Basketball Quotes
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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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I played football first. I love football. I'm a die-hard Broncos fan. I loved football, but in the offseason, I started playing basketball, and I just fell in love with the game. I've been playing basketball ever since 5th grade.
Chauncey Billups
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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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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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I have seen every aspect of basketball that you can see as a player, and I think they can relate to that, and I can understand them.
Tyronn Lue
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I've accomplished everything I tried to accomplish in basketball.
Chauncey Billups
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The walls of our upstairs hallway testify that we once had photogenic children. There are rows of framed pictures that show them playing baseball, basketball, holding a toad, and smiling in the sunlight at their eager parents. Everything is orderly and bright.
John Dickerson
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The game of basketball is not played with throwing punches, throwing elbows.
Mo Williams
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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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They said you have to use your five best players but I found you win with the five who fit together the best.
Red Auerbach
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Leadership is helping yourself and other people achieve goals. The ability to direct your life to get the results you want is leadership.
Cass Elliot The Mamas & The Papas
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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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I couldn't fit in the Irish community in New York. I was never one of the boys because they would talk about baseball or basketball, and I knew nothing about it.
Frank McCourt
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Mostly I play sports games - football and basketball. 'Inside Drive' and 'NFL Fever.'
Paul Pierce
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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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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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I came up in a small town ghetto and I never did think I'd be a celebrity or famous athlete, I was just loving to play the game of basketball. And I worked hard at everything I did.
Moses Malone
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My teammates know I’m down to earth. I’ll joke with them. But when it comes to basketball, I try to be serious about it.
Chamique Holdsclaw
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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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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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I've always thought that my exposure to competitive sports helped me a great deal in the operating room. It teaches you endurance, and it teaches you how to cope with defeat, and with complications of all sort. I think I'm a well-coordinated person, more than average, and I think that came through my interest in sports, and athletics... Playing basketball you have to make decisions promptly, and that's true in the operating room as well.
Denton Cooley
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Its easy to say that because we have been winning. Obviously we have been playing good enough defense to win basketball games, but we still need to get better.
Allen Iverson
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I'm a huge LeBron James fan. I love The Heat. He's an incredible basketball player.
Ashley Bell