David Stern Quotes & Sayings

“Everyone knows that if you can keep on making money, everyone's happy.”

“You will ultimately be defined by the sum total of your responses to circumstances, situations and events that you probably couldn't anticipate and indeed probably couldn't even imagine. So just keep your eyes on the course and be ready to move in different directions depending upon the crises and opportunities with which you are faced.”

“It was the Michael Jordan/Nike phenomenon that really let people see that athletes were OK, and black athletes were OK. Defying a previous wisdom - not only that black athletes wouldn't sell in white America, but that the NBA as a predominantly black sport could not sell in white America.”

“I'm not big on looking back beyond the moment in which decisions and events occur. I'm always pushing forward.”

“I think anyone who doesn't say that they'd like people to think that they're doing the right thing is wrong. I mean, I'd like it to be that way, but I've never allowed it to influence my actions.”

“I love my job. I come every day having a ball.”

“You walk into the playgrounds in Shanghai and Beijing, and you see youngsters who are shorter, shaking and baking and having attitude. And Jeremy Lin is going to inspire all of them.”

“I'm not into politics.”

“I believe that everyone should participate in democracy and enjoy doing it.”

“I think that players play, and they compete, and it's not about incentives.”