Basketball Quotes · Page 78

There were riots in just about every game we played with Syracuse.

— Bob Cousy

Basketball is not played simply with X's and O's. It's played with both trust and confidence.

— Isiah Thomas

My dad never really taught me anything about the game, he was never on me in the basketball aspect of life.

— Jose Calderon

Everybody was pressuring me to play basketball, so I was like, 'OK, I'll do it.'

— Deandre Ayton

Don't talk too much. Don't pop off. Don't talk after the game until you cool off.

— Bear Bryant

I always dreamt of being a basketball player. A dream that only I believed in.

— David Duchovny

Actually, Magic and the Lakers beat Philadelphia for Magic's first NBA Championship.

— Oscar Robertson

Im good at surfing, good at certain things but everyone pretty much sucked at basketball.

— Katherine Moennig

I've always cared about my teammates, but it's about being vocal and letting them know I care about them... not just on…

— Eric Bledsoe

I was a better basketball player growing up in high school than I was a swimmer. Basketball to this day is my…

— Ryan Lochte

As a kid, I played not just basketball but baseball, softball, tackle football - anything the guys were playing, I wanted to…

— Dawn Staley

For men's college coaches through to the NBA, I think basketball people are basketball people. When you start talking the game, gender…

— Doris Burke

As a basketball player, you want to play. There's only so much stuff I can go over doing one-on-one drills in practice…

— Grayson Allen

It's always good to have people from my school accomplish great things. It doesn't necessarily have to be just basketball. I want…

— Jabari Parker

Sports were a big part of my life. I was the captain of the basketball team in high school, and captain of…

— John W. Rogers, Jr

“I am more than just a Serious basketball fan. I am a life-long Addict. I was addicted from birth, in fact, because…

— Hunter S. Thompson

There is a rare exception of mainstream sports that have a fatality rate. That's motor sports and rodeo, ... football, baseball, basketball,…

— Don Andrews

Basketball Without Borders is a leadership camp that takes basketball to different places around the world, to Africa, Europe, America and Asia.…

— Dikembe Mutombo

The first three championships that I won, I won them. I had big numbers and I won them. And last year, the…

— Shaquille O'Neal

No matter what...ball made my heart beat faster, made me want to jump up and down and be Superman. That's what life…

— Walter Dean Myers

There was a time when only specialized Christian missionaries needed to be able to defend the gospel of Jesus Christ against the…

— Josh McDowell

As an agent - and I don't like the word - you get the perception that it's all about money. And it's…

— Rich Paul

I do believe that one way to bring cultures together, to develop trust between people and countries and religions, is through education.…

— Steve Kerr

You have to remember that coaching wasn't sophisticated back then - you didn't have the camps, clinics and all the technical advances…

— Bob Cousy

I'm a huge, huge sports fan, and Marquette basketball is my No. 1 thing.

— Danny Pudi

There is generally not any conscious thought; it's all instinct, and practice takes over.

— Cindy Nelson

When our assists lead to baskets, that's us playing our best, and we begin knocking down shots.

— Tim Duncan

I've read that same formula, but as an athlete I'm classified as phenomenal. You could look it up.

— Shaquille O'Neal

I would rather have a player who has mastered two or three moves than to try to teach him six or seven.

— Norm Sloan

When it comes time for basketball, everything else is kind of irrelevant.

— Michael Carter-Williams

It's what you get from games you lose that is extremely important.

— Pat Riley

I love basketball. I mean, I watch basketball pretty intensely.

— Maverick Carter

Use different basketball offensive alignments to cause confusion for the other team.

— Hubie Brown

Every team that I've played on, I've either been the captain or co-captain.

— Julius Erving

At some point, I want to be able to run basketball camps in the city that I play for and going back…

— De'Aaron Fox

Back then every small town had a gym, and if itseated more than 2,000 then we'd be interested in playing in it.

— Bob Cousy

I learned so much from Sue about the Xs and Os of the game of basketball.

— Pat Summitt

People think that I'm some tough renegade, black-hearted being, evil, but that ain't me.

— Allen Iverson

I keep all my trash talk to basketball. I don't ever go after anybody.

— Austin Rivers

Obstacles cannot bend me. Every obstacle yields to effort.

— Leonardo da Vinci