I'm not playing this game just to be a good basketball player. I want to be one of the greatest to ever… — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Copy Share Image
To me basketball is secondary. I had to really fight for my life. I almost died over this game. — Jeff Green Copy Share Image
The best part is if you dunk on someone at home and they show it on the replay! — Blake Griffin Copy Share Image
Their unselfishness, the way they play and their poise factor. When you never panic, that's a great sign. — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
Everybody plays basketball in D.C. Not on a team. Just around the way. Anywhere. I actually loved basketball. — Ginuwine Copy Share Image
I'm a firm believer in goal setting. Step by step. I can't see any other way of accomplishing anything. — Michael Jordan Copy Share Image
Basketball is the axis that allows me to do the things that I do. I have so much love for the game,… — Russell Westbrook Copy Share Image
Being a thicker post player, and being someone who grew up with self-confidence issues, it's pretty empowering that I've been chosen as… — Liz Cambage Copy Share Image
When my time on earth is done and my activities here are past, I want them to bury me upside down, so… — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
Nature, God, Buddha - someone has given me this health. I can break dance still; I can run; I can play basketball.… — James Hong Copy Share Image
Cooper was my road roommate, and also happened to be the first African American player drafted by a National Basketball Association team. — Bob Cousy Copy Share Image
I apologize for being the voice of reason here, but this sports fan has almost zero interest in seeing women dunk a… — Jason Whitlock Copy Share Image
When I come home, it's about my kid, who needs to eat, needs to do homework, and needs to get to basketball.… — Taraji P. Henson Copy Share Image
There are pictures of me holding a basketball before I could even walk or talk. I feel like it's something that I've… — Caris LeVert Copy Share Image
The '80s was brand new. It was AIDS. It was gangbanging. It was starting to become big dope-dealing, and crack was starting… — Ice Cube Copy Share Image
I think school is very important and I personally had a great experience at North Carolina, which helped shape me as a… — Michael Jordan Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I played basketball religiously. I begged my mom to get me voice lessons because I wanted to… — Justin Timberlake Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The thing about playing basketball in Houston was we had a great coach, great system, and we had guys that believed in… — Robert Horry Copy Share Image
I look at basketball as like a storm. But it's the eye of the storm. The calmest place of it is to… — Marcus Smart Copy Share Image
But I have to say this in defense of humankind: In no matter what era in history, including the Garden of Eden,… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“It's the worst of your sins, hating basketball when you're so damn good at it.” — Trinity Faegen Copy Share Image
I get bored with working out, so I'm more into playing sports like soccer and basketball. — Mischa Barton Copy Share Image
People think I'm soft and bailed out on basketball. But it was five knee surgeries. — Penny Hardaway Copy Share Image
I'm just a basketball player. There's so much I can do on the floor. — DeMarcus Cousins Copy Share Image
I like to watch college basketball, high school - don't matter who it is. — Kevin Knox Copy Share Image
The only thing on my mind right now is trying to win the whole thing. — LeBron James Copy Share Image
Only praise behavior that you want to be repeated. Never use false praise. — Dean Smith Copy Share Image
You can pick captains, but you can't pick leaders. Whoever controls the locker room controls the team — Don Meyer Copy Share Image
In a team sport like basketball, every time you help somebody else, you help yourself. — Pete Carril Copy Share Image
Soccer was actually my first love, but eventually, basketball took that over. — Sue Bird Copy Share Image
I lived my life one way for 35 years, for me. And then the focus came in on what I really was. — Pete Maravich Copy Share Image
