Basketball Quotes

Your best athletes might give basketball a try just when they think, geez, this might be something that pays off for me in the end.

When a rap song glorifies violence, death and sadness and loss is inflicted because of the violence.

What I learned in my time isn't necessarily being taught now, and I'd like to help impart that knowledge to a new generation of players.

There are rap groups that have a positive outlook in their art. These groups should be shown as an alternative to gangsta rap.

The disconnect lasted too long. I think people got the idea I was sullen and couldn't communicate, which wasn't true.

You can't stop father time... but you can show [him] down.

When I said I retired from basketball playing, I have retired. You will not see me play again. That is a promise.

I'll make the right decision, whichever one it is. I have to be 100 percent, not 95 or 99.

Damian Lillard is having a better year than Chris Paul. Lillard got snubbed when he was left off of the USA Men’s Basketball team, and now the All-Star team.

Aint nobody here think we could get no win but us

With a versatile player, there's no spot on the court you can't pass him the ball. You can do anything.

Hopefully before I'm done, I can be on an Olympic team.

I like the nucleus that we have. I'm excited. I want to be here as long as possible. It's like family. I love being here.

If I'd gone straight to the NBA, I don't think I would have been ready as a player or a person.

Every memory I had growing up was involving a basketball. I didn't go to the prom and stuff like that. It was always basketball for me.

Me as a person, I'm not the president of the NBPA (National Basketball Players Association). I don't even know what to say. I'm not like this perfect, buttoned-up, suit-and-tie guy.

In this league, experience means a lot.

I want to go down as a winner.

If I continue to just get to the playoffs every year, I guess you could say I arrived, but right now I'm just trying to find my way.

Every memory I have from when I was a kid involves basketball.

Chemistry is important. If you like your teammates, it's going to be easier to play with them on the court.

I love Oklahoma. The fans have been with me every night. What more can you ask for?

Our best years are only ahead of us, so we got to continue to keep pushing.

All this stuff is kind of surreal to me - Ididn't think I'd be in the league or none of that. It was making it to college. That's about it.

I'm not a guy that's going to brag or feel like I'm better than the group.

I'll play all five positions if my team needs me to.

I've just got to let my teammates know in practice, without even telling them, that I don't think I'm ahead of anybody.

Work harder than your opponent.

You gotta win. That's all it takes.

It feels good to come here and be a winning program.

It feels good to be a part of history.

I'm not into no basketball beef.

I play basketball. I can't control the media, the way I play. I can't control all of it.

It's easier to date a football player for sure. Football players have one game a week, and they practice every day, but they're all at home. In basketball, they're on the road all the time.

My role is to make sure we're moving in the right direction, getting points, rebounds, steals, assists and providing leadership.

I had some shots that I felt like I should've made; I just didn't make them. I'm not going to shoot the ball great every night.

You just try to take it one day at a time, ... You step on the basketball floor and just play. It's fun. I'm comfortable with it.

This is an award I couldn't have won on my own. I can't thank these guys enough. These are my guys, these are my brothers.

Everybody wants to talk about NBA players being selfish and arrogant and individuals. But what you saw today was a team bonding and facing adversity and coming out with a big win.

I grew up in front of these people, and now they are seeing me as an 'older' young man.

If they want to win right now, I'm all for it. That's all I said the whole time. If you want to wait five years, let me know. My legs aren't as young as they used to be.

I felt like when we came back from the All-Star break we needed everybody to feel like they were part of the team, ... I'm just trying to do whatever the team needs at any given time.

I'm just so excited. We all are. We've been waiting for this [the gold medal] for years now and it's finally here. This meant so much. It just felt so good.

I know how to play my guard spot, ... He can worry about the low post.

He [Phil Jackson] is such a basketball genius in terms of the details of the game, the little nuances of the game and the rhythm of the game.

It's just a matter of getting those legs back.

I love the weather, I love my '63 droptop Impala, I love the 405, and I love my guys.

I'm the girl who's like, 'Why wear heels when I can wear tennis shoes and be comfortable?' I've always been the girl who's like, 'Let's go play basketball.

There was a possibility I could have been out of the NBA. It's taught me something that was a little deeper than basketball. I'm talking about life decisions.

I just try to focus on the basketball game and not get caught up in all the media.