Basketball Quotes · Page 90

I think I'm a crazy competitor when it comes to basketball.

— Terry Rozier

I was the best basketball player, the only thing good in my hometown so everybody did everything for me.

— Stephen Jackson

You can't simulate playing basketball no matter how much working out you do.

— Danny Green

Creativity can be learned like basketball, which does not mean we will all be NBA stars.

— Edward de Bono

If I'm not playing basketball, I'm reading or thinking of stories I can create.

— Robin Lopez

I just don't want to get used to feeling this feeling, you know, losing basketball games.

— Carmelo Anthony

Villanova basketball is all about being the hardest workers.

— Josh Hart

That's how we like to play basketball, is be physical down there in the paint and force teams to the perimeter.

— Bill Laimbeer

Basketball, unlike football with its prescribed routes, is an improvisational game, similar to jazz. If someone drops a note, someone else must…

— Phil Jackson

My first ballet class was on a basketball court. I'm in my gym clothes and my socks trying to do this thing…

— Misty Copeland

For us, as hoopers and as basketball players, doesn't matter the scenario, the scene. True hoopers and true basketball players are going…

— Paul Millsap

I don't take anything personal. I just have a certain file in my head, so Earthlings must be careful with what they…

— Shaquille O'Neal

When I was young, I didn't watch basketball, but I watched 'Space Jam' with Michael Jordan so he was my favorite player.

— Rudy Gobert

It's intense in every sport. No matter what, USC vs. UCLA is crazy. Especially when it comes down to football and basketball,…

— Akeem Ayers

Seeing the evolution of myself - being a rookie, doing different things in the community, growing as a basketball player, different fashions…

— Dillon Brooks

Most people who are healthy, and I'm healthy, can't even live my life. Trust me. I get up 530-6 every morning. I'm…

— Magic Johnson

I think everyone that's from Cleveland knows exactly where they were when the Cleveland Cavaliers won the NBA Finals. I was filming…

— The Miz

When I announced my retirement, that was actually when I was trying to come back and I realized, it just wasn't viable.…

— Forrest Griffin

I'm one of those people who can't watch themselves do anything. I could never watch myself wrestle. I've probably watched a handful…

— Kevin Nash

I had a lot of fun playing football and basketball, but deep down, the chess match or cat-and-mouse game between the pitcher…

— Aaron Judge

My dad took me to a high school basketball game and this very, very famous coach in Michigan, by the name of…

— Tony Dungy

Tim Thomas is about excuses. It's always somebody else's fault. He said I was jealous? He should thank me for helping him…

— Sam Cassell

When I travel around the globe, I try as hard as I can to represent the NBA and the game of basketball…

— Dikembe Mutombo

After I made it to the NBA, I said that I didn't want to be the last player from Africa. After my…

— Dikembe Mutombo

Stay out of the gentlemen's clubs. Get a lot of rest. Just have fun and relax and stay focused.

— Shaquille O'Neal

It's second nature. You just get out there and play basketball.

— Paul Millsap

Football comes naturally to me, but basketball is a challenge, that's why I like it so much.

— Tony Gonzalez

My city was very basketball-minded so I was born playing basketball and I didn't like playing soccer that much.

— Manu Ginobili

I was probably the best cherry picker in the history of African basketball. I got so many dunks, it was crazy.

— Masai Ujiri

It's not what you tell your players that counts. It's what they hear.

— Red Auerbach

I grew up drumming but had to put it on the back burner because of basketball.

— Tucker Halpern

I wouldn't. I would just go home. I'd fake an injury or something.

— Shaquille O'Neal

I don't ever want to grow up. I guess I'm like Peter Pan. Grown-ups have problems. I want to stay happy.

— Shaquille O'Neal

I used to be a pretty good player back in the day. But I don't play basketball too much anymore.

— Fabolous

I told my wife when I was rolling up, I felt like the president.

— Shaquille O'Neal

Someday I might have to put down a basketball and have a regular 9-to-5 like everybody else.

— Shaquille O'Neal

Well-coached teams are never surprised; they can adapt to anything they see.

— Jack Ramsay

Everyone B*tch*n About Football & Im Like ''Whens Basketball Start Again?

— SoftballStrong12

Nervous means you want to play. Scared means you don't want to play.

— Sherman Alexie

As players see themselves getting better through skill sessions, they will want to get in the gym more

— Billy Donovan