You've got to be on all-league teams before you can say that you are going to be a great basketball player. — Gary Payton Copy Share Image
What you are as a person is far more important than what you are as a basketball player. — John Wooden Copy Share Image
“What does a basketball player do before he blows out his candles? A: He makes a swish!” — Uncle Amon Copy Share Image
When I started out, I was a basketball player at Texas Wesleyan University. — The Undertaker Copy Share Image
My older brothers were both basketball players so I just grew up around the gym. — Brook Lopez Copy Share Image
In high school, I had size and I had raw potential, but as a basketball player I was hot garbage. — Channing Frye Copy Share Image
I'm just a basketball player. There's so much I can do on the floor. — DeMarcus Cousins Copy Share Image
Chicago was big for me as far as developing as a person and as a basketball player. — Eli Manning Copy Share Image
People will come up to me and want to take pictures with me because I'm Lauren's husband, and not a basketball player. — Jrue Holiday Copy Share Image
I'm a basketball player, so I want to do whatever I've got to do to be on the floor and I'm prepared… — Tyrese Haliburton Copy Share Image
My mom always tells me that... Nobody is going to remember you for the great basketball player you are but they will… — Isaiah Austin Copy Share Image
As a basketball player, you dream of being able to play in front of your hometown. And if you're lucky, other guys… — Jabari Parker Copy Share Image
As a basketball player, you want to play. There's only so much stuff I can go over doing one-on-one drills in practice… — Grayson Allen Copy Share Image
I was a better basketball player growing up in high school than I was a swimmer. Basketball to this day is my… — Ryan Lochte Copy Share Image
If you tell a teammate you're ready to play as tough as you're able to, you'd better go out there and do… — Larry Bird Copy Share Image
Well, I came from a small little town on the beach - Grayland, a town of about 1,000 people. I was the… — Colin Cowherd Copy Share Image
I feel like I grew up differently, when you're a child actor you grow up differently, but it's not that different than… — Dante Basco Copy Share Image
I've been very fortunate throughout my life with a number of opportunities, a number of great people that have helped me be… — Harrison Barnes Copy Share Image
Play more than one sport in high school. If you play, say, football and basketball, you can learn to be physical and… — Antonio Gates Copy Share Image
If we can take young people who excel at the highest levels, put them on the same kind of pedestal as the… — Benjamin Carson Copy Share Image
I was actually supposed to be a basketball player, not an actress. My parents had me playing basketball on competitive teams when… — Zendaya Copy Share Image
Would I have been a great basketball player? No. But I think I would've been a good basketball player, one of those… — Tony Gonzalez Copy Share Image
As a kid, I always idolized entrepreneurs. I thought they were cool people in the way that I thought basketball players were… — Ben Silbermann Copy Share Image
I feel lucky. I feel blessed. If you get blessed with some ability, I think you have to work hard at it.… — Michael Pena Copy Share Image
Systems win! Believe in your system, and then sell it to your players. — Billy Donovan Copy Share Image
Who knows, maybe I'll be a basketball player one day? No, I'm definitely never going to be a basketball player. I have… — Justine Skye Copy Share Image
Poets are regarded as handicapped writers whose work must be treated with a tender condescension, such as one accords the athletic achievements… — Thomas M. Disch Copy Share Image
A young basketball player has people to look up to an emulate. We are a pro league, and we're on television. It… — Sue Bird Copy Share Image
3 good things about us basketball players 1) we are good with our hands 2) we score more than once 3) we… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There have been players with Indian heritage, but there hasn't been a Native-American professional basketball player who became a regular for all… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
I'm a basketball player. That's what I do and what I love but that's just not all who I am. I'm talented… — Kevin Durant Copy Share Image
My goal is to not just to be the best basketball player that I can be, but to also inspire the next… — A'ja Wilson Copy Share Image
I would like to say I do some pretty good impressions. I'm also one of the best basketball players in the world.… — Lamorne Morris Copy Share Image
My mother was a champion high-jumper. My three brothers are basketball players. We've all been very athletic. — Grace Jones Copy Share Image
I never thought I'd be an elite college basketball player, let alone an All-Star, Olympian. That confidence faded over time, and when… — Tyrese Haliburton Copy Share Image
A lot of people wish they could be in the house with the greatest of anything. I just so happened to live… — Reggie Miller Copy Share Image
I took the time to mentally figure out what I needed to do to be the best basketball player I could be… — Andre Drummond Copy Share Image
I think every basketball player I know loves ping pong. Everyone played in on the Dream Team. I played Clyde Drexler and… — Christian Laettner Copy Share Image
When I was young, I never wanted to leave the court until I got things exactly correct. My dream was to become… — Larry Bird Copy Share Image
When people asked me back then what I wanted to be when I grew up, I said a basketball player, and I… — Ron Howard Copy Share Image
