Basketball Quotes
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Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love talked trash about the fact that I hooped. I once stopped to say 'Hi' before a show, and as I walked away, Courtney yelled, 'Go play basketball with Dave Grohl!'
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I had attached my life to basketball so closely that it made me physically ill.
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I'm someone who always comes on the court no matter what's going on in my life. It's all about basketball and my teammates and my team. I don't let any distractions in, and I bring my best every night, regardless of what's going on or what people are talking about.
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Then I went to UCLA - so of course I became a huge Bruin basketball fan... and later came to football.
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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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I think guys that play basketball really understand how to go up and get a ball. Because in a rebound situation, you've got to go up and fight for a ball. Just boxing out. There are a lot of things that transfer.
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The young Obama's lack of playing time on the high school basketball team was due more to his ability than the coach's preference for white players.
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For example, Michael Jordan earns $100million a year but continues to play basketball and remains a modest human being.
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Basketball is so unique. It's both a team and an individual sport.
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If people are well paid for reality television and cotton candy and dunking a basketball, why can't they be well paid for changing young minds?
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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.
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It's easier to date a football player for sure. Football players have one game a week, and they practice every day, but they're all at home. In basketball, they're on the road all the time.
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People that don't know me think that basketball is my life 24/7. Trust me, there is much more to my life. My number one priority in my life is my family.
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But when you want to come to work, it makes things that much better. Mentally, when you're at work, it doesn't feel like work. When you take the fun part away from basketball, that's a problem.
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Without basketball, I wouldn't be me. I don't know where I would be at.
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I just go out there and play basketball. God’s given me the ability. The only thing I can do is go out and play.
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I was really active athletically, definitely. I was a hurdler, a sprinter. I played basketball for years. I was a serious athlete.
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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.
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Basketball is basketball, but with each level, there's new challenges and new things you have to pick up.
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I don't feel like basketball is the only way to make a living.
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I want to say to you Indiana people that I owe you a big, big debt of gratitude because nowhere in the world is a sporting group followed more than this state follows basketball. And I just want to thank you for the opportunity that I had to coach in this state - it will always be something that I will cherish.
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That's not what basketball is about. Basketball is about playing as a team and finding a functioning level.
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Drama is played at the pace of chess... or billiards... or poker. Engrossing? Sure. But comedy is played at the jubilant, high-octane speed of sports like basketball or hockey.
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It's a parent's dream come true to watch your sons play at the highest level of college basketball.
