Mo Williams Quotes

The game of basketball is not played with throwing punches, throwing elbows.

Mo Williams

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• Throwing
• Punches
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• You don't cut anywhere, don't pick down anywhere, don't double screen, no weak side picking. All these things that should happen in a game of basketball don't happen anymore.

  

  Oscar Robertson
  • Game
  • Basketball
  • Down

• I think probably one of the coolest things was when I went to play basketball at Rucker Park in Harlem. First of all, who would think that Larry the Cable Guy would go to Harlem to play basketball? And I was received like a rock star. It was amazing! There were people everywhere. There were guys walking by yelling, 'Git 'r done!'

  

  Larry the Cable Guy
  • People
  • Done
  • Guy

• Honestly, with me, as long as I have a park to play basketball in, I'm pretty cool.

  

  Manny Montana
  • Long
  • Pretty
  • Cool

• Sure, I like to win when I play basketball or board games or video games, but my day isn't ruined if I lose. I'm always up for a rematch. In all seriousness, that's something that's nice about maturing.

  

  Aaron Staton
  • Up
  • Nice
  • Day

• When, you know, when you're playing basketball, you have to have confidence in your moves if they're gonna work.

  

  O'Shea Jackson, Jr.
  • Work
  • Confidence
  • Basketball

• I either run or try to play basketball every day.

  

  Harold Ford, Jr.
  • Day
  • Everyday
  • Basketball

• I used to always sing my way into the movies and the basketball games or whatever. I'd sing for whoever's on the door, and they'd let me in. I used to think I was Nat King Cole back in the day, you know. So I'd sing something like, 'Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa, men have named you,' and they'd let me in.

  

  Aaron Neville
  • Men
  • Day
  • Door

• Basketball players aren't always the best dressers.

  

  Odell Beckham, Jr.
  • Best
  • Always
  • Basketball

• I wanted to do two things when I was growing up, about your age. I wanted to play in the NBA, and I wanted to be a businessman after my basketball career was over, and that is what I am doing now.

  

  Magic Johnson
  • Age
  • Career
  • Growing

• Basketball is basketball.

  

  Oscar Robertson
  • Basketball

• I love the game of basketball, and as long as I can do that, keep playing and try to get some more championships with the organization, I'll be happy.

  

  Kawhi Leonard
  • Long
  • Happy
  • Game

• Magic Johnson, former basketball player, may run for mayor of L.A. in the next election. Remember the good 'ol days when only qualified people ran for office like actors and professional wrestlers.

  

  Jay Leno
  • People
  • Good
  • May

• I was in school to play basketball; I wasn't trying to be a doctor. It's hard to talk about the NCAA rules and everything that happened in the past because I've just been focused on practicing and getting ready... I was trying to reach my dreams, and that's to play in the NBA.

  

  Ben Simmons
  • Trying
  • School
  • Past

• I played basketball my whole life. It definitely helps. It translates to going up for rebounds and going up for balls in the end zone. Quick feet. It helps with getting in and out of your cuts. It definitely all translates to football.

  

  Austin Seferian-Jenkins
  • Life
  • Up
  • Football

• I first met Jim Valvano in the 1980s when he was a frequent guest on our CNN 'Coaches Corner' show based in Atlanta, as he was always in the area recruiting the next North Carolina State basketball phenom.

  

  Craig Sager
  • Basketball

• Growing up, I looked up to major league baseball players, and now these young women have amazing, incredible women all across the board, from swimming to gymnastics to softball to basketball.

  

  Jennie Finch
  • Up
  • Women
  • Growing

• Basketball can only go for so long.

  

  Jalen Brunson
  • Long
  • Basketball

• I'm just god-gifted: I have a talent. Even when I played basketball, no one ever taught me the game. I just played it. And with football, I just converted basketball to football and just played.

  

  Jason Pierre-Paul
  • God
  • Game
  • Football

• I would rather go to Baghdad than go to a professional basketball game.

  

  Don Imus
  • Game
  • Professional
  • Basketball

• Doris Lessing really doesn't care what the critics say. In fact, she orders her publishers not to send her the reviews and gets cross with them if they do because she doesn't want that in her head. She's going where she's going, and that's where she wants to go.

  

  Salman Rushdie
  • She
  • Want
  • Care

• It's a pretty sure thing that the player's bat is what speaks loudest when it's contract time, but there are moments when the glove has the last word.

  

  Brooks Robinson
  • Time
  • Pretty
  • Moments

• The team that I had built was all white dudes with the same perspective on things that was at times comfortable and easy, but we weren't as innovative as our competitors.

  

  Harper Reed
  • Team
  • Competitors

• Anormal day looks like, you know, shower, put on the same jeans, the same tattered Gucci loafers I got at the thrift store, white socks, and my t-shirt and my very beat-up Helmut Lang blazer. I'm in the exact same outfit every day.

  

  Natasha Lyonne
  • Up
  • Day
  • Same

• The game of basketball is not played with throwing punches, throwing elbows.

  

  Mo Williams
  • Basketball
  • Throwing
  • Punches