Basketball Quotes

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

— Steve Nash

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…

— Masai Ujiri

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

— Pat Summitt

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

— Shaquille O'Neal

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

— John Wooden

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

— Jamira Robinson

It's similar to basketball: when you go to different gyms and win or lose, you learn something new. So when kids get…

— Andre Iguodala

If a Coach is determined to stay in the coaching profession, he will develop from year to year. This much is true,…

— Adolph Rupp

And I want to do it the right way, like everybody else, not just a famous figurehead that gets a job because…

— Shaquille O'Neal

Well, you can certainly teach free-throwing. And you can teach the boys to pass at angles and run in curves. - University…

— Darryl Dawkins

Practice to beat the best.

— Dick Bennett

I'm a competitive person. I love the game of basketball. I'm a gym rat.

— Paul Pierce

I am both humbled and honored to receive the Honda Sports Award for women's basketball.

— Brittney Griner

What I've talked about the entire series and throughout this playoffs is about intensity and effort, desire and will of our players.

— Bill Laimbeer

When I hit bottom, I can attack the problem and get to where I want to be.

— Dennis Rodman

I told our guys they must not have cable because Antoine Walker knows how to play, Derek Anderson can play, Shandon Anderson…

— Shaquille O'Neal

Something I like to do a lot is just sit by water when there’s a current and just stare into the water.…

— Iggy Pop

What's going on in my life, I never bring it to the basketball court.

— Kemba Walker

I just started growing. And everyone said, 'You should probably play basketball.' So I said, 'All right. I'll give it a shot.'

— Anthony Bennett

You know, I think more people should watch women's basketball. It'd do so much for the game.

— Kevin Durant

Basketball is a game of sacrificing yourself for the next guy, being a team that takes good shots, and taking the right…

— David Blatt

There are only two options regarding commitment; you’re either in or you’re out.

— Pat Riley

The only thing that matters in college basketball is going to the Final Four.

— Jim Boeheim

I have seen countless people make a choice to be confident. If you don't naturally feel bold and confident, you can choose…

— Richard DeVos