Basketball Quotes

I started playing ball when I was 13 and a half. Before that, I just wanted to play football and baseball but I kept growing so I figured it was time for basketball.

You can never have enough talent.

I don't want to play 10 years and then die of a heart attack when I'm 40.

If I have a choice whether to do the show or throw a straight pass, and we're going to get the basket either way, I'm going to do the show.

After an earthquake in Los Angeles - The earth in LA moved more in one hour than Benoit Benjamin did all last season with the Clippers.

Tattoos don't impress me. For me it's just another awkward part of fame. It's extraordinary - tattoos in basketball and soccer, it's quite extraordinary.

Basketball is basketball.

I thought LeBron James was just going to be another addition to help me score

I wish to become the greatest player in the world. I want to uphold the honor of India, the USA and of my coach and make basketball a prominent sport in India.

I know there are expectations, but I don't let them affect mt game. I just play basketball.

Talk to the guys that ain't doing nothing, don't talk to me. I just want eight guys out there with me who want to play.

Win or lose, I am programmed to do more. That's because I am the other son of Jorel - Superman.

If I get that thing down there in that area, that's 67% lifetime. If you don't believe me, Google it. I'm on the Internet.

Everybody talks about being a role model. But if you look up the word 'role' in a dictionary, it describes playing a part. Everything I'm into, it's real to me. There's nothing fake about it.

I'd heard stuff from out there that I was just another player, that I was too young. I wanted to show I could play with anybody.

Somebody out there was trying to use my language and trying to speak for me. Rather than have that happen, I thought I'd do it myself. It's a fun thing. It's a way for fans to connect.

You know what's crazy about Yao? He speaks perfect English. A lot of people don't know that. Perfect English. When I was over there, I called him. He's like, 'Whassup big fella?' Perfect English!

I... am... the son of Jor-El!

Alvin's the coach. We must be the Clippers. And I must be Olowokandi. Nooooo!

Now I see why everybody who plays for him doesn't like him.

I'm not worried about facing the Sacramento Queens. Write it down. Take a picture. I'm not going to talk about this all year. When I get back, there's going to be trouble.

A lot of coaches play percentages when it comes to me, but that's just a way of saying that you can't stop me.

Someday I might have to put down a basketball and have a regular 9-to-5 like everybody else.

Well, I don't remember all the names of all the clubs we went to

I had never made any plans beyond basketball.

Bill Walton is incredible. If you drop a toothpick on his foot, he'll have a stress fracture.

Basketball was mine, and that's what's carried me to this point.

Analytics only goes so far. Basketball, more than baseball, for example, is really a team sport.

I lick my fingers because I don't like when my hands get slick. Licking my fingers helps me keep a good grip on the ball.

I love basketball and I'm committed to it, but if I have to lock up my spirit because of basketball, it ain't worth it.

It's not to hurt anyone, but basketball can be rough.

Players act like the floor is slanted; they run downhill on fast breaks and jog uphill when getting back on defense

When it comes to celebrating, act like you've been there before.

Don't be afraid to let your players know how much you care about them

I'm just one of the 1.3 billion Chinese.

I finished my high school. I think an educate is very, very important.

We old athletes carry the disfigurements and markings of contests remembered only by us and no one else. Nothing is more lost than a forgotten game.

I've been called worse on the basketball court.

So like any football or basketball coach, you always always believe you're going to win.

When I come home, I'm not a basketball player, but "dad". While everyone sees me as an NBA player, to my boys, I'm just "dad" and that's very important.

I really do miss playing basketball. I don't play a lot of pick-up games. But I do like using basketball as a form of cross training.

I'm glad I stayed in school four years. It matured me as a man and as a basketball player.

Playing basketball with my teammates was a gift! We cant play any more but we live the memories each day!

I just can't recruit where there's grass around. You gotta have a concrete lawn before I feel comfortable enough to go in and talk to you parents.

I always wanted to be a Sixer. My dad was a Sixers' fan. I never wanted to leave. I wanted to start my career in Philly and finish it here.

I thought we'd be discussing about me not leaving Philadelphia and they just kept asking me about the practice, so I lost it.

I dont want to be a point guard, or a two-guard, I want people to think of me as "creative", I just want to create on the court.

On the seemingly one-sided relationship between Michael Jordan and his shoe sponsors Nike- The company should change its name to Mike.

I think that David Stern is probably the greatest commissioner that any sport has ever had in the history of this country.

I was always chasing Taylor, trying to keep up with him.