Basketball Quotes
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In 1983, my second year of law school, I became the only white player in the Ogden Park Basketball League at 65th and Racine. My teammates joked that I integrated the league, which I guess is true. They weren't so much focused on integration as on winning, and they knew you can't teach height. 'He can't jump, but he sure is tall.'
James Comey
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Handball, swimming, running, jumping, basketball, and boxing were as much a part of me as breathing.
Gene Tunney
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I was No. 11 because my mom played basketball in college and was always No. 22. I just cut it in half, and I kept that. I've been No. 11 most of my life, and in college, I was No. 22.
Ali Krieger
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Back in East St. Louis, tennis wasn't the real thing. If you weren't playing baseball, basketball, football, you were kind of on the outside.
Jimmy Connors
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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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Prince never, ever mentioned it except to say he wished he was taller so he could play basketball. He was actually a really great basketball player.
Mayte Garcia
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I think the big thing with O.J. - I've known him since he was in high school - and he's a great kid, loves the game of basketball.
Jason Kidd
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When I first started playing golf, I was heavily into softball and basketball.
Paula Creamer
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I'm a basketball player. That's what I do and what I love but that's just not all who I am. I'm talented in a lot of different areas.
Kevin Durant
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My dad was the one who really loved basketball, and he was the one that put the basketball in my hands, and my mom was 'Team Mom' of all my teams. I used to play for three or four teams at once and she would just spend her entire afternoon driving me from practice to practice to practice.
Jeremy Lin
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Football, basketball, and the Olympic sports all have their problems with banned substances.
Jim Sensenbrenner
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I'm just a seasonal guy. Basketball, football, baseball, boxing, golf. Give it to me all the time.
Jerry Ferrara
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As a kid, I always idolized entrepreneurs. I thought they were cool people in the way that I thought basketball players were cool people. It's cool that some people get paid to dunk basketballs, but I'm not one of those people.
Ben Silbermann
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For example, Michael Jordan earns $100million a year but continues to play basketball and remains a modest human being.
Franz Beckenbauer
