Basketball Quotes
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Basketball is a game of sacrificing yourself for the next guy, being a team that takes good shots, and taking the right shots
David Blatt
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Where I grew up, the basketball courts were rarely used.
Denis Leary
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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.
Tyronn Lue
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I love women's college basketball, but I don't want it in the NBA.
Charles Barkley
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Champions play as they practice. Create a consistency of excellence in all your habits.
Mike Krzyzewski
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I know when I need to be pushing it full speed; I know when I got to probe and allow the flow to open up, because, at the end of the day, on the basketball court, something's going to open up.
Draymond Green
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Basketball was mine, and that's what's carried me to this point.
Stephen Curry
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But the point of using the number was to show that sex was a great part of my life as basketball was a great part of my life. That's the reason why I was single.
Wilt Chamberlain
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It's tough not having any down time. But it's something I've always done. I have a lot of friends on the team and I love playing basketball.
Kevin Moore Chroma Key
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My life is very simple. I like simplicity and for my time to be my own, so that I have the freedom to devote the majority of it to Islam.
Hakeem Olajuwon
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I plan to coach at University of Louisville for as long as I can maintain the passion I have for the game of basketball. I don't want to coach anywhere else. I don't believe in anything else as much as I believe in this university and this state. I want to coach as long as they will have me.
Rick Pitino
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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.
Joe Namath
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Chicago was big for me as far as developing as a person and as a basketball player.
Eli Manning
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Our guys played perfect basketball over the last three minutes. The first game of a tournament is a little tougher, but we handled it. We got through it, and now we know we need to play a great 40 minutes for a chance to go to the NCAA Tournament.
Bob Thomason
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I guess I concentrated exclusively on basketball because of my height. If I was shorter, I don't think I would play.
Anne Donovan
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Tiger had the advantage of high school, college, and a father who knew golf. I was self-taught. Blacks really won't play golf in great numbers until some of these basketball and football stars buy some golf courses where blacks can play.
Charlie Parker
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Michael Jordan was like basketball Jesus.
Rickey Medlocke Lynyrd Skynyrd
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I like sports, and I enjoy playing basketball and lifting weights.
Joel Osteen
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Those first big concerts we played as 'Throwing Copper' started to really reach people worldwide - I think we played our first big arena show at the George Estate basketball arena down in Atlanta. I remember showing up and standing on stage and just being like, 'I can't believe this is going to be full of people. This is huge.'
Ed Kowalczyk
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I boxed. I did track and field; I did basketball, football, any sport I was able to sign up for.
Eddie Alvarez
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We just didn't finish the game off. We've been having that problem all season. Our problem is just stopping people and rebounding the basketball. Until we get that under control, we're going to continue to struggle through 2006 as well.
Allen Iverson
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So, yeah, I'm going to try to win the national championship next year. But I'm not going to kill myself doing it. I'm not going to kill my players either. You really start to realize there's a lot more to what we're trying to do then winning games
Geno Auriemma
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Like basketball, fashion is hard work.
Amar'e Stoudemire
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By delivering a wide array of programming to YouTube, the NBA will be able to connect with its existing worldwide fan base and reach a vast new audience that is passionate about basketball.
Chad Hurley