Basketball Quotes
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After I made it to the NBA, I said that I didn't want to be the last player from Africa. After my rookie year, I went to the league and talked about this, and they embraced my idea and started conducting basketball clinics in Africa, and that's when I knew I wouldn't be the last African.
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I will not feel like I've made it until the day I retire from basketball because there's something that I can always get better at, and there's always somebody better, and that's what drives me.
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OK, I'll put it like this: I doubt if we will see another All-American basketball athlete who is a Rhodes Scholar.
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When I'm away from basketball, I hang out with my friends, chill, and that's about it.
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Basketball doesn't build character it reveals it.
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Up until I was about 12, I was a ballet dancer and a basketball player.
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Trying to take money out of politics is like trying to take jumping out of basketball.
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I have 'the first' attached to my name in a whole lot of different aspects when it comes to the sport of basketball.
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It's very warm there, so we were outdoors all the time. The local people had programs for us year-round, where as kids we had the opportunity to play football, basketball, baseball, track and field - we just went from one sport to the next, year-round.
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I can shoot a three pointer in basketball, and I can kick a soccer ball.
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Yugoslavia was a kind of superpower. Great movies. Beautiful novels. Great rock-and-roll. We became a superpower in basketball. The problem is that people needed to identify more strongly with it after Tito and his awful, tricky way of leading the country.
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Selecting the right college to attend is an investment into a young man or woman's future, it's not just about basketball.
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To play at the Mecca of basketball and the Garden every night, it's probably the greatest decision I've ever made to go to New York.
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I was at UCLA when John Wooden was the basketball coach. The next coach was Gene Bartow, who got fired for winning 90 percent plus of his games. He wasn't John Wooden. It's incredibly difficult to replace someone who has been seen as an icon.
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I only want to play basketball, and play it well and be happy about it. But I realize that with being famous, comes a lot of demands.
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And hopefully, it'll be that way forever, because I don't want to be a part of any big controversy anymore. I was sick of talking about it. I just want to play basketball.
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I've played every beer joint tavern from New York City out to PasadenaEvery corn dog fair and rodeoAnd sold out every basketball arenaI like to get down with my boys in Afghanistan and Baghdad city tooI am a red, white and blue blood graduate of Honkytonk U.
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I really want to start playing basketball. I actually bought a new basketball.
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I have no desire to coach basketball.
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In sixth grade, my basketball team made it to the league championships. In double overtime, with three seconds left, I rebounded the ball and passed it - to the wrong team! They scored at the buzzer and we lost the game. To this day, I still have nightmares!
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Not every kid plays football, basketball. Running can be a source to vent and let things out.
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Magic is who I am on the basketball court. Earvin is who I am.
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When you're picking a basketball team, you'll take the brother over the guy with the yarmulke. Why? Because you're playing the odds.
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I could maybe coach kids' basketball. I know enough about basketball where I feel like I could coach 12-year-olds pretty effectively.
