Basketball Quotes · Page 47

Look, playoff basketball in the NBA is the greatest thing in any sport in my opinion.

— Rick Carlisle

I'm never satisfied. I'm always trying to get better and learn from my mistakes.

— Russell Westbrook

If a player leaves Marquette and doesn't have some of my blood in him, then I don't think I've done a good…

— Al McGuire

People who weren't watching basketball were still fans of Lil Penny.

— Penny Hardaway

My relationship with Northeast Ohio is bigger than basketball. I didn't realize that four years ago. I do now.

— LeBron James

“Basketball Rule #4 If you miss enough of life's free throws you will pay in the end.”

— Kwame Alexander

You don't get respect for being an Asian-American basketball player in the U.S.

— Jeremy Lin

I love the weather, I love my '63 droptop Impala, I love the 405, and I love my guys.

— Kobe Bryant

I always wanted to present myself well and express my style with my clothes, as well as who I was as a…

— Andre Iguodala

My father, Vittorio, was a big-time player in Italy, but we never talked about basketball. He never came to my games. He…

— Danilo Gallinari

I get to play basketball for a living. It's a blessing, honestly. The worst thing is all problems get magnified times 10.…

— Kelly Oubre, Jr

My dad went far in basketball, so I just see that there are still people that are better than me. So I…

— RJ Barrett

I'm a basketball fan, I'm a fan of greatness and I think anybody who knows anything about basketball knows great shooters.

— Maya Moore

They were so clever finding ways to get me the ball. They had to do more than just give up open shots.…

— Wilt Chamberlain

I've learned a lot from my own kids. Actually, my son was the reason why I got involved in other things outside…

— Metta World Peace

I said what I felt, and people try to control people. But you can never control me. I'm a 31-year-old juvenile delinquent.…

— Shaquille O'Neal

After I made it to the NBA, I said that I didn't want to be the last player from Africa. After my…

— Dikembe Mutombo

When I travel around the globe, I try as hard as I can to represent the NBA and the game of basketball…

— Dikembe Mutombo

When you're a kid, you're the leader of an eighth-grade basketball team or a JV basketball team, right? That's no different than…

— Jordan Poole

Football, you can go out and buy a football and play it in your backyard. Basketball, you can go out and play…

— Jeremy Roenick

I mean, I was nominated McDonald's All-American, top 100 basketball players in the U.S. I played professionally for one year in Ireland.…

— RaMell Ross

I tell young players that come to the NBA time, especially rookies: 'Look at your position and study every guy that you…

— Billy Donovan

For whatever reason, the people that don't appreciate Duke basketball or don't pull for Duke basketball, they have a tendency to vilify…

— Christian Laettner

“belligerent, bellowing partisans, the astute man with the curly blond hair and the jocular, no-discipline approach to running a team was shouting…

— Paul Auster

Bottom line, you're either a risk taker, or your not, and if you don't take risks, you'll never win big.

— Geno Auriemma

Everyone wants to win, but not everyone is willing to prepare to win.

— Bobby Knight

I know a lot of people say New York is the basketball mecca, but to me, it's Seattle.

— Rashard Lewis

I was playing basketball, and I had hemorrhoids in high school.

— Ari Shaffir

I'm a high-risk taker on the court in the sense of trying to squeeze things in there.

— Jason Kidd

There's always room for improvement. We have a nucleus that's pretty good. You want players that will help.

— Jason Kidd

I don't watch film defensively necessarily, but I do watch basketball.

— Jrue Holiday

I boxed. I did track and field; I did basketball, football, any sport I was able to sign up for.

— Eddie Alvarez

I followed Taylor everywhere. I was always trying to catch up after him or go with him.

— Blake Griffin

He's a jokester, and that's funny, very funny. Ha-ha. Very funny.

— Shaquille O'Neal

I'm not against taking shots, but I am against taking bad shots.

— Henry Iba

I've never gotten too high or too low. It only messes you up.

— Tim Duncan

But that's the thing about basketball: you don't play games on paper.

— Bill Simmons

I'm not afraid of nothing, I just like the challenge, and I love being here.

— LeBron James

He's got to bring something stronger than that. That's like bringing milk to a bar, it's not strong enough

— Charles Barkley

Scoring 100 points is a lot, but I maybe could have scored 140 if they had played straight-up basketball.

— Wilt Chamberlain