard,' or, 'Just doing it for the money.' But there are guys that genuinely love the game of basketball and are always playing it and are always out there. There are guys that work hard and actually understand the game and are very knowledgeable off the court as well.

But really, I've worked my whole life to become a great basketball player. When I see that jersey go up, I'm sure I'm gonna have flashbacks to when I was 4 and 5 years old playing in my driveway because I loved it. I still love it to this day. It's been one of my first loves in life: basketball.

I just wanted to give myself a chance to be an athlete because I really loved the game of basketball.

People don't understand how hard it is to get to the NBA and that's where I want to be.