Basketball Quotes
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There are very few sports where you can find that tranquility. Some people find that in golf, but when you're in the water it's such a difference from the golf course or the basketball court. That's what makes surfing unique over any other sport.
Troy Polamalu
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We've got to go win basketball games right now to try to create who we want to be. And I think we're close.
Dan Monson
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He fouled out in the fourth quarter, and that's when I really started getting points. He was no more at fault than anyone.
Wilt Chamberlain
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When players are used to winning, they put out a little more. Basketball 3rd winningest coach (regular season and playoffs) in NBA history; won 1,037 times in 20 years.
Red Auerbach
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Let me go back to a comfortable analogy for me - sports... basketball. I use it because you're naive if you don't see the national full-court press picking away right now: A good point guard drives through a full court press, protecting the ball, keeping her eye on the basket... and she knows exactly when to pass the ball so that the team can WIN.
Sarah Palin
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Basketball is like war in that offensive weapons are developed first, and it always takes a while for the defense to catch up.
Red Auerbach
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In Indiana, we don't have an official state religion, but if we did, it would be basketball.
Evan Bayh
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Basketball is sort of an interesting sport that, you know, the top player on your team makes so much more of an impact than the top player in any other sport.
Daryl Morey
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I know that topic keeps coming up, but I'm most interested in quality basketball. We're having a hard time sustaining quality basketball, and tonight was as bad as it gets. Everything we tried didn't work. Every shot we attempted seemed a little off rhythm.
Brad Soderberg
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Playoff basketball ... you've got to treat every possession like it's your last.
Paul Pierce
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It just wasn't right the way they were behind by 25 points and then they're told to hold the ball.
Wilt Chamberlain
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I've been in basketball a long time, and nobody is more of a competitor than I am.
Steve Alford
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You've got to watch your back. We are targets as basketball payers.
Paul Pierce