Basketball Quotes · Page 41

You learn from everybody. You learn from the players. You learn from great coaches. You learn from great teams

— Tom Thibodeau

I just want to keep hooping, having fun out there playing basketball.

— Luka Doncic

Don't call me son unless you're going to include me in your will. (When Adolph Rupp called him, "Son.")

— Al McGuire

People say that, but I think the NBA was bigger than Larry Bird and Magic Johnson.

— Oscar Robertson

Treat each player as your own son/daughter if you can...the parents have invested in you.

— Henry Iba

In life, winning and losing will both happen. What is never acceptable is quitting.

— Magic Johnson

I've always been a basketball junkie... Always watched videos, slowed them down.

— Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

You're a soccer player, not a basketball player. I was supposed to be your goal, not your rebound.

— Twwww

The man above has given me some unbelievable abilities to play the game of basketball. I just try to take advantage of…

— LeBron James

Everybody in the world is talking about Canada…outside of the US, there is probably no country in the world that is producing…

— George Raveling

It's pretty much the same; it's just that Phil was very weird with his system. This is more of the traditional system.

— Shaquille O'Neal

Given a full summer to practice basketball, and especially my jump shot, I know that I could play in the NBA and…

— Tony Gonzalez

Education is of no value and talent is worthless - unless you have an unwavering aim. Never find yourself without a compass.

— Condoleezza Rice

My goals have gone from being an all-star to just being able to play basketball. I always took for granted that I…

— Rebecca Lobo

My dad has the knowledge from playing basketball. My mom is very intelligent and knows the business perspective. We breathe basketball.

— Jaren Jackson, Jr

Man, meeting Michael Jordan for me was like.. black Jesus walking towards me. It was overwhelming to me to finally meet the…

— LeBron James

You come from the college, you're the man. I was second-team All-American. I got drafted by Toronto, but they just took me…

— P. J. Tucker

When you are speaking to your team after a game, never talk about the kid who was the star of the game.…

— Mike Krzyzewski

I would love to have a conversation with you when we're working, and if I'm at a basketball game, I'll probably talk…

— Emily Rios

I was always making decisions and they were easier decisions because I had control of the game, I had control of the…

— Larry Bird

Music is just sound - what's more important to me is behavior. I'm watching these play-offs - basketball - it's interesting to…

— Wayne Shorter

To me, I feel like basketball and hip-hop have always been kinda conjoined because they're very similar in their competitive nature, you…

— Chance the Rapper

Life is tough and it's tough whether you're famous or not famous. And in the end it's probably better to be famous…

— Woody Allen

[At nine years old] I didn't really know what that meant at the time. I thought it might be in a warm…

— Elana Meyers

It feels great to have my hard work pay off, especially when the fans made it hard for me.

— Steve Nash

You know, softball is the other sport I do besides basketball.

— LeBron James

Thank God there was no yellow card in basketball because I would get a red card every game.

— Vlade Divac

I played baseball, football, basketball my whole life growing up.

— Kyler Murray

I been doing a lot of reading, watching a lot of basketball, watching a lot of shows.

— Rodney Hood

I played basketball and soccer my freshman year in high school.

— Mia Hamm

If someone had told me at fourteen that I'd be six-ten, I might have stuck with basketball, in all seriousness.

— John Isner

He's the president. I'm the general. Unless I want to get impeached, I got to do what he says.

— Shaquille O'Neal

I play basketball strictly for enjoyment and to add to the support of my family.

— Avery Bradley

Defense is one man guarding the ball and four others helping him

— Mike Krzyzewski

I look at basketball as an art, so whatever I do on the court, I try to make it as smooth as…

— Jerami Grant

It is in general more profitable to reckon up our defeats than to boast of our attainments.

— Thomas Carlyle

Tracy McGrady is doing things we've never seen from anybody - from any planet!

— Bill Walton

“Inspired by how passionate he is about basketball, I wonder what my passion will be, if I will have one.”

— Maria Jane

I smile all the time, even when I'm in a bad mood. I always try to keep a smile on my face.

— Carmelo Anthony

Basketball is always a piece of my life, but never the centerpiece.

— Rebecca Lobo