Basketball Player Quotes

Basketball Player Quote of the day

When I was young, everyone laughed at me when I said that I wanted to be a professional basketball player...now it's my turn to laugh.

How good can we expect to be if our best player is not our best teammate

You have to defeat a great players aura more than his game.

There is no doubt in my mind and I know in my time, there will be a Canadian basketball player playing for Toronto Raptors, 100%

Meadowlark was the most sensational, awesome, incredible basketball player I've ever seen.

Magic Johnson, former basketball player, may run for mayor of L.A. in the next election. Remember the good 'ol days when only qualified people ran for office like actors and professional wrestlers.

Recognize and reward players who put the team first, not just the gifted ones.

I'm looking for players who make their teammates better. You do that with enthusiasm and passion.

You must have your player's heads and hearts before they will do anything for you

You should sub a player out when you see a player not going full-speed or playing selfish basketball.

Michael Jordan is God disguised as a basketball player.

We overload in our workouts so that the game slows down in real life. It helps you become a smarter basketball player.

I always wanted to be a basketball player. Nothing more, nothing less.

It's better to have a good player with the basketball in late game situations than to have plays.

I always wanted to be a basketball player.

As far as carrying the torch for the years to come, I don't know. I just want to be the best basketball player I can be.

When asked if he was a basketball player he replied No I clean giraffe ears.

Treat each player as your own son/daughter if you can...the parents have invested in you.

Everyone needs a coach. It doesn't matter whether you're a basketball player, a tennis player, a gymnast or a bridge player.

If every basketball player worked as hard as I did, I'd be out of a job

I think I'm the only player who looks at each and every center and says to myself, 'That's barbecued chicken down there.'

The hardest thing for a basketball player to do is dribble two really hard dribbles. You are flying, and then pull up and shoot a ball from 15, 17 feet. It's the hardest thing in the game.

There is no such thing as a perfect basketball player, and I don't believe there is only one greatest player either.

Great players never look in the mirror and think I'm a great basketball player. You ask yourself, Am I the best player I can be?

My goal is to let people see who I am as a person, not just a basketball player. Many people see athletes in a certain way - flat and one dimensional. I want to change that view.

I used to play soccer when I was in Morocco, but I was more of a basketball player. I played high school basketball, I played AAU basketball.

I wanted to avoid service, because I was on the road to becoming a professional basketball player.

I do not want players who do not have a keen desire to win and do not play hard and aggressively to accomplish that objective.

Be a famous musician. Be a famous act or. Be a famous write r. Be a famous basketball player. Be famous.

In the original script, my character was a basketball player rather than a boxer. I didn't think I could pull that off. I'm a little short to be a basketball player!

I’m a basketball player, not a monk.

Being a superstar means you've reached your potential, and I don't think I've reached my potential as a basketball player and as a leader yet.

Not only is Rip Hamilton an outstanding basketball player, he is also known for giving back to his community.

When I lose the sense of motivation and the sense to prove something as a basketball player, it's time for me to move away from the game.

What you are as a person is far more important than what you are as a basketball player.

We should because when coaches get fired, the players have a lot to do with it.

I always dreamt of being a basketball player. A dream that only I believed in.

It's not like being a professional basketball player where you're in a big house. Maybe three, four or five guys make a couple million bucks a year, but that's it. The rest of them have second jobs.

I was a better basketball player growing up in high school than I was a swimmer. Basketball to this day is my favorite sport.

I never gave up as a player, and I won't give up as someone who wants to go to the Hall of Fame, because it's the ultimate goal for a baseball player or a football player or a basketball player.

I'm starting to see players copy what I do. I'm flattered.

Don't ever have a rule that you won't enforce with your best player.

What we do at LSU is to develop players and make them better.

Good players can take coaching; great players can take coaching and learn.

Although I wanted my players to work to win, I tried to convince them they had always won when they had done their best.

Michael Jordan was a tremendous basketball player.

Kobe Bryant is my favorite basketball player. He takes risks. He goes for the shot. He isn't cautious with whatever he does.

You don't get respect for being an Asian-American basketball player in the U.S.

As you keep shooting the ball, you become a better basketball player.

If you're a basketball player, you've got to shoot.