Sometimes the basketball gods don't allow the ball to…

Basketball for me has always been a matter of rhythm - what you do bouncing the ball, how you bounce the ball, how you…

— Earl Monroe

When the effort is in question, the ball goes in different directions and the ball doesn't always bounce your way. When you're playing in…

— Ray Allen

Not a lot of players fight to get the ball. When they see it bounce whatever way, they don't give the extra effort to…

— Marvin Bagley III

Sometimes the ball isn't always going to bounce your way. But you've got to find a way to affect the game.

— Eric Bledsoe

It doesn't matter if it's game one or game 82, playoffs or whatever. Sometimes the basketball gods don't play in your favor that night.

— Karl-Anthony Towns

Shaq is pretty mischievous and playful. But he was a great vet to me. He always talked about the big-man alliance and the basketball…

— Robin Lopez

I think the basketball gods will get you every time if you start trying to mess with the game. You've got to take what…

— Dwane Casey

The basketball gods are real.

— Austin Reaves

I don't look at myself as a basketball coach. I look at myself as a leader who happens to coach basketball.

— Mike Krzyzewski

There is no doubt in my mind and I know in my time, there will be a Canadian basketball player playing for Toronto Raptors, 100%

— Masai Ujiri

I failed, I think, seven [or] eight times before I finally got my first [championship]. It was just, you know, just about me growing…

— Shaquille O'Neal

I learned so much from Sue about the Xs and Os of the game of basketball.

— Pat Summitt

Basketball isn't just a sport to me ; it's my ecstasy !

— Jamira Robinson

It's not how big you are, it's how big you play

— John Wooden

We love playing together and we love adversity. You know, back-to-back, the two best teams in the East.

— Steve Nash