Basketball Quotes · Page 76

I played basketball; I ran track and also played soccer. I think that I am naturally athletic.

— Kylie Bunbury

If I can go to the U.S. Army and fight the war at 18 why can't you play basketball for 48 minutes?

— Jermaine O'Neal

Consistency is what counts; you have to be able to do things over and over again.

— Hank Aaron

I was all for basketball, and I made the decision to play tennis.

— Nick Kyrgios

I believe you win games by what you do from your first practice until your first game

— Jack Ramsay

We're just playing basketball. It's not like we're going out to have unprotected sex with Magic.

— Charles Barkley

Play good basketball and you are going to get guys' best games.

— Tristan Thompson

When I introduce my basketball friends to golf, I tell them to just swing halfway. The power is the easy part.

— Andre Iguodala

I know American football. I know a little bit about soccer. I know baseball, I know basketball. But, rugby is a foreign…

— Morgan Freeman

The basketball great Kobe Bryant started his own venture-capital firm. LeBron James has rebranded himself as not just an athlete but also…

— Emily Chang

I played football in the fall when I was in high school. Then basketball, a different conditioning - you're running up and…

— Keith Hernandez

This is an award I couldn't have won on my own. I can't thank these guys enough. These are my guys, these…

— Kobe Bryant

If that's my job to lead and if that's my job to go out there and play defense, take charges, dive into…

— Patrick Beverley

Magic Johnson is the best player who plays on the ground, and Michael Jordan is the best player who plays in the…

— John Paxson

When I sat down with Under Armour, one of the first things we talked about was how this can be bigger than…

— Joel Embiid

It's like people think, 'Oh you're playing losing basketball. You're possessions don't matter.' I feel like they matter even more because that's…

— John Collins

I recently was in the same room as Leonardo DiCaprio, and one of my favorite movies is 'Basketball Diaries.' That movie hits…

— Barry Keoghan

When I was young, I never dreamed about winning a national championship. I didn't even play basketball. But I was tall. And…

— Brittney Griner

Any time you've played different sports - for me, it has always been basketball; that is an instinctual sport. You're dribbling the…

— Nick Foles

Magic is crazy. He is that crazy wild guy on the basketball court that is very intense and very serious. He is…

— Magic Johnson

As a kid, I always idolized entrepreneurs. I thought they were cool people in the way that I thought basketball players were…

— Ben Silbermann

Basketball is just something else to do, another facet of life. I'm going to be a success at whatever I choose because…

— David Robinson

I played baseball, and that's pretty much it. Basketball came late, this was, basketball was the sport that I tried to master,…

— Eric Williams

If you want to make films, you'll watch Kurosawa. If you want to play a violin, you listen to Seghetti. Same with…

— Robert Pinsky

Timmy, he's the beginning of it. He doesn't have to be the end all the time now.

— Gregg Popovich

These people haven't seen the last of my face. If I go down, I'm going down standing up.

— Chuck Person

The Spurs couldn't put everything aside and just play the damn game.

— Dennis Rodman

I knew basketball was going to grow. But I never knew it would grow to the extent that it has.

— George Mikan

The biggest thing is getting our guys to understand, you can't let one mistake compound into another mistake

— Thad Matta

My son goes around shooting the basketball saying, 'Isaiah Thomas!'

— Gerald Green

The best way to forget ones self is to look at the world with attention and love.

— Red Auerbach

One thing about being a great ball handler is not looking at the basketball.

— Kenny Smith

Players must do what you want them to do in pressure situations.

— Don Meyer

Originally, I think basketball is closer to hockey than baseball.

— Daryl Morey

The only way you're going to get through life, happily, is being yourself.

— Nikki Blonsky

This is what Conference USA should be in every game and every building. This is a basketball environment.

— John Calipari

You become a champion as a team. I understand that. I know the history of the game.

— LeBron James

Just remember, their fans think their players are supermen. We'll we're the kryptonite, and we're going to win.

— Jim Larranaga

Without basketball, I wouldn't be me. I don't know where I would be at.

— Tyronn Lue

Dr. King used to meet me outside the basketball stadium and give me $20 bills to get by.

— Jesse White