Basketball Quotes
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That's the awesome part. Little girls now have a chance to look up and see women playing soccer, basketball, softball and now hockey - and know they can win a gold medal, too.
Angela Ruggiero
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Yoga's hard for me, but I know you can really feel the difference when you do it consistently. I'd rather be playing basketball.
Chris Noth
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I love basketball! When I'm flying, and I have on sweats, a hat, and sneakers, people always assume that I'm a high school kid going to an away game. And I always say no, I'm a fan of the game.
Lena Waithe
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There're a lot of rules to basketball.
Amar'e Stoudemire
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My dad was always taking photos of us at home, and even on set - he'd bring us along and stick us in the photos in the background. It was almost the beginning of acting for me, like, 'Hey, you go over there and play basketball in the background, and don't even think about the camera.'
Ansel Elgort
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I don't feel like basketball is the only way to make a living.
Derek Fisher
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You need to possess more than a little nastiness to play basketball at the highest level.
Jerry West
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If I would have listened to other people back in 2000 telling me I should have stopped playing basketball because of a kidney disease, I wouldn't have won a world championship.
Alonzo Mourning
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I went into the military because I didn't get a scholarship, a basketball scholarship I thought that I would get.
Carl Hart
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We aren't playing defense and we aren't rebounding the basketball. This has gotten off to a bad start, but we have to find a way to turn it around.
Allen Iverson
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My childhood dream was to play basketball, actually.
Godfrey Gao
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I wanted to emulate my parents - Mum captained India in basketball, and Dad won a bronze in hockey in 1972 Olympics. My focus has always been to achieve excellence whether in the field of tennis, in the corporate field, in the art of acting or in motivating youngsters.
Leander Paes
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I might go my whole life stealing money. I got paid to play basketball, which is a scam. I get paid to watch basketball, which is a scam.
Charles Barkley
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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.
Kris Humphries
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I was taught by teachers, and if it's one thing I have it's a basketball mind and I try to pass it on and pay it forward.
Doug Collins
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I feel like everybody knows what is at stake. Everybody knows the importance of every game. We had a good meeting before the game in New York and I think it helped us out because it got us focusing on what we need to do as a basketball team.
Allen Iverson
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We blacks look for leadership in men and women of such youth and inexperience, as well as poverty of education and character, that it is no wonder that we sometimes seem rudderless.... We see basketball players and pop singers as possible role models, when nothing could be further, in most cases, from their capacities.
Arthur Ashe
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Basketball is basketball, but with each level, there's new challenges and new things you have to pick up.
Blake Griffin
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Basketball is a sport that involves the subtle interweaving of players at full speed to the point where they are thinking and moving as one.
Phil Jackson
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I definitely appreciate opportunities in life more than anything else after going through that. God has a way of getting your attention. I didn't know if I'd ever play basketball again. I'm very thankful.
Chris Martin Coldplay
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I sing the 'Star Spangled Banner,' so I can get into football, basketball and baseball games for free.
John Cullum
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I love that basketball gives me the opportunities to do good things for people and to point them towards the Man who died for our sins on the cross.
Stephen Curry
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It's hard to play basketball when nothing is inside of you.
Ben McLemore
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You don't win games with being just good basketball players. You need toughness. You need heart. You need some feel for the game that isn't in the box score.
Dan Monson