Basketball Quotes · Page 70

In the seven or eight years we were together, we were never together.

— Shaquille O'Neal

Sometimes, things may not go your way, but the effort should be there every single night.

— Michael Jordan

Bob Brannum was my body guard on the court. He was 6'-6 and built like a bulldog.

— Bob Cousy

“there with her boyfriend and his friends from the basketball team, including Paul Turner.”

— T.L. Haddix

I am the number one Ninja and I have killed all the Shoguns in front of me.

— Shaquille O'Neal

Those to whom defense is not important will have the best seat in the game

— Rick Majerus

Music was definitely a way out. Instead of playing basketball, I was going to recording studios.

— Flo Rida

I visualize the game. I think about who I am guarding, the things he likes to do.

— Scottie Pippen

Each time I step on the basketball court, I never know what will happen. I live for the moment. I play for…

— Michael Jordan

One of my favorite things about basketball is that you can't break it down into some sort of science that makes total…

— Bill Simmons

In Texas, it's football. In Georgia, football. There's an appreciation from the average person about football more than anywhere else. And we…

— Kenny Smith

A lot of late nights in the gym, a lot of early mornings, especially when your friends are going out, you're going…

— Jason Kidd

Greatness is not found in possessions, power, position, or prestige. It is discovered in goodness, humility, service, and character.

— William Arthur Ward

My closest friends in the league are Dirk Nowitzki and Rex Chapman. Although I think Michael Finley and I will be friends…

— Steve Nash

If you go around the league, anybody with the last name 'vich' is a great shooter. Radmanovic, Vujacic... all those 'iches.

— Shaquille O'Neal

There's a disposition great defenders have - a genuine pride that scores are a problem, people that score on me is a…

— Brett Brown

I always wanted to be an NBA ball player since I was eight years old. I kind of went on the road…

— Michael Bivins

With 'Love & Basketball,' I played ball my whole life and did track at UCLA. So, I'm an athlete. And it was…

— Gina Prince-Bythewood

Being involved in competition is a privilege and an opportunity. Seek to make the most of that opportunity by pushing yourself to…

— Tony La Russa

I feel like I'm trying to change basketball; being a center, being able to play both sides of the ball and being…

— Bam Adebayo

I was a man who played basketball and after I played basketball and before I played basketball I was going to be…

— John Amaechi

I went to the University of San Francisco on an athletic scholarship. I didn't study in high school. I was just there…

— Michael Franti

I was always interested in acting, but in my high school sports was the cool thing to be part of, and I…

— Cedric Yarbrough

“If basketball was going to enable Bradley to make friends, to prove that a banker's son is as good as the next…

— John McPhee

I ate too many Frosted Flakes. I don't remember what I said last night.

— Shaquille O'Neal

I think Bush came back because Colin Powell was there. Hey, I'm the brigadier general, baby.

— Shaquille O'Neal

I always designed my practice plans the night before and then made tweaks a few hours before practice began

— Bobby Knight

That's the key to our team. We have so many weapons. You can just pick your poison.

— Steve Nash

The biggest difficulty in getting to the top of the ladder is getting through the crowd at the bottom.

— Bobby Knight

Madonna wasn't an acrobat or anything, but the sex was good. I could tell she liked it.

— Dennis Rodman

Basketball is a pretty simple game. What wins is consistency and competitiveness.

— Gregg Popovich

It will work out, somehow. That's a hell of a duo right there, Marbury, Crawford and Houston.

— Carmelo Anthony

I grew up in front of these people, and now they are seeing me as an 'older' young man.

— Kobe Bryant

Basketball is therapeutic for a lot of us. We all love, live and breathe basketball.

— Quinn Cook

I know Steve Kerr well and his basketball IQ is really high. He knows everything about basketball.

— Toni Kukoc

I love giving local kids and families the chance to experience Kings basketball for the first time.

— DeMarcus Cousins

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— Anonymous

If a team cannot perform with excellence at a moment's notice, they probably will fail in the long run.

— Mike Krzyzewski

I love basketball, and it just comes out. I get it from my dad I guess. He also had a lot of…

— Domantas Sabonis

Basketball has always really helped me physically for baseball.

— Pat Connaughton