Basketball Quotes · Page 43

For me as a basketball player, it's about continuing to get better and continuing to grow.

— Tobias Harris

A lot of coaches play percentages when it comes to me, but that's just a way of saying that you can't stop…

— Shaquille O'Neal

The NBA, and more importantly, the entire sport of basketball, has always been an inclusive environment.

— Doris Burke

Basketball is my favorite sport, and I'm also a very passionate football fan.

— Abhishek Bachchan

I recruit hungry kids who love the game and want to get better and feel they have more questions than answers

— Bo Ryan

We're gonna get some time to sit down individually with each player and see what their role is.

— Nate Oats

I had to spend countless hours, above and beyond the basic time, to try and perfect the fundamentals.

— Julius Erving

That's sort of a trick question, and I don't have a trick answer. Next question, please.

— Shaquille O'Neal

I get scared of a lot of attention. I get scared of the spotlight. And I'm not talking about on the basketball…

— Jeremy Lin

It's hard to win in the league, because every team is good, they got players on their team. A lot harder than…

— LeBron James

Being a part of both organizations, there is no comparison in the two organizations. This is a professional organization. The Hornets were…

— Felix Sabates

That's a good feeling when you can really just focus on basketball, focus on your role, on how you can help the…

— Tobias Harris

Year 6 was the toughest one yet for me. That was the first time in my life I couldn't put my whole…

— Jae Crowder

I like college football, but I'm a huge college basketball fan. I could sit and watch every game of March Madness and…

— Lewis Black

I think there's a lot of successful referees to come out of the Philadelphia area because the basketball is so good.

— Tim Donaghy

When I was younger, I was a guy who always wanted to get to the rim and attack the rim and just…

— Shawn Kemp

Something I like to do a lot is just sit by water when there’s a current and just stare into the water.…

— Iggy Pop

I think that to stop an offense, you must go to the heart of that offense. If it is a particular move,…

— Bobby Knight

Kids who I grew up with, who I played ball with, basketball, baseball, and went to parties with - for whatever reason…

— Eric Holder

Let me go back to a comfortable analogy for me - sports... basketball. I use it because you're naive if you don't…

— Sarah Palin

My brother one time after a little league basketball game, I think he messed up or something had happened in the game,…

— Jason Witten

Our goal as a team is to keep playing as a group for as long as we can because you will never…

— Don Meyer

I'm not gonna be bad at anything, and I want to actually be the best at anything I'm doing. So if I'm…

— J. Cole

David [Halberstam] kept on doing what he did because he loved it. One of the obituaries I read quoted him as saying…

— Jonathan Yardley

My dad was my coach in baseball and early on in basketball, so playing baseball was something we always did.

— Matthew Stafford

I've always been taught that basketball is a team game and greater than the sum of its parts.

— Len Elmore

Being a great basketball player is only part of who you are.

— Chris Mullin

Just celebrate the life you had, not the life you could've had.

— Magic Johnson

I think coaches sometimes foul their own players out of game by benching them too long when in foul trouble

— Jeff Van Gundy

One of the learning curves I'm not going to have is being a head coach.

— Nate Oats

Make your life exciting. Do what you have to do as long as you don't hurt people.

— Al McGuire

I come from New York where, if you fall down, someone will pick you up by your wallet.

— Al McGuire

I'm an NBA basketball coach. I'm not an official, and I'm not trying to be an official.

— Erik Spoelstra

Left hand, right hand, it doesn't matter. I'm amphibious.

— Charles Shackleford

Leaders will not experience long-term success unless a lot of people want them to.

— John C. Maxwell

The stats win nothing. I'm still sexy. I'm still great.

— Shaquille O'Neal

There are ups and downs in basketball, we all know that.

— Caris LeVert

I just gotta go out there and play basketball the way I know how to.

— Anthony Bennett

I always want to win because I never want to sit out on the sidelines outside.

— Kevin Durant

For every pass I caught in a game, I caught a thousand in practice.

— Don Hutson