Basketball Quotes · Page 83

I'm not under any pressure. I'm just a kid having fun playing basketball.

— O. J. Mayo

My days shouldn't be hard because I'm doing what I'm doing and that's playing basketball.

— Derrick Rose

I love Miami: great town, always loved it, a great place to play basketball.

— Chris Bosh

Basketball is a game. Baseball is a religion. Baseball is American.

— Jerry Reinsdorf

What you are as a person is far more important that what you are as a basketball player.

— John Wooden

My dreams were only basketball - I never wanted to buy a house or anything, it was just about basketball.

— Austin Reaves

Players who are late say that their time is more important than the team.

— Don Meyer

I've always tried to have fun when I go out and play basketball.

— Brook Lopez

Honestly, I hated Dirk growing up. As I got older and wiser, obviously I was really able to appreciate his greatness as…

— Julius Randle

My mom is a big sports fans. Basketball, football, baseball, whatever. She calls into sports radio shows and gets into shouting matches,…

— Chris Hardwick

There were great European players that were great basketball players that did not make it in the NBA... This is the best…

— Masai Ujiri

Effective leadership is the only competitive advantage that will endure. That's because leadership has two sides- what a person is character and…

— Stephen Covey

When time is running out and the score is close, most players are thinking, I don't want to be the one to…

— Jerry West

Any professional basketball player should make 75 percent of his free throw attempts. There is no excuse for a pro failing to…

— John Havlicek

You tell your players all the time: 'Be part of the solution, not part of the problem.' I think I'm in a…

— Tom Izzo

You never want to see anybody get hurt... but if you've ever played basketball before you've probably sprained your ankle so that…

— Joe Harris

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

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

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

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

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

The transition was difficult. It's hard to stop something that you've enjoyed and that has been very rewarding.

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

The 'mecca of college basketball is in Storrs, Connecticut.

— Jim Nantz

Basketball isn't just a sport. It is an art, one that must be mastered to succeed.

— Stephen Curry

We don't have selfish guys here, which sometimes leads to problems.

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Herb Brown is like a basketball icon. What's the saying - he's forgotten more than I'll ever know.

— David Fizdale

This is the thing you dream about when you're a kid, even before getting into the league.

— Allen Iverson

I had always wanted to see Europe, and what better way to see it than to spend a year there playing basketball?

— Mike D'Antoni

I'm glad I stayed in school four years. It matured me as a man and as a basketball player.

— Josh Howard

Why can't you be both? Why can't I be on the basketball team but also be the student president?

— Donovan Mitchell

We knew he was a basketball player, but we saw him as our dad.

— Domantas Sabonis

Since I left basketball, and my wife, it's been a glorious feast of lovemaking.

— Rick Fox

I played basketball, and I loved it. But I never thought of it seriously as being a professional.

— Jim Brown

“Business is a basketball game. The more tricks you know, the more points you score.”

— Ehab Atalla

In high school, I had size and I had raw potential, but as a basketball player I was hot garbage.

— Channing Frye

The NBA has the best point guards in the world, so it is important that I come ready to play every night.

— Steve Nash

My players on defense must have a hand-up on every shot. If not, they run sprints.

— Rick Majerus