Basketball player Quotes · Page 3

I had a beautiful life as a basketball player.

— Vlade Divac

I'm a basketball player - I rely on instincts and IQ.

— Zion Williamson

We're basketball players - we play the game.

— Kevin Huerter

Basketball players can adapt to any situation.

— Michael Carter-Williams

I'm a basketball player, I want to play.

— Jonas Valanciunas

If you're a basketball player, you've got to shoot.

— Oscar Robertson

One man cannot make a team.

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

All really successful coaches have a system.

— Jim Valvano

My mother chose 'Jordan' as my middle name, as a nod to her favorite basketball player.

— Harrison Barnes

Everybody knows that LeBron James is my favorite basketball player and I love the way he goes to the rack.

— Terrell Suggs

In practice, don't just run basketball drills, teach the players how to play basketball.

— Don Meyer

Just knowing your dad is a professional basketball player, it just makes you feel like you're destined for.

— Devin Booker

As you keep shooting the ball, you become a better basketball player.

— Raekwon

I was born to be a basketball player, not to be a guy who succeeds inside Goldman Sachs.

— Danilo Gallinari

I'll knock out Roy Jones and he can retire and become a basketball player, like he always wanted to be.

— James Toney

When I was growing up, I drew my favorite basketball players.

— Brandon Ingram

Coach Smart did a great job of just letting me come to terms with myself as a basketball player and a person.

— Mohamed Bamba

I want to show people who I really am, especially aspiring basketball players who want to be at this level. That's what…

— Kevin Durant

My mother's sobriety - that's when I found the theater, that's when I moved from being a basketball player to being a…

— Peter Hedges

The way I want to get better every single day and stay in shape, be the best basketball player that I can…

— Dillon Brooks

The chip comes from people saying I'm not good enough, or I can't score, or I'm not a real basketball player.

— Willie Cauley-Stein

A lot of scouts and people are enamored with athleticism and youth. So they take that any day over mature, high-quality basketball…

— Malcolm Brogdon

My main focus every game is to just go out there and give it my all. There's no tiptoeing into it or…

— Domantas Sabonis

Not only is Rip Hamilton an outstanding basketball player, he is also known for giving back to his community.

— Jim Gerlach

It's only me and my brother, but I was older and going through the experience of being a basketball player who got…

— Breanna Stewart

You gotta understand, the Ramones were greasers. We were Fonzie with longer hair. The greasers and gangs in Brooklyn all wore Chuck…

— Marky Ramone

You expect a basketball player to come with a white button-down, Balmain jeans, and Balenciagas. You expect that. But when I come…

— Iman Shumpert

As you progress as a basketball player, the world around you becomes more and more chaotic. There's more talent, there are more…

— J. J. Redick

Before Julius Erving, being a stylish basketball player meant 13 ounces of pomade in your hair and color coordinating the belt in…

— Sean Evans

“Earl "The Goat" Manigault was probably the greatest basketball player of all time, but Michael Jordan is universally regarded as the best…

— Tucker Max

I think I'm changing the game. In that sense, I'm what Steph Curry is to basketball. Don't get me wrong: I don't…

— Le'Veon Bell

When I was working with Reebok, Paul Fineman sent me to see David Stern to try to explain to him, basically, the…

— Steve Stoute

Tim Thomas is about excuses. It's always somebody else's fault. He said I was jealous? He should thank me for helping him…

— Sam Cassell

“When presidential candidate Barack Obama presented himself to the black community, he was not to be believed. It strained credulity to think…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

“Chapter One Vivek Ranadivé “IT WAS REALLY RANDOM. I MEAN, MY FATHER HAD NEVER PLAYED BASKETBALL BEFORE.” 1. When Vivek Ranadivé decided…

— Malcolm Gladwell

There is still an assumption among many people that to be black is to be lower class. In the last fifteen to…

— Ayana Mathis

I think it is an accurate statement to say that some people consider feelings of same-gender attraction to be the defining fact…

— Dallin H. Oaks

The great thing about [Michael] Jordan was that he made them want it just like he wanted it. And a lot of…

— Ginuwine

In my mind, women's basketball players are an untapped resource.

— Sue Bird

Meadowlark was the most sensational, awesome, incredible basketball player I've ever seen.

— Wilt Chamberlain