Basketball Quotes · Page 65

We had a strong relationship with Walter Brown, and felt that he was the best owner in the league.

— Bob Cousy

My dad was a soccer player. He didn't know anything about basketball - nothing.

— Giannis Antetokounmpo

I play guitar, and I'm a decent basketball player - people like to play on my team.

— Adam Pally

That's one thing I never wanted to do in basketball is get comfortable.

— Patrick Beverley

Playing basketball at MSG is a lot of fun when you are winning, but when you are not, it's not fun.

— Stephon Marbury

For order and a society to exist - and a basketball team is a society within itself - it needs discipline.

— Joe B. Hall

My dad never pushed me to play basketball. I tried it, and I was pretty rag-tag for a long time.

— Larry Nance, Jr

I'm just a basketball player, you know? Just put me where you need me.

— Lamar Odom

If you've got a Corvette that runs into a brick wall, you know what's going to happen. He's a Corvette. I'm a…

— Shaquille O'Neal

I remember dreaming about playing professional basketball as a kid in the gyms of Tbilisi, and now, after a journey across continents…

— Zaza Pachulia

They said I couldn't play football I was too small they said I couldn't play basketball I wasn't tall they said I…

— Lil Wayne

I'm a GM in fantasy basketball and I'm a GM on PlayStation, so on PlayStation I probably would have got a little…

— Jalen Rose

That's really the only thing that matters to me - what you've done as a team because basketball is a team sport.

— Nikola Vucevic

From my early days of playing 2:2 in basketball against my three older brothers to my years playing Division 1 college basketball…

— Cathy Engelbert

The basketball coach cut me within two days, so I was back in the pool. I was the first one in the…

— Merlin Olsen

The NBA (National Basketball Association) is never just a business. It's always business. It's always personal. All good businesses are personal. The…

— Mark Cuban

When I was growing up, I played hockey, soccer, baseball, basketball. It was more making sure that I stayed healthy and in…

— Johnny Gaudreau

But people don't know if I can teach the game. I know I can. My experience in Oklahoma was positive. It opened…

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

All these boundaries - Africa, Asia, Malaysia, America - are set by men. But you don't have to look at boundaries when…

— Hakeem Olajuwon

When I really like something, I try to put my all into it. This is something thats different from when I was…

— Carmelo Anthony

On a basketball court, five players were in the middle of an intense game. They wore assortment of jerseys from different American…

— Rick Riordan

We blacks look for leadership in men and women of such youth and inexperience, as well as poverty of education and character,…

— Arthur Ashe

I started to get a whole lot of attention in the 10th grade. That's when I kind of came out of a…

— Trevor Ariza

Word has it, they think I'm an old man, and they're not gonna double me. My message is that I'm the baddest…

— Shaquille O'Neal

We want men here, not just players. Players are a dime a dozen

— Tom Izzo

I think basketball is a great way to have fun with the kids and teach some values through basketball.

— Ricky Rubio

If The Muppet Show had a basketball team, the score would always be Frog 99, Chaos 98.

— Jerry Juhl

The price of excellence is discipline. The cost of mediocrity is disappointment.

— William Arthur Ward

I want people to say that an African basketball player is the best player in the whole world.

— Joel Embiid

The chalk thing lebron does before games...isn't chalk. It's dust from his fingers being ringless.

— Anonymous

My family is definitely the most important thing for me, before anything. Basketball, everything.

— Trevor Ariza

I started playing basketball so late, it just means that anything is possible.

— Joel Embiid

First and foremost, Indiana will always be a basketball state.

— Reggie Miller

I've always said I wanted to be somewhere where basketball and football were really good together.

— Tom Izzo

I am a big basketball fan. I have been watching basketball ever since I was a young boy.

— Vivek Murthy

Basketball is just a game, and it's great. We're lucky to play it for our jobs.

— Danny Green

The coach's job is to be part servant in helping each player reach his goals within the team concept.

— Dean Smith

I feel like I've been playing, coaching and covering basketball my entire life.

— Doris Burke

I try to never lose sight of what a special time it is to be a women's basketball player.

— Sue Wicks

Our guys took Shop and Advanced Shop. Shop is when you make a chair. Advanced Shop is when you paint it.

— Al McGuire