Basketball Quotes
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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.
Phil Jackson
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Basketball would have been the natural sport to play, but it's a little too aggressive for me, so instead I dabbled in volleyball and some good old-fashioned Roller Derby.
Jessica Williams
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Give your dreams all you've got, and you'll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you.
William James
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My own basketball background was ripping up my ACL in a lawyer's league.
David Stern
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I played baseball, and that's pretty much it. Basketball came late, this was, basketball was the sport that I tried to master, I kind of mastered baseball, so basketball was one of those things where I wanted to master this game, so that's why I probably play it the way I do.
Eric Williams
Blackstreet
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I played college basketball. When I first decided I was going to play football, there were a lot of people telling me that I wasn't going to make it.
Jimmy Graham
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I played baseball, was on the basketball team in high school, did crew at Hofstra, and randomly played ultimate frisbee, too. But none of the organized teams I was on were anywhere near as competitive as the games on the street.
Kerby Jean-Raymond
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We had a real good meeting before the game in New York and I think it helped us out be-cause it got us focusing on what we need to do as a basketball team. I look at the stats and see that they still shot 50 percent and they almost scored 100 points and that's not something we want to give up. That's something we've got to look at as negative even though we got a win and try to improve on that.
Allen Iverson
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I played basketball, and I loved it. But I never thought of it seriously as being a professional.
Jim Brown
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I realize that I'm not going to be doing interviews for the cover of 'GQ' for the rest of my life, know what I mean? I'm on TV because I play basketball really well.
Chris Paul
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No one missed more basketball in the history of NBA than I did. I played 14 seasons, on the roster for 14 years, and I missed more than nine-and-a-half full seasons.
Bill Walton
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When I finish my school work for the day, I like to go play basketball, ride my bike or skateboard, play video games, or go free running.
Max Charles
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In my case, I played sports my whole life. I got out of college, and I didn't bother to get health care coverage because I just figured I didn't need it. But you know that if you blow out your knee on a basketball court or you get in a car accident, and you're uninsured, it can bankrupt you.
Denis McDonough
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I can shoot a three pointer in basketball, and I can kick a soccer ball.
Christopher Mintz-Plasse
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I thought to myself, 'All right, let's take a look at your resume. You have no financial background. You have basketball, that's what you have, for your whole life.'
Jason Kidd
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If I went out to play basketball with other kids, when I came home I'd shower and go right back to the computer again. If there was a birthday party or a family activity, I would take my laptop and spend the whole day there.
Bad Bunny
