Basketball Quotes · Page 88

Push yourself to keep improving or you'll stay as close to the bottom as you are to the top

— John Wooden

I'm terrible at basketball. I have really small hands, and I can't control the ball.

— Amanda Knox

Hip-Hop itself, the culture, the way that it's going you could always see the effect that it has on basketball.

— Ryan Montgomery

I think I can do everything on the basketball floor. I just gotta be consistent in what I do.

— Brandon Ingram

Good defensive play is as much a matter of hustle, desire and pride as it is anything else.

— Tex Winter

I live in L.A., so I go to basketball games. But I love baseball.

— Penny Marshall

People who understand basketball definitely appreciate what I bring to the table.

— Tyson Chandler

The game of basketball is not played with throwing punches, throwing elbows.

— Mo Williams

I was a professional rehab/workout guy for four years. I wasn't even a basketball player - just a guy who got paid…

— Greg Oden

I grew up in Brixton as a young teenager playing basketball for the Brixton Topcats, which marked the beginning of my career.

— Luol Deng

My goal is to let people see who I am as a person, not just a basketball player. Many people see athletes…

— Blake Griffin

Each moment of my life I was dreaming of how great I could be, and continued working hard. Each time I closed…

— Kobe Bryant

To miss one year is a long time. I've never been in this situation before, and I'm getting as much information as…

— Yao Ming

Once I grew from 6'1' to about 6'6', by that time I was going into 12th grade, and that's when I started…

— Eric Williams

The first year was kind of hard for me. There was just too much attention, too much going on, and I really…

— Kristaps Porzingis

Hockey is a sport for white men. Basketball is a sport for black men. Golf is a sport for white men dressed…

— Tiger Woods

We're going to miss Damon. He was a great shooter. . . . He got what he wanted, but he gave up…

— Shaquille O'Neal

I thought that basketball and soccer were hard. And then I went to track practice. It's just running and running and running.…

— Sue Bird

I had an awful first quarter but I picked it up. To all you single guys out there, it's not how you…

— Shaquille O'Neal

When the NBA first resorted to it in 1979, I must admit I thought it was a circus rule, the equivalent of…

— Skip Bayless

I played Little League baseball, but I also played basketball. Basketball was my primary sport. When you play basketball seriously, a lot…

— Chadwick Boseman

I can't coach, but it's ok, it's my players fault, they're just not producing. I can't get on the court for them,…

— John Swickrath

When I played basketball, I spent hours On the court practicing. When i became a body-builder, I was in the gym all…

— Phil Heath

We have a simple rule for switching. Anytime there is movement over the top of a screen, there has to be an…

— Ralph Miller

Belief in yourself is what happens when you know you've done the thing things that entitle you to success.

— Pat Summitt

On females officiating in the NBA -Incompetence should not be confined to one sex.

— Bill Russell

Basketball was always something I felt I could dominate, something I could control.

— Metta World Peace

Whether it's college or WNBA, its basketball and the more you play the less you need to adjust.

— Diana Taurasi

The occasion is piled high with difficulty. We must rise to the occasion.

— Abraham Lincoln

I think I'm a basketball player before I'm a point guard or a shooting guard.

— Tyrese Haliburton

My dad played junior college basketball, and he always showed me clips of Michael Jordan.

— Aaron Judge

It's important for us, if we're going to be a good team, to be a good defensive team in the fourth quarter.

— Steve Nash

I love Oklahoma. The fans have been with me every night. What more can you ask for?

— Kevin Durant

I knew I was going to make one. I wanted to make two, but the first one rattled in and rattled right…

— Shaquille O'Neal

The best way to build team chemistry is the way Rupp used to substitute, when they fouled out.

— Dean Smith

Basketball is like society - you're going to have good and bad.

— Dwane Casey

Basketball movies don't really accentuate the flow of the game.

— Ben Howland

That's basketball, that's the NBA; it's a physical sport.

— Alex Caruso

My uncle was almost hit by a sniper while dropping his son at basketball practice.

— Toni Kukoc

I play the same, contract or no contract, because trade-talk is part of basketball.

— Luol Deng