Basketball Quotes
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We're not even going to discuss it. It's a basketball team and we've got to focus on what we need to do.
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I'm pretty athletic and I play basketball a lot.
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I was always making decisions and they were easier decisions because I had control of the game, I had control of the ball. As a coach you sort of put the ball in other player's hands and let them make decisions for you. But I still get a kick out of winning basketball games and that's what I'm in this for.
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Life for me outweighs the game of basketball.
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Basketball is my favorite sport, and I'm also a very passionate football fan.
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Be a player; don't play yourself. And don't play basketball. That's not your sport, Jeb Bush.
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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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See, my hope and dream is that people have a good time watching basketball. It's not church. It's not serious.
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I played basketball and baseball up until college, yea. Then I lost my discipline and started chasing girls and whatnot.
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Like life, basketball is messy and unpredictable. It has its way with you, no matter how hard you try to control it. The trick is to experience each moment with a clear mind and open heart. When you do that, the game - and life - will take care of itself.
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"And my father didn't have money for me to go to college. And at that particular time they didn't have black quarterbacks, and I don't think I could have made it in basketball, because I was only 5′ 11". So I just picked baseball."
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Michael Jordan was a cultural icon that everybody on the playground wanted to be. The Bulls dynasty was a huge part of my childhood and it was the peak of my basketball interest as a kid.
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Magic Johnson was in the seventh year of his Hall of Fame career when thoughts of his basketball afterlife led him to the office of uber-executive Michael Ovitz, co-founder of Creative Artists Agency, Hollywood's most powerful agency.
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I just feel like there's a lot of things more important than just basketball, and I love basketball. It's what I want to do for the longest time possible. It's what I eat, it's what I sleep about, it's what I breathe, it's in my lifestyle. I just really feel like there's more important things than just putting the ball in the hoop.
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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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There's more to life than basketball. The most important thing is your family and taking care of each other and loving each other no matter what.
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The majority of my interactions with police were not good. There were a few good ones who were actually protecting the community. But then you have ones from the Valley. They never met me in their life, but since I'm a kid in basketball shorts and a white T-shirt, they wanna slam me on the hood of the car. Sixteen years old.
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I played a lot of sports and it's the plays in basketball that weren't worked out that are the ones that are just fantastic that you remember. We don't know the power that's within our own bodies.
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Basketball was my whole life until I was 20 years old. All I knew was basketball. Then came golf, and I thought that's all I wanted to do then.
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Once I grew from 6'1' to about 6'6', by that time I was going into 12th grade, and that's when I started wanting to play basketball, because, pretty much basketball players always got the girl.
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Guarding LeBron James has to be the hardest job in basketball.
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We're all smart enough to figure out Xs and Os - it's basketball, it's not advanced calculus. But the most important thing is can you get your message across to players? Do they believe in you, and do they want to compete for you?
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In basketball - as in life - true joy comes from being fully present in each and every moment, not just when things are going your way.
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Basketball is basketball.
