Basketball Quotes
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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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If you're getting ready to do a really emotional scene then, right before it, you're probably not going to be outside playing basketball.
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So basketball has always taken me places that I could have never imagined.
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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.
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There's only one direction you can coast-downhill.
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I enjoy basketball. I enjoy coaching basketball. It's the out-of-season stuff I didn't handle well.
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The best part of basketball, for those people on the inside, is the bus going to the airport after you've won a game on an opponent's floor. It's been a very tough battle. And preferably, in the playoffs. And that feeling that you have, together as a group, having gone to an opponent's floor and won a very good victory, is as about as high as you can get.
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I played basketball, and I loved it. But I never thought of it seriously as being a professional.
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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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I love the game of basketball; I love coaching. The attention, being on TV, all that stuff, that's not what it's about for me.
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My parents were kind of over protective people. Me and my sister had to play in the backyard all the time. They bought us bikes for Christmas but wouldn't let us ride in the street, we had to ride in the backyard. Another Christmas, my dad got me a basketball hoop and put it in the middle of the lawn! You can't dribble on grass.
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I have my hopes as to how we can grow as a basketball club.
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I've been playing as early as I can recall. I don't even remember the first time I picked up a basketball.
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A lot more variables in golf. But the biggest thing is like just routine. Like I think that's the biggest correlation between golfers and basketball players, is for me I really rely on my routine every single day when I get ready for games and how I prepare.
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I won at every level - all the way since I started playing the game of basketball at nine. I've won at every level, won championships at every level. And, you know, it won't be fulfilled until I win at the highest level.
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I've had the privilege of coaching the best basketball team in the history of the world, and that's the USA national team. I've had a chance to coach them for eight years. If you were to ask me if I could end my career only coaching one team for the rest of my coaching career, I don't think it could get better than that, especially with the players that I've had during those eight years. When you've coached at that level, you know, you've coached those players, it's pretty hard to say, I would rather coach anybody else.
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Until my senior year, baseball and basketball were my best sports; and even when I was a senior, I still wanted to play baseball professionally. But the family wanted me to go to college, and I guess I agreed with them, or else I would have accepted some of the offers I got.
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There're a lot of rules to basketball.
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I'm not a role model... Just because I dunk a basketball doesn't mean I should raise your kids.
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I'm just trying to be the best basketball player, the best student, the best son, friend, etcetera. I'm just trying to get better in every facet.
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I think we are playing relatively good basketball. Tonight we were quick to the ball and did a good job on defense.
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I get scared of a lot of attention. I get scared of the spotlight. And I'm not talking about on the basketball court.
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I gave everything I had to basketball. The passion is still there but the desire to play is not. It was a great ride.
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When I go see a basketball game, I'm always in the front row. I always have a table at a restaurant; I never have trouble getting a taxi.
