Basketball Quotes · Page 89

I worked in Ann Arbor for two years, covering Michigan football and basketball in the early 1990s.

— Jason Whitlock

I don't know when, or how, but I feel it: Basketball will come back to Seattle.

— Shawn Kemp

Pressure can burst a pipe, or pressure can make a diamond.

— Robert Horry

I wake up every day doing what I love to do. I love to play basketball.

— Jaylen Brown

Failure, to me, is not having the desire to try. Having the desire to try is in it own way success.

— Bobby Knight

The strength of my Princeton teams has always been attitude, intelligence and discipline.

— Pete Carril

Basketball is like Religion. Many attend but few understand.

— Scott Skiles

I didn't know basketball was going to be the outcome for me after school.

— George Hill

We had more great times than bad times together, but they've moved on, I've moved on. I have a new team now…

— Shaquille O'Neal

My dream was always to be in the NBA. I just happened to be better at tennis in high school. But I…

— Gordon Hayward

I grew up dreaming about being an Olympic basketball player: Doug Collins getting smashed into the stanchion, making two free throws. Phil…

— Jeff Van Gundy

We need to think about women's basketball like the stock market: it grows over time, and you have to put something in…

— Dawn Staley

Butch, you come from DeWitt Clinton. There are five thousand brothers in that school. You're the best there. You've been all-city two…

— Al McGuire

I'd heard stuff from out there that I was just another player, that I was too young. I wanted to show I…

— Shaquille O'Neal

I never let our players get satisfied, I never let our Coaches get satisfied, I was never satisfied. We can always do…

— John Wooden

I don't play basketball as good as I used to and I hate losing, so I'd rather not be seen in public…

— Cam'ron

It was a great place to grow up. There were always kids around in our neighborhood. We had a basketball hoop in…

— Eli Manning

As a general, and as a leader of this team, whatever I've got to do get my guys going I'll do it…

— Shaquille O'Neal

I had played on the police athletic league, but my father had a unique thing, he always said, 'Before you start going…

— B. J. Armstrong

“How did I bridge the gap from depression to elation? Well, I worked hard at improving all aspects of my game. I…

— Walt Frazier

I would not be in the NFL, 100 percent, if it wasn't for basketball. I probably wouldn't be where I am without…

— Adam Thielen

Playoff basketball isn't about who scores, stats or putting numbers up on the board. It's just about winning at the end of…

— Lou Williams

What basketball expresses is what jazz expresses. Certain cultural predispositions to make art. All African-American art has a substratum, or baseline, of…

— John Edgar Wideman

The goal in life is the same as in basketball: make the effort to do the best you are capable of doing--in…

— John Wooden

It will take time to adapt, but I think I can handle it.

— Yao Ming

I am deeply indebted to Georgetown University and the basketball program for all they have done for me.

— Roy Hibbert

If you look up the definition of greatness in the dictionary, it will say Michael Jordan.

— Elgin Baylor

I'm pretty much able to play any style. I'm not here to demand 40 or 50 shots. But I would like 30.

— Shaquille O'Neal

I'm attacking the basket more. Because I'm more comfortable on the line, that's an area I want to get to.

— Tim Duncan

Your ability to communicate to your young people will determine your success.

— Jim Harrick

I'm a season kind of guy - not the preseason but the regular season.

— Shaquille O'Neal

I don't see anybody, in any conference, that can shut me down. Any conference, anywhere in the world.

— Shaquille O'Neal

It's hard when your father's the coach. Sometimes you don't know where one leaves off and the other begins.

— Pete Maravich

The day I stopped worrying about stats is the day I started winning

— Shaquille O'Neal

My whole thing is, if you love me, then love me. If you don't, then believe what you hear and run with…

— Allen Iverson

You know, I'm just 6'9" and 260. And just so happen to be very good at playing the game of basketball.

— LeBron James

I'm a big sports guy - golf, tennis, baseball, basketball, snowboarding - and I love games.

— Jason Dohring

There was nothing magical that the coaching staff did. This is about the players.

— Bill Laimbeer

We might make a lot of money but, we also spend a lot of money.

— Patrick Ewing

I like my sex the way I play basketball, one on one with as little dribbling as possible.

— Leslie Nielsen