Basketball Quotes
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There's a lot of chatter in basketball and, rightfully, you want players to be talking to each other... But sometimes in practice, it gets too verbose... so I tried to take things out of the ordinary and make them special so they'd understand the difference.
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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.
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I always loved playing basketball. That was never a problem for me. You want to go to the park or the gym, I'll play with you all day, but working out, I didn't love. I hated it.
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If you're a basketball player and you don't stop and take pictures with your fans, you can have an amazing game and everyone still loves you.
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Trip Hawkins - and this was the early 1980s - was saying there's going to be a day when everyone has a computer and they're going to want to do more on it, including playing games. So he started up a company, EA Sports, and he was going to have three games, football, basketball and baseball. So I was the football game.
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My dream was to play for Alabama - football, basketball.
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Under Armour's success depends in part on endorsements from celebrity athletes, many of whom - like Stephen Curry, the basketball star - are African-American.
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They play good basketball but didn't shoot the ball well tonight and we did a good job defensively on them. They had good energy but the shots weren't going down for them. I don't know if it was because Ray Allen was out but they normally shoot the ball better than that.
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I've accomplished everything a person can accomplish on a basketball court, but I never thought about the future when I was younger. I never made plans for the next stage in my life.
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People who understand basketball definitely appreciate what I bring to the table.
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I usually just speak in English when I'm on the basketball court. For some reason, my mind never even tried to cross any other language when I'm playing basketball.
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If my career was a basketball season, I'm in the pre-season still. I'm not blowing everybody out by 40 - there's so much work to be done, and there's no time to really sit and look back and be proud of what I've done yet, because it's the pre-season still.
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Only a handful of professional football athletes have had a signature shoe, unlike in basketball where there have been a number of guys.
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I've always had a passion for giving back. It's a family tradition that comes from my devout parents. They were always giving back and serving the community. So when I became fortunate enough and blessed to play the game of basketball, I was also fortunate enough to follow in my parents' footsteps and give back like the way they did.
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In my first film, I was a basketball player. Like every good actor, I lied when they asked me if I could play.
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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.
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I always was that person who was hard on myself and challenged myself no matter what I was doing, whether it was passing third grade or playing basketball.
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I'm a physical guy. I play basketball, and I rock climb.
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First it was football, then basketball. I still think about going back to college and playing basketball. Another romantic thing was that I wanted to join the Army, but it was only because I loved the uniforms.
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I just continue to play the way that made me successful in this league. Once I stop being aggressive on the basketball court, I'll be hurting my team more than helping them.
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If you like playing basketball, you play basketball. If you like playing golf, you play golf.
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I play basketball, I surf and swim and go to the cinema and listen to music and read. I like shopping.
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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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These guys don't have all the physical ability but they are able to win basketball games because they play the right way.
