Basketball Quotes
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I've got to make some decisions just like any other player that has ever played this game, that eventually the clock stops, their basketball clock stops.
Alonzo Mourning
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I'll show you just how cruel a sport basketball is.
Atsushi
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Collecting shoes is my biggest hobby. I've got a couple hundred pairs of Nikes and Jordans. I got a lot of hats, too. I like to play basketball, but nothing competition wise.
Chumlee
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Walking has been ridiculous in college basketball the past 15 years.
Bobby Knight
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We have to do a better job of taking care of the basketball, but their pressure had a lot to do with it.
J. M. Roberts
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When you think about basketball, and you watch someone like Michael Jordan play basketball - even if you're a baseball player, there's still a lot to learn from there.
Kimbal Musk
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If we want the best pitcher, let's get Bobby Feller. If want the best football player, let's get Jimmy Brown; the best basketball player, let's get Bill Russell. If we want the guy who can do the best job for the United States - let's get Donald Trump.
Bobby Knight
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I'm a huge LeBron James fan. I love The Heat. He's an incredible basketball player.
Ashley Bell
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The only reason I went to college was to play basketball. I injured my knee and couldn't play.
Jeffrey Dean Morgan
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As long as you leave everything out on the basketball court, you can go into the locker room and feel good about yourself and that's important..............
Allen Iverson
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I had a vision of how basketball should be played. And the vision was the Knicks teams that won the championship in 1970 and 1973. I wanted a team that emphasized defense. I wanted a team that on offense had a system where players moved off the ball, and the ball moved.
Jerry Reinsdorf
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You must understand as a kid of color in those days, the Harlem Globetrotters were like being movie stars.
Wilt Chamberlain
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We need to know where we are going and how we plan to get there. Our dreams and aspirations must be translated into real and tangible goals with priorities and time frames.
Merlin Olsen
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Basketball isn't just a sport. It is an art, one that must be mastered to succeed.
Stephen Curry
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The whole NIT we're playing great defense, that's what we're trying to stress. We talked about, we can't hang our heads because we had injuries, we can't hang our heads because we're young. If you can head to the NIT Final Four, it means you're playing good basketball.
Rick Pitino
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Basketball also helps you learn to move your feet by playing defense and guarding guys, and that all carries over to playing football with staying square and having good footwork.
Calvin Pryor
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I'll never worry about not being successful. I'll just take it one day at a time, one season at a time. And play as hard as I can.
Bo Jackson
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I get constant reminders from fans who equate that game and my career as one and the same.
Wilt Chamberlain
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I can't palm a basketball.
Carmelo Anthony
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I was about 14, and my friend's stepdad asked me to do a 10K with him because his son - who was more into basketball - didn't want to. It was amazing, and I still remember the time I got: 48:23.
Sean Astin
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Baseball is a team game but, at the same time, it's a very lonely game: unlike in soccer or basketball, where players roam around, in baseball everyone has their little plot of the field to tend. When the action comes to you, the spotlight is on you but no one can help you.
Chad Harbach
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I've accomplished everything I tried to accomplish in basketball.
Chauncey Billups
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You know, God gave me a gift to do other things besides play the game of basketball.
LeBron James
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You can play pickup basketball, but you can't really re-create football.
Peyton Manning