Basketball Quotes · Page 20

In our eyes we should be up three to one but we're not

— Mike Bibby

Basketball players can adapt to any situation.

— Michael Carter-Williams

Life is what you allow yourself not to see.

— Al McGuire

Bottom line: college basketball is broken.

— Dick Vitale

He who controlleth the backboard, controlleth the game.

— Adolph Rupp

With attitude, you can determine your own performance.

— Pat Summitt

The business always gets in the way of basketball.

— Jason Kidd

Play against the Game, not your opponent.

— Bud Wilkinson

Doesn't matter. If I would've had a beer before the game, I would've been drunk. So I don't believe in 'if.'

— Shaquille O'Neal

If you want to thank me, go do something for somebody else

— Don Meyer

Everybody on a championship team doesn't get publicity, but everyone can say he's a champion.

— Magic Johnson

I know that I love the whole game of basketball, and that's what I've always believed in.

— Kyle Korver

I pride myself on winning basketball games, so that's my biggest thing is I just want to win.

— Tyrese Haliburton

At the end of the day, before basketball, before anything, I'm a man.

— Draymond Green

My American strength coach said he liked me better before I could speak English.

— Yao Ming

Be what ya is, 'cause if ya be what you ain't, ya ain't what ya is.

— Don Meyer

The last couple of practices, all we've been doing is a lot of defensive things. We've been going over some drills that…

— Kevin Garnett

I always won in my imagination. I always hit the game-winning shot, or I hit the free throw. Or if I missed,…

— Mike Krzyzewski

I like to help poor people who got no chance. If rich people don't, who will? Not other poor people, that's for…

— Charles Barkley

I always knew I would do music. At first, I wanted to play basketball, and when I let go of that dream…

— Kodie Shane

I have definitely improved as a player and a personMy family and I have had a really unique experience because of this…

— Brandon Jennings

The beautiful thing about the game of golf is you can play good golf and compete well into your later years, and…

— Tom Watson

I started playing basketball when I was 6 or 7. I wasn't strong enough to shoot the correct way, so I just…

— Kenny Smith

I've just got to let my teammates know in practice, without even telling them, that I don't think I'm ahead of anybody.

— Kevin Durant

There are some rappers out there that I listen to, that I'm like: "You are really good but you could be like…

— Donald Glover

At a really young age you just play ball and you have fun and you don't see basketball as something as a…

— Kristaps Porzingis

I never knew what Amazon was. I've never seen any of those series, even on cable. I've never seen The Sopranos, or…

— Woody Allen

I played football; I was a running back, and I took a hit, and I had a hairline fracture in my leg…

— Nick McDonell

We're sitting in here, and I'm supposed to be the franchise player, and we in here talking about practice. I mean, listen,…

— Allen Iverson

I've been in Philadelphia 10 years, man. I knew it was going to be a challenge, mentally. I always thought life would…

— Allen Iverson

I lived to play basketball. Growing up as a kid, Bill Russell and the Boston Celtics were my favorite team. The way…

— Bill Walton

No one is bigger than the team. You're going to be on time, you're going play hard, you're going to know your…

— Hubie Brown

The game of basketball is full of runs.

— Andrew Wiggins

I had a beautiful life as a basketball player.

— Vlade Divac

I'm a basketball player - I rely on instincts and IQ.

— Zion Williamson

Basketball will always be my first love.

— Andre Drummond

I've always been a self-motivated guy for basketball.

— Kyle Kuzma

It matters in a fatherly way.

— Shaquille O'Neal

Kobe's heart is as strong as his muscles.

— Yao Ming

It's almost like we have ESPN.

— Magic Johnson