Basketball Quotes
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Michael Jordan was like basketball Jesus.
Rickey Medlocke
Lynyrd Skynyrd
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I have to say that sports is what kept me out of trouble. No matter the circumstances, my mom kept us playing sports. She worked hard to provide for us and even harder to make sure we always stayed active. Whether it was football or basketball, we were playing one sport or another year-round.
Rashard Lewis
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I love playing basketball. And to be able to continue to play as a job, that's the best to me.
Draymond Green
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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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The NBA is all about winning, but at this level (college basketball) winning doesn't make you happy. You can win, and play lousy, and in my program, feel lousy. To me it's about: How good can we be.
Geno Auriemma
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Basketball is a pure invention.
James Naismith
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Basketball was mine, and that's what's carried me to this point.
Stephen Curry
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When they start talking about suspending me and hurting what we're trying to do here as a basketball team, then I don't have (a) choice but to abide by it.
Allen Iverson
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We know people can beat us in our conference. That's why we have to see if we can play our best basketball over the next four games.
Bob Thomason
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We look for opportunities to play together including basketball, tennis, swimming, riding bikes and touch football. I try to provide a loving environment where we can play. I think that's good on so many levels - emotionally, for family interactions and, of course, physically.
Alan Thicke
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I think the most important thing about coaching is that you have to have a sense of confidence about what you're doing. You have to be a salesman, and you have to get your players, particularly your leaders, to believe in what you're trying to accomplish on the basketball floor.
Phil Jackson
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When you think about what the odds are to have four boys to not only be able to follow in the footsteps in a basketball career but to also be good in the secondary career as far as the broadcasting, it's pretty remarkable.
Rick Barry
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We can have no progress without change, whether it be basketball or anything else.
John Wooden
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I was a mediocre basketball player. But I was there, and I could remember the plays. And my basketball coach, after he retired from teaching, would come to my performances all the time. And I was very happy about that, because I was not memorable as a basketball player.
Johnny Mathis
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I'd rather be a face for happiness and doing things that you have a passion for, rather than faking it and pretending like I'm this face of women's basketball, when I can't stand the sport at all.
Elena Delle Donne
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Right before 'Brian's Song' there was a period when I was very despondent, broke, depressed; my first marriage was on the rocks. The role of Gale Sayers had been cast with Lou Gossett, and then he hurt himself playing basketball. I was called in to read for the role. I was their last choice, and I knew it.
Billy Dee Williams