Basketball Quotes
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I used to play basketball and I was pretty competitive, but I was never a bad loser. I never got angry. For me it was always about doing my best and devoting myself to a challenge.
Benicio Del Toro
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I want to be in such a basketball city like New York.
Kristaps Porzingis
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I never gave up as a player, and I won't give up as someone who wants to go to the Hall of Fame, because it's the ultimate goal for a baseball player or a football player or a basketball player.
Pete Rose
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It wasn't until late high school and early college that I gained enough size and skill to make me welcome on intramural basketball teams.
Paul D. Boyer
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I had never made any plans beyond basketball.
Sheryl Swoopes
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It also gives me the opportunity to stay in touch with basketball and it won't interfere with my school work at Mason City.
Bob Horner
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I first met Jim Valvano in the 1980s when he was a frequent guest on our CNN 'Coaches Corner' show based in Atlanta, as he was always in the area recruiting the next North Carolina State basketball phenom.
Craig Sager
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Being from Canada, we never had, like, the basketball games live on TV.
Anthony Bennett
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My whole family likes to play basketball. George II plays for his high school team and George III and George IV and George V are going to be good players. One day we're going to have a team and call it Georgetown.
George Foreman
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I played basketball and soccer my freshman year in high school.
Mia Hamm
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Whether philosophically you believe in a public subsidization of an arena or a stadium, that's the reality. We can't have professional basketball in this community by the end of our lease in 2010 without subsidization.
Walter Frederick Walker
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What am I most proud of? That, as a man, I've made my mom proud. Not just in basketball, but away from the court, too.
Michael Finley
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And it blew my mind when I started to get wind of the fact that they actually liked me being around. That was humbling, because Kentucky basketball is a big deal, and I am not the biggest fan - I am just the most notorious one.
Ashley Judd
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Shooting is a pretty essential thing in basketball, and when you make shots, it's so much easier. There's so much less tension and less pressure on you.
Chris Mooney
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Basketball is a game and their primary reason for participating in the sport is simply for the pleasure they experience while playing. Don't be afraid to lose. Have fun while you're busy playing hard and playing smart.
Morgan Wootten
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I can understand the frustration felt by the many basketball players who feel that they have been forced to conform with the league's new dress code, .. Iverson and other NBA players have suggested that they will not abide by the league's dress code, and Bodog.com will offer to reimburse any fines levied, and match the payment with a donation to each player's charity of choice.
Calvin Ayre
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It was a different sexual situation going on than it is in the '80s and '90s, and I did a very poor job of describing that.
Wilt Chamberlain
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We're just a basketball team that doesn't have a lot of depth right now. That's our biggest challenge.
Billy Donovan
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As all of us with any involvement in sports knows, no two umpires or no two referees have the same strike zone or call the same kind of a basketball game
Herb Kohl
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When I step on that basketball court, I'm thinking about basketball, I'm thinking about winning - but there's so much that goes into thought about how I'm going to open this game up to others. It's so much more than just basketball.
Carmelo Anthony
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I like the first-person games, but I like the two-person element in terms of playing basketball games with my friends. That's a good time; we have tournaments and things.
Kevin Weisman
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Nobody's cooler than my two girls. They just seem to take whatever comes with, you know - happiness and - steadiness. And they're loving school. They're making friends... and - they've already joined some clubs. And Sasha, you know - I think maybe to endear - myself to her, she - she decided she wanted to join a basketball team. So - what more could I want?
Barack Obama
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Basketball is my passion, and I love it, and I love to see my players succeed. I'm here for them and my children. That's my passion.
Rick Pitino
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I just like to win basketball games. That’s what motivates me.
Chamique Holdsclaw