Stephen Curry doesn’t want to hear anything from the haters, Kevin Durant takes issue with Charles Barkley and more from our best quotes of the week.
“What they gonna say now???”
— Stephen Curry, during the Golden State Warriors’ championship parade
“I’m still the all-time leading scorer in the NBA and I only made one 3-point shot”
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, about his place in history, on the Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
“It would not surprise me if Tom Brady calls him during the season to come back and Rob answers the call.”
— Rob Gronkowski’s agent Drew Rosenhaus, in a text to Adam Schefter
“I think he’s coming back … I just think Gronk doesn’t want to go through training camp.
— Robert Griffin III, also on Gronkowski
“Y’all know that ain’t happening.”
— Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin, about Antonio Brown potentially returning to the team, on The Pivot podcast. Brown hasn’t played in the NFL since taking his uniform off and leaving the field before the ending of a Tampa Bay Buccaneers game
“Until he is the guy on a championship team, we’re not ever gonna give him the respect he probably deserves.”
— Charles Barkley, speaking about Kevin Durant on Get Up!
“All this s— is nasty, another terrible analogy from a hatin’ old head that can’t accept that we making more bread than them. It’s just timing Chucky, don’t hate the playa.”
— Durant, responding to Barkley on Twitter