Only praise behavior that you want to be repeated. Never use false praise. — Dean Smith Copy Share Image
People think I'm soft and bailed out on basketball. But it was five knee surgeries. — Penny Hardaway Copy Share Image
I'm just a basketball player. There's so much I can do on the floor. — DeMarcus Cousins Copy Share Image
I'm playing the guys who are going to fight. If you're not into this, I'm going to someone else — John Calipari Copy Share Image
If I cover my head with my hands, it means deny the ball to the opponent's ball handler. — Don Meyer Copy Share Image
Maya Moore is one of the greatest champions in basketball, male or female. — Jalen Rose Copy Share Image
You look at the skills involved, especially with things like lateral movement or change of direction, and there's definitely a strong correlation… — Greg Olsen Copy Share Image
My dad never really played basketball, but now he's my biggest critic. I come home, and he says: 'Why didn't you shoot… — Dirk Nowitzki Copy Share Image
I have seen countless people make a choice to be confident. If you don't naturally feel bold and confident, you can choose… — Richard DeVos Copy Share Image
I started playing ball when I was 13 and a half. Before that, I just wanted to play football and baseball but… — Moses Malone Copy Share Image
Going into a game against Lew Alcindor [later Kareem Abdul-Jabbar] is like going into a knife fight and finding there's no blade… — Bill Fitch Copy Share Image
I said it before we arrived in Athens, that we wanted to prove to the world that our bronze medal in Sweden… — Gianluca Basile Copy Share Image
I begged my mom for a beat machine, she spent a crazy amount of money - so there were no more Christmases,… — J. Cole Copy Share Image
It was important for me to have other outlets outside of 'Basketball Wives' to represent myself and who I really am and… — Shaunie O'Neal Copy Share Image
Basketball players want contact to get a foul called. Slaps on the wrist and bumps on the shoulder are big time to… — Warren Moon Copy Share Image
Once you get out there and start playing basketball, whether the NBA or college or whatever arena you are playing in or… — Jimmer Fredette Copy Share Image
I can't play the game of basketball and live my life on what other people expect me to do or what they… — LeBron James Copy Share Image
Here you get to play one on one more, individual basketball. I think that fits me better than in Europe. You have… — Ivica Zubac Copy Share Image
I feel so fortunate to have great coaching. Coaches that have taught me great habits and taught me great things about basketball… — J. J. Redick Copy Share Image
“Daryl Morey believed—if he believed in anything—in taking a statistically based approach to decision making. And the most important decision he made… — Michael Lewis Copy Share Image
There are lots of things that I will probably never experience in this life. Military combat. Being dictator of a small central… — Michael Arrington Copy Share Image
If I went out to play basketball with other kids, when I came home I'd shower and go right back to the… — Bad Bunny Copy Share Image
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