Basketball Quotes

It feels great to have my hard work pay off, especially when the fans made it hard for me.

What happened in the past is just that, the past. Champion or not.

We've been playing ugly. Without all of our bodies, we've been kicking it all over the shop, but fortunately we've been able to make the big buckets and rely on our defense for once.

Empower the people around you, from the janitor to the athletic director. You do that by being sincere, caring about others, and then putting it into practice.

You learn from everybody. You learn from the players. You learn from great coaches. You learn from great teams

Realize that the hardest step in achieving anything is making a true commitment.

[My] career was sputtering until [I] did a 360 and got headed in the right direction.

So what if you fail? At least you'll know what not to do when you try again.

We can have no progress without change, whether it be basketball or anything else.

I like sports, and I enjoy playing basketball and lifting weights.

I try to never lose sight of what a special time it is to be a women's basketball player.

Yoga's hard for me, but I know you can really feel the difference when you do it consistently. I'd rather be playing basketball.

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

The only way to shut people up is just by winning and just playing basketball.

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.

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.

It isn't about what you do, but how you do it

Michael Jordan was a tremendous basketball player.

The basketball coach cut me within two days, so I was back in the pool. I was the first one in the wall after the first 25 yards, but the last one out because I didn't have a flip turn.

Confidence shared is better than confidence only in yourself.

Leadership starts at the top.

I'm conservative with my money. I'm the one who's got a family and I can't be playing basketball forever, so when I retire, I want to live on what I've made.

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.

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

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

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

My dad taught me that you have to work hard for anything you want in life, and I wanted to be good at playing basketball.

I was pretty hot-tempered all through school. I remember my high school basketball coach telling me: 'Boy, if you don't learn to control that temper, you're gonna kill somebody.'

I can see well enough on the 28-meter basketball court.

I love the flow of the game. There’s a certain fluidity to basketball. I don’t enjoy watching baseball or football in the same way.

I come from New York where, if you fall down, someone will pick you up by your wallet.

I don't believe in looking past anybody - I wouldn't look past the Little Sisters of the Poor after they stayed up all night.

I'm an Einstein of the streets and an Oxford scholar of common sense.

When I'm losing, they call me nuts. When I'm winning, they call me eccentric.

I don't discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I'm not interested in philosophy classes.

You better have great practices.

I see kids today trying to do the things I did, and it makes me feel like I've come a long way.

Only the strong survive.

I believe that whatever we have, regardless of a trade being done or not, I feel we have a shot. I've just got to believe that we're going to be all right. I've got to just play basketball.

This is like a tribute to them, the people who helped me to get here. The thing that makes me feel good about the whole thing is, the fans voted me here.

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

This is the thing you dream about when you're a kid, even before getting into the league.

I'm no miracle man. I guarantee nothing but hard work.

Don't talk too much. Don't pop off. Don't talk after the game until you cool off.

But it's still a coach's game. Make no mistake. You start at the top. If you don't have a good one at the top, you don't have a cut dog's chance.

Get the winners into the game.

Don't overwork your squad. If you're going to make a mistake, under-work them.

I used to play basketball and I was pretty competitive, but I was never a bad loser. I never got angry. For me it was always about doing my best and devoting myself to a challenge.

We came in today with a chip on our shoulder to prove who we are.