Basketball Quotes

Bad shooters are always open

In a team sport like basketball, every time you help somebody else, you help yourself.

I'm still waiting for perfection. In the meantime, I'll settle for persistence

Free agency screws everybody's allegiances up. Whether it be football, baseball, hockey, basketball, whatever it may be. It's really hard.

We hung out on the streets, played stickball, and did all of the things that other kids did.

I can't stand a ballplayer who plays in fear. Anybody who has a good shot has got to take it and keep taking it. So he misses...so what?

I've always believed in quickness over strength and size.

A lot of people I meet say, 'You remind me so much of Magic Johnson.'

The only important statistic is the final score.

Before I became the 'Great Test of the West," I was the 'Beast of the East.'

Players must be able to carry out simple instructions from the bench to the court. If they can't, then they can't play

I play basketball to win a championship. That championship is everything to me. And thats what gets people to buy in to your brand - being a winner.

Sports like baseball, basketball, and hockey develop muscles. That's why Americans have the strongest eyes in the world.

He who controlleth the backboard, controlleth the game.

I would like to be referred to as 'The Big Aristotle'.

I have a certain taste, and I might be like, 'I like this,' when other people are like, 'I can't wear that.' And in basketball, I might be able to do things other guys might not.

When you go out there and do the things you're supposed to do, people view you as selfish.

Once you become complacent and once you're happy with your performance or whatever it is, I don't think you'll get better as quickly.

Discipline is not a nasty word.

I think I'll stick to what I'm used to, my principles, and that is team Number 1 and individual Number 2.

Everybody is improving but I am improving slowly, which seemingly widens our distance.

This year we plan to run and shoot. Next season we hope to run and score.

Everybody hears, but few listen.

Trying to take money out of politics is like trying to take jumping out of basketball.

One day to see that headline, not that someone won a basketball championship, but to see that a cure for cancer has been found, will be a great day for mankind.

I'd run over my own mother to win the Super Bowl.

I've always felt that, you know, the Almighty has a lot of things to do other than help my basketball team.

We need to know where we are going and how we plan to get there. Our dreams and aspirations must be translated into real and tangible goals with priorities and time frames.

The fundamentals of the game are the same wherever you go: pass, dribble, shoot, defend, rebound, screen, play hard and together

Confidence comes from being prepared.

It's almost like we have ESPN.

I played when I played, and played, I think, against the greatest players in the greatest time in the history of basketball.

I don't worry about playing basketball; that comes natural. I just want to have fun. David Robinson, Patrick Ewing, Michael Jordan: this is like spring break in the ghetto.

I think that everyone should be able to dribble. Everyone should be able to pass. Otherwise, why are you out there?

It's going to be great. A lot of the players are coming. I wasn't here when they put (Jackson) up in the rafters. But to have him here as my number goes up, it brings back a lot of great memories.

I probably should've listened to Michael a year ago when he said that Charles will never win a championship because he doesn't show any dedication.

Promise yourself that you will talk health, happiness, and prosperity as often as possible.

Confrontation simply means meeting the truth head-on.

My workout was playing other sports and I always played tennis, football, basketball, threw a baseball - I was always doing something to keep me active. That's how I kept my body going.

You have to teach now - tell a kid how to box out, tell him how to pass, teach him footwork. Players don't understand that anymore.

Why don't you bring your face up here and let me punch it? Then you can tell me (if I'm stronger).

The highest level of achievement is attained by the teams with the best conditioned players

Kids are great. That's one of the best things about our business, all the kids you get to meet. It's a shame they have to grow up to be regular people and come to the games and call you names.

It also didn't take me long to decide that Tri-Cities wasn't for me, and that I wasn't going to go there to play basketball.

With the crowds on your side, it's easier to play up to your potential.

I'm always ready for a change. I'm Irish. I'm a leprechaun.

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

The last five or six days, I've been running. The last two days, I've been running pretty hard. Everybody's got to be someplace.

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?

It's easier for me to get ready for a game on the road because you're expected to lose when you play away from home. That's a challenge to right there and that perks my competitive juices.