Everyone is born with a certain potential. You may never achieve your full potential, but how close you come depends on how… — Red Auerbach Copy Share Image
I like the nucleus that we have. I'm excited. I want to be here as long as possible. It's like family. I… — Kevin Durant Copy Share Image
I don't know where all this stuff comes from. This guy is an offensive guru. This guy is a defensive guru.' I… — Tom Thibodeau 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 had an extremely boring time doing 20 to 30 trades a day while everyone was talking about baseball or basketball. So… — Thomas Peterffy Copy Share Image
Few would deny that blacks have become very dominant in athletics: football, basketball, track, now dominant in tennis and dominant in golf. — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
I just stay home all the time. But the things I have learned outside of basketball is you got to take care… — Giannis Antetokounmpo Copy Share Image
Before anyone ever cared where I would play basketball, I was a kid from Northeast Ohio. It’s where I walked. It’s where… — LeBron James Copy Share Image
Like a versatile baller, George Dohrmann swings seamlessly from position to position: investigative journalist, social critic, gifted storyteller. The result is a… — L. Jon Wertheim Copy Share Image
We look for opportunities to play together including basketball, tennis, swimming, riding bikes and touch football. I try to provide a loving… — Alan Thicke Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I've always been a leader. I've always kind of been the tallest person on the team when I was younger but always… — LeBron James Copy Share Image
At elementary school I played every sport and then I started to like basketball more but then again I had phases with… — O. G. Anunoby Copy Share Image
I tried golf for a while, but I wasn't very good at it, so I didn't play a lot of golf. I… — John Madden Copy Share Image
The biggest mistake coaches make is taking borderline cases and trying to save them. I'm not talking about grades now, I'm talking… — Bear Bryant Copy Share Image
I have a very high love for the game. My mom would always drop me off at the YMCA downtown in Flint,… — Kyle Kuzma Copy Share Image
Basketball should be more popular. In my opinion, the NBA should rival the NFL. At the very least, no way should the… — Jason Whitlock Copy Share Image
The Lakers were able to maintain a certain level of talent and success, and so were the Celtics. It became part of… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
To stay in one time zone and play in a great conference - a great all-around conference, but, specifically, a great basketball… — Jim Boeheim Copy Share Image
The young Obama's lack of playing time on the high school basketball team was due more to his ability than the coach's… — David Moranis Copy Share Image
My favorite was Magic Johnson. Talk about a man who loved to play basketball and who enjoyed it the most. And growing… — Diana Taurasi Copy Share Image
Of course, in college, you're traveling, especially when you're with Duke basketball, but in the NBA, it's on a whole entire level. — Jahlil Okafor Copy Share Image
I played football when I was a kid, it is such a fun sport to play, I fancied myself as a midfielder… — Serge Ibaka 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
I'd be remiss if I didn't say that a lot of my identity was formed around basketball, and after the accident I… — Jay Williams Copy Share Image
Drama is played at the pace of chess... or billiards... or poker. Engrossing? Sure. But comedy is played at the jubilant, high-octane… — Mark Waters Copy Share Image
In the state of Kentucky, all they know is Kentucky basketball. It's the same thing in L.A. They love the Lakers and… — Julius Randle Copy Share Image
I met Draymond when he was about nine years old. We talked about basketball. It just making me feel good just knowing… — Ben Wallace 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
In developing teams, I don't believe in rules. I believe in standards. Rules don't promote teamwork, standards do — Mike Krzyzewski Copy Share Image
My life had no meaning at all. I found only brief interludes of satisfaction. It was like my whole life had been… — Pete Maravich Copy Share Image
Building relationships is the key for being happy as a coach. Players must want to play for you. If they are comfortable… — Mike McConathy Copy Share Image
The Leftovers is a great basketball book that shines a light on what true competitors can overcome with a solid work ethic. — Tony Romo Copy Share Image
We talk about touching our guys in a personal way, knowing that we all want to play basketball and coach basketball, but… — Monty Williams Copy Share Image
Education, for me, was big. It allows me to have different avenues, job-wise, because basketball is not forever. — Jeff Green Copy Share Image
If you ask somebody who played basketball against me in the first grade and you watch a tape, it's been with me… — Avery Bradley Copy Share Image
I positively, positively, positively want to play. I've got everything else so why not a gold medal? I want to play. — Patrick Ewing 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
We had a lot to do with Randy being fired. If we were to do a lot better, then it probably wouldn't… — Allen Iverson Copy Share Image
An acrobatic dunk will make it onto Sports Center. A simple, unspectacular bounce pass in the rhythm of the offense will not.… — Phil Jackson Copy Share Image
