Playing basketball Quotes · Page 5

If you don't get cut up once in a while, you're playing basketball the wrong way.

— Fred VanVleet

I love playing basketball. And to be able to continue to play as a job, that's the best to me.

— Draymond Green

I left my home when I was 13 years old, I was a professional at 17, and I've been playing basketball since.

— Jose Calderon

I couldn't imagine not playing basketball. To me, basketball is what life is all about.

— Bill Walton

The two ingredients in success in basketball are playing hard and playing intelligently.

— Pete Carril

I really want to start playing basketball. I actually bought a new basketball.

— Kim Gordon

I had 30 years of playing basketball and I came through it unscathed.

— Robert Parish

It's better to have a good player with the basketball in late game situations than to have plays.

— Rick Pitino

I grew up in the '80s in an era that was tough. The Pistons, Celtics, Knicks, Charles Oakley, Anthony Mason. It wasn't…

— Matt Barnes

I always was that person who was hard on myself and challenged myself no matter what I was doing, whether it was…

— Kendrick Lamar

My favorite part about playing basketball is a chance to play with other people, be in that team atmosphere and have a…

— Al Horford

I grew up playing basketball in the inner city of Seattle, and by the time I was a senior, I earned a…

— Phil Heath

If it's about working out and playing basketball, I'm one of the best in the world to do it - at least…

— Chris Bosh

We make a living playing basketball. You don't have to be a tough guy or a hard-ass to play this sport. You…

— Chris Bosh

Our main thing was playing basketball and just trying to win games. Doing that was a representation of who you are and…

— Muggsy Bogues

College for me was a blur. I was there for six months max. Just living that whole college experience. It was super…

— Kelly Oubre, Jr

“If I am playing basketball in heaven, does that imply a physical location of a heaven containing physical basketballs? Who makes the…

— Anonymous

When you see the kids playing basketball you see how big the sport is, you see how beautiful the sport is.

— Juancho Hernangomez

I don't think I've ever been doing one thing at a time. The only time I'm doing one thing at a time…

— De'Aaron Fox

Fatherhood will put a man through a lot, but it's a tremendous job, the best in the world - even better than…

— Derek Fisher

I'm playing basketball. It's my dream job. So I'm a pretty happy camper.

— Iman Shumpert

They said playing basketball would kill me. Well, not playing basketball was killing me.

— Magic Johnson

It wasn't about the money. I was just playing basketball, playing with my brother, happy being in the NBA.

— Markieff Morris

You can do all of the conditioning that you want, it's not the same as playing basketball.

— De'Aaron Fox

When it comes to playing basketball, I'm always last to be picked and in some cases never picked at all.

— Skeelo

Back in 2011, I was kind of shy. I wasn't as good because that was the year, also, when I started playing basketball.

— Joel Embiid

Since I first started playing basketball, I have just loved it, and nothing has ever made me lose that love.

— Ashley Graham

I think I could've been successful in most any sport I put my mind to. But I've never regretted playing only basketball.

— John Havlicek

Anytime you're playing basketball, and you have a coach who you have to respect, you've got to be very disciplined.

— Romeo Miller

There are a lot of people out there that you can touch their heart by playing basketball.

— Jared Dudley

I really want to start playing basketball. Basketball and ping-pong are my two forms of exercise.

— Kim Gordon

I leave everything in God's hands and continue to work on playing basketball.

— Stephen Jackson

Yoga's hard for me, but I know you can really feel the difference when you do it consistently. I'd rather be playing…

— Chris Noth

If you're playing basketball with someone who's better than you, you have to get better or else it's no fun

— Jason Behr

It drives me crazy when guys making $30 million are complaining about playing basketball two days in a row.

— Charles Barkley

Basketball is a beautiful game when the five players on the court play with one heartbeat.

— Dean Smith

After I got done playing basketball, I needed a competitive outlet.

— Brian Shaw

I guess I enjoy my life. I'm in a very, very fortunate position and I enjoy playing basketball and I just enjoy…

— Joe Ingles

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

— Danny Green

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

— Manu Ginobili