Basketball Quotes · Page 77

Champions behave like champions before they are champions

— Bill Walsh

I don't play basketball for the money; it was the last thing I thought of when I was a little kid.

— Zion Williamson

“In any game, the game itself is the prize, no matter who wins, ultimately both lose the game.”

— Amit Kalantri

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

— Rick Carlisle

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

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

— Russell Westbrook

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

I could maybe coach kids' basketball. I know enough about basketball where I feel like I could coach 12-year-olds pretty effectively.

— Hannibal Buress

Team spirit means you are willing to sacrifice personal considerations for the welfare of all. That defines a team player.

— John Wooden

Successful basketball coaches are those that subscribe to a system that is based on sound fundamental teachings.

— Don Meyer

My older brother was always in the gym, and I saw how hard he worked. Around middle school, I was in there…

— Malcolm Brogdon

As busy as we are and as focused as we are at our sport, there are times the coaches want you to…

— Pat Connaughton

My mom always tells me that... Nobody is going to remember you for the great basketball player you are but they will…

— Isaiah Austin

As a basketball player, you dream of being able to play in front of your hometown. And if you're lucky, other guys…

— Jabari Parker

So you're dealing with a coach, and you're dealing with a guy who's actually experienced NBA basketball from a player's perspective and…

— Kevin Garnett

I think school is very important and I personally had a great experience at North Carolina, which helped shape me as a…

— Michael Jordan

When I was a kid, I played basketball religiously. I begged my mom to get me voice lessons because I wanted to…

— Justin Timberlake

I was really fortunate. I don't believe in luck so I was really fortunate. God really blessed me in terms of my…

— Avery Johnson

Basic dance--and I should qualify the word basic--is primarily concerned with motion. So immediately you will say but the basketball player is…

— Alwin Nikolais

The thing about playing basketball in Houston was we had a great coach, great system, and we had guys that believed in…

— Robert Horry

My daughter, she loves gymnastics. I take her to gymnastics and watch her compete. It's fun to see something you have rub…

— Eric Bledsoe

I was a sports nut. I stayed after school probably three hours every day - from fall, to winter, to spring. I…

— Terry Crews

The old lessons (work, self-discipline, sacrifice, teamwork, fighting to achieve) aren't being taught by many people other than football coaches these days.…

— Bear Bryant

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

— Jeremy Lin

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

— Kwame Alexander

Dampier is soft. Quote it, underline it, tape it and send it to him.

— Shaquille O'Neal

Believe me, I am not even that brave enough to miss that many practices.

— Allen Iverson

Basketball may have been invented in Massachusetts, but it was made for Indiana.

— Bobby Knight

The better conditioned team will probably win in the long run.

— John Wooden

I've always been a scientist in terms of watching basketball. I like to dissect it all.

— Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

I'm just what America needs: another unemployed black man. (on his retirement from basketball)

— Charles Barkley

I'm into hiking and mountains and I follow hockey and basketball pretty avidly.

— Hikaru Nakamura

This must be how the guys in Space Jam felt when MJ gave them their powers back through that old basketball.

— Blake Griffin

During the season, I'm always locked in one gear, ready to play basketball, always keeping my guard up.

— Donovan Mitchell

I don't complain about playing time. My job is to play so well the coach can't sit me.

— Shane Battier

I've accomplished everything I tried to accomplish in basketball.

— Chauncey Billups

That's kind of what I want to do-set my own trend in the basketball world.

— Seimone Augustus

Guarding LeBron James has to be the hardest job in basketball.

— Steve Kerr

These Liberty girls, they don't have sex, but you can always play in the mud!!

— John Swickrath