Basketball Quotes · Page 11

Maybe my pain was my motivation.

— LeBron James

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

— Oscar Robertson

My thing that I can do is score the basketball.

— Jimmer Fredette

One basketball to rule them all,” Leo muttered.

— Rick Riordan

I was a late bloomer when it came to basketball.

— A'ja Wilson

Success is determined by your daily choices and habits

— Rick Pitino

If you ain't got the ball, you can't shoot the ball

— Moses Malone

We don't give 'em no respect..none!

— Jerome James

If you want to be in the game you better shoot 75% from the line.

— Pat Summitt

Momentum is a whole lot in the game of basketball. People dwell on momentum, but that really does matter.

— John Wall

Not every kid plays football, basketball. Running can be a source to vent and let things out.

— J. R. Martinez

That's the thing about basketball - you do good things and you start to get recognition.

— Bam Adebayo

Doing more of what doesn't work won't make it work any better.

— Charles J. Givens

I just wanted to give myself a chance to be an athlete because I really loved the game of basketball.

— Jae Crowder

If you want team play, you must stress defense. Defense makes players unselfish.

— John Brady

To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation

— Bobby Knight

I can shoot the ball. I can make everybody comfortable out there, and I'm just going to try to help my teammates…

— Jose Calderon

You know what I always say about basketball whenever anybody tried to tell me the Knicks are gonna be good: They're old.…

— Charles Barkley

February is always a bad month for TV sports. Football is gone, basketball is plodding along in the annual midseason doldrums, and…

— Hunter S. Thompson

Basketball has brought me a lot of joy, brought me a lot of good things. Just that side of it has really…

— Dwight Howard

The last five or six days, I've been running. The last two days, I've been running pretty hard. Everybody's got to be…

— Bill Russell

Sure, there's a lot of negativity, but basketball is such a huge thing in my community. Flint has a very rich tradition…

— Kyle Kuzma

“I just have an unbelievable commitment to basketball. If I couldn't play no more I think that would just be the end…

— David Wolf

When I was a little kid I used to play with guys twice my age, so, I was the last one picked,…

— Jason Kidd

I love all sports! I'm always impressed by athletes. I also love watching the Olympic Games. In high school, I played co-ed…

— Olga Fonda

That was always a dream of mine to play division one basketball. Not knowing that I wasn't going to get the opportunity…

— John Starks

For me this was never a money issue, it was about being rich in your heart. To come home, and to be…

— Baron Davis

Whether it's this year or next year, I don't want to leave basketball limping out of basketball. At the end of the…

— Jermaine O'Neal

I was born in Chicago, then I spent most of my youth in Joliet, Illinois which is about thirty minutes south, and…

— Adam Rapp

It's humbling to know that you have fans all over America and all over the world and they want you to play…

— LeBron James

We don't do things we aren't good at by nature. I wouldn't play basketball because I'm only 5' 1". Find what you…

— Danica Patrick

I'm a basketball fanatic, playing and watching, so right now I'm playing ball in a league and watching the Lakers hopefully take…

— Breckin Meyer

With me and basketball, it became part of me.

— Mike Krzyzewski

“I can appect failure, but I cannot accept not trying.”

— Michael Jordan

It's easier for me to let the game just come to me.

— Carmelo Anthony

You don't go through life, you grow through life

— Kevin Ollie

I'm playing like Eric Dampier.

— Shaquille O'Neal

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

— Jonas Valanciunas

I always felt like I needed to play basketball.

— Toni Kukoc

You better have great practices.

— Al McGuire