I don't have to go through life being mean or having a stern face just to play basketball. I enjoy the game… — Nick Young Copy Share Image
I compare the pressure of a golf shot with making an extra point in basketball. The player starts from a full stop,… — Harvey Penick Copy Share Image
To represent the United States in international competition is special recognition that not many players receive and I am really looking forward… — Jermaine O'Neal Copy Share Image
I played volleyball, basketball, softball, and I started to love soccer the most around 7-8 years old because it was a physical… — Alex Morgan Copy Share Image
I've always loved basketball. When you're playing pick-up basketball, you just kind of get used to being one of the guys. — Maria Taylor Copy Share Image
I love basketball and I love playing it, but there will be a stage in my career when I have to hang… — Patty Mills Copy Share Image
This is what you do your routine for, so when playoff basketball comes, it helps you stay fresh, sharp, energized, strong -… — Khris Middleton Copy Share Image
When it's played the way is supposed to be played, basketball happens in the air; flying, floating, elevated above the floor, levitating… — John Edgar Wideman Copy Share Image
It's not about the number of hours you practice, it's about the number of hours your mind is present during the practice — Kobe Bryant Copy Share Image
I've worked my butt off. That keeps my feet on the ground - I'm the same Luis Fonsi onstage and at home… — Luis Fonsi Copy Share Image
It's easier for me to get ready for a game on the road because you're expected to lose when you play away… — Michael Jordan Copy Share Image
In high school I was on the basketball team, but the coach did something I didn't dig and the next day he… — Charles Mingus Copy Share Image
You know, if an actor or, say, a basketball player writes a rhyme, it doesn't mean he's a rapper. You got to… — Redman Copy Share Image
Moving to the US was quite a transition for me, to say the least! There were, and still are so many new… — Yao Ming Copy Share Image
Defense is all about helping. No one can guard a good dribbler, You have to walk kids through how to help and… — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
People's perspectives need to be challenged, and if I'm able to help change people's idea of what it means to be a… — Kelsey Plum Copy Share Image
I'm definitely somewhat of a tomboy. I grew up a pretty big tomboy, actually, and was really obsessed with basketball. — Rachele Brooke Smith Copy Share Image
If you're getting ready to do a really emotional scene then, right before it, you're probably not going to be outside playing… — Emilie de Ravin Copy Share Image
I love football. My weekends are booked. Saturday college games and Sunday NFL and 'Monday Night Football.' Booked! Football is first, then… — Jordin Sparks Copy Share Image
Yoga's hard for me, but I know you can really feel the difference when you do it consistently. I'd rather be playing… — Chris Noth Copy Share Image
I went to an ACC school, Wake Forest, I'm a big college basketball fan, and it was just a natural interest for… — Lee Norris Copy Share Image
The goal is to make practice more difficult, physically/mentally, than anything your players will face during a game. — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
You see what happens in college and high school games today - a three-point shot or a dunk. I think that's the… — Oscar Robertson Copy Share Image
I originally was more into baseball and football, but being in Los Angeles, you just couldn't help but to fall in love… — Paul Pierce Copy Share Image
I was good at sports - basketball, football, tennis and dropped them all. At 16, I didn't care about sports anymore. — Billy Squier Copy Share Image
If that many people recognize how hard I go every night and what I put into my game, to make myself and… — Allen Iverson Copy Share Image
Michael Jordan didn’t become a great basketball player because he wanted to do product endorsements. Van Gogh didn’t become a great painter… — Jack D. Schwager Copy Share Image
People will think there are no other great ballplayers. Look at Garnett. Look at Duncan, Shaq, Kobe. Look at the players with… — Oscar Robertson Copy Share Image
When it comes to basketball you always want to put the ball in the hole. You want to get as consistent and… — D'Angelo Russell Copy Share Image
I've learned what it feels like to lose, believe me. But I think, in the end, that is just going to make… — Kevin Durant Copy Share Image
Everything happens for a reason. I'm used to it, I prepare for it. Like I say, at the end of the day,… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
I led the state in defensive interceptions my senior year, with seven in nine games. Then I went to Montana to play… — Jeff Ament Copy Share Image
I learned early that if I wanted to achieve anything in life, I'd have to do it myself. I learned that I… — Lenny Wilkens Copy Share Image
I loved going to a place like Virginia, making a connection and meeting the people that are outside of the whole basketball… — Joe Harris Copy Share Image
I don't recruit players who are nasty to their parents. I look for players who realize the world doesn't revolve around them. — Pete Carril Copy Share Image
They asked me when I was out there, 'Why do you want to be traded?' I said me staying here is like… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
When I grew up, I never - I wasn't allowed to go out. I missed my prom because I went to an… — J. R. Smith Copy Share Image
Basically, I played basketball for a small college out here in California and when I was done playing college, I settled down… — Travis Browne Copy Share Image
If I hadn't become a professional basketball player, I would have become a history teacher. There's so much to learn from history. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
President Obama recently sat down with ESPN and said the NCAA should reduce the shot clock for basketball games. Then he said,… — Jimmy Fallon Copy Share Image
