Basketball Quotes · Page 56

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

— Russell Westbrook

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

— Eddie Alvarez

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

— Henry Iba

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

— Shaquille O'Neal

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

— Blake Griffin

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

— Ari Shaffir

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

— Rashard Lewis

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

— Bobby Knight

I truly love the game; I wouldn't be playing if I didn't love the game. I'm not getting paid astronomical dollars; it's…

— Michael Jordan

Motivating through fear may work in the short term to get people to do something, but over the long run I believe…

— John Wooden

I remember girls watching it in high school, and I thought the basketball part of the show was cool. And lo and…

— Stephen Colletti

I play because I have fun. The vets of this team, I just wanted to say thanks to them. You guys mean…

— Kevin Durant

I'm just so excited. We all are. We've been waiting for this [the gold medal] for years now and it's finally here.…

— Kobe Bryant

Lakers were able to maintain a certain level of talent and success and so were the Celtics. So after awhile it became…

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I remember one time being told I could not play in a basketball game at the College of William and Mary because…

— Walter Dean Myers

There's no other player that's playing basketball on this earth that has accomplished some of the things I've accomplished, and it's all…

— Stephon Marbury

My parents were kind of over protective people. Me and my sister had to play in the backyard all the time. They…

— Jimmy Fallon

When you go into a game on offense, you make a couple moves and see what the defender is going to do.…

— Oscar Robertson

I was supposed to take the ball out. I told coach, 'There's no way I'm taking the ball out, unless I can…

— LeBron James

When I'm smiling and having fun, that's when you should have a problem. If I'm out there frowning and looking mean, that's…

— Dwight Howard

I'm very excited about my new agreement with the Heat. This contract allows me to address all of my family's long-term financial…

— Shaquille O'Neal

“So while Jordan told me to "just do it," my parents reminded me of a guy who once laced my Nikes at…

— Phil Gaimon

I used to say, as an assistant, I would go in and close my door for three hours after practice and just…

— Nick Nurse

The history behind the Garden and all the players that have come through and played on that court in the Garden, I…

— Trae Young

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

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

— Kobe Bryant

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

— Jrue Holiday

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

— Jason Kidd

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

— Jason Kidd

I'm a trainer. That's my passion. It ain't basketball. My boys, their passion is balling.

— LaVar Ball

If you don't feel you have something to prove every day, you'll never improve

— Billy Donovan

How good can we expect to be if our best player is not our best teammate

— Brad Stevens

I'm always ready for a change. I'm Irish. I'm a leprechaun.

— Shaquille O'Neal

I don't know how it is for you earthlings, but where I'm from, strength is mental.

— Shaquille O'Neal

It's hard to play basketball when nothing is inside of you.

— Ben McLemore

We were excited to win, staying undefeated is just the icing.

— Steve Nash

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

— Wilt Chamberlain

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

— Charles Barkley

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

— LeBron James

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

— Tim Duncan