Basketball Quotes

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I am privileged to have played basketball.

Basketball isn't my job.

I viewed it as a business, but I always viewed it as a game. An opportunity to show my skills, my basketball skills, amongst the best in the world.

Sometimes I wonder what it will be like to look back on all this. Whether it will seem real.

People can fly. Some people fly higher than others, that's all.

You don't need great skill to be a tough rebounder; being a rebounder is all about effort, determination, and physicality

A team is a fist-not five fingers.

The worst thing we can do is put the (other) team in a one-and-one.

You can play pickup basketball, but you can't really re-create football.

You see what happens in college and high school games today - a three-point shot or a dunk. I think that's the reason that you see a lot of that in the pros today.

The Olympics were great, because you had to make the team, and then go to the games. Now, I don't know, these guys today don't want to do anything like that.

There's so many young peoople who start to play basketball and never learn the fundamentals.

I was taught to play that way when I was in high school and even before I got to high school.

Legends are not born - they are created.

One thing my dad always told me, was he would make sure I always had what he didn't have. He couldn't play basketball because he didn't have tennis shoes - so I had five pairs of tennis shoes.

My biggest thrill came the night Elgin Baylor and I combined for 73 points at Madison Square Garden. Elgin had 71 of them.

Shaquille O'Neal has always been one to speak the truth.

Get your tickets now. Buy cable now. Get your jerseys now. Pull your boats up to the docking stations now. Bring your Sea-Doos now. If you can't afford a Sea-Doo, get a raft.

He is an old glove, but he looked like the old Glove.

I'm a mama's boy above all.

The Miami Heat has the best fans.

I'll hit them when it matters.

Can't nobody [mess] with me. I'm like toilet paper, Pampers and toothpaste. I'm definitely proven to be effective.

I never thought a basketball shoe would be named after a woman, let alone me.

I don't think it's tough to get there mentally. Your mind is saying, 'You know how to do this.' But your body doesn't always respond.

I was a kid who loved to play games. Any kind of game, any kind of ball. Give me a baseball, give me a basketball, give me something I can bounce and throw.

The greatest words you hear in college basketball are Ohio State advances. (The Iowa upset) is amazing. But again, it's all the proof you need that there's no guarantee.

I want every day to be the most boring news day ever. I want every day to be about spelling bee champions and baby basketball. It's better to have no comedy material than a horrific news day.

You know what the game of golf is, don't you? It's basketball for people who can't jump and chess for people who can't think.

You can't be a good leader without good character.

I've always tried to coach people the way I would like to be coached; positively and encouragingly rather than with criticism and fear ... I've tried to be as fair as possible.

Given a full summer to practice basketball, and especially my jump shot, I know that I could play in the NBA and do well.

Football comes naturally to me, but basketball is a challenge, that's why I like it so much.

When I told my wife UConn would win the Big East tournament, she wanted to know why a team from Alaska got into the Big East tournament.

If you have ability in a certain area, why not capitalize on it and improve it and use it?

On his 916th game as coach at University of Alabama - I've been here so long that when I got here the Dead Sea wasn't even sick.

Basketball allowed me to revere my father without him knowing what I was up to. I took up basketball as a form of homage and mimicry.

The business always gets in the way of basketball.

I'm a basketball player. That's what I do and what I love but that's just not all who I am. I'm talented in a lot of different areas.

I played sports year around: basketball, soccer, softball and I ran track year around, from the time I was, like, six, seven.

My type of basketball is about how to create space, how to maneuver, how to get your shot off.

If you're a basketball player and you don't stop and take pictures with your fans, you can have an amazing game and everyone still loves you.

Whirlyball is only the most awesome sport on the planet! It's like bumper cars plus lacrosse meets basketball.

I usually just speak in English when I'm on the basketball court. For some reason, my mind never even tried to cross any other language when I'm playing basketball.

I think planning to be a "professional adventurer" is about as realistic as planning to be a basketball player, so I don't usually encourage it.

Adam [Sandler] is a good basketball player, so he is a natural athlete, he worked with Sean Salisbury to make his footwork and delivery smooth, and he did a great job.

I'm a fan and a friend, I met them in 1974 when I first joined the NBA and my life has never been he same since. I became the basketball player I was because of the Grateful Dead.

I couldn't imagine not playing basketball. To me, basketball is what life is all about.

I always wanted to be a basketball player until I discovered Pizza Pockets.