I am sure that no man can derive more pleasure from money or power than I do from seeing a pair of basketball goals in some out of the way place.

Basketball really had its origin in Indiana, which remains the center of the sport.

Basketball doesn't build character it reveals it.

The invention of basketball was not an accident. It was developed to meet a need.

Be strong in body, clean in mind, lofty in ideals.

Basketball is a pure invention.

Games have been called the lab for the development of moral attributes, but they will not, of themselves, accomplish this purpose. They must be properly conducted by competent individuals.

In case of dispute, the umpire shall throw it straight into the field.

I'll be ready when you are, esclave. A life for a life. A tale for a tale.

If, living in the world, you refuse to be a part of it, you will help others out of this chaos - not in the future, not tomorrow, but now.

A smile is a curve that can straighten out a lot of problems.

Photography is the act of "fixing" time, not of "expressing" the world. The camera is an inadequate tool for extracting a vision of the world or of beauty.

Familiarity doesn't breed contempt, it is contempt.

The characters that I create are parts of myself and I send them on little missions to find out what I don’t know yet.

After all, I believe it is the style of thought entirely, and the style of expression, which makes the difference in books.

The crude product of nature, the object fashioned by the industry of man, acquire their reality, their identity, only to the extent of their participation in a transcendent reality.

Who would not rather be the sufferer than the defrauder?