I tell young players who want to be coaches, who think they can put up with all the headaches and heartaches, can… — Bear Bryant Copy Share Image
Basketball is one of those rare opportunities where you can make a difference, not only for yourself, but for other people as… — Bill Walton Copy Share Image
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I wanted to be a football player. Football is a sport that I love, but the more I started playing basketball, the… — Dwyane Wade Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be a Sixer. My dad was a Sixers' fan. I never wanted to leave. I wanted to start… — Allen Iverson Copy Share Image
That's all my brother and I do, talk basketball, and I'd like to think I bring some of that casual quality with… — Kenny Smith Copy Share Image
The NBA is a big family, and I think of all these rookies as my brothers. I still believe I am blue… — Yao Ming Copy Share Image
The basketball skills I have, I've got because I work hard. When you work hard, I think you don't have to be… — Peja Stojakovic Copy Share Image
Somebody asked me about this the other day. A young Shaq and a young Penny, the young Shaq's going to take over.… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
I'm from Denver, and basketball there isn't near what it is out in Chicago or Detroit or L.A. There weren't that many… — Chauncey Billups Copy Share Image
I am looking forward to continue my career in Orange & Blue and to work with Phil Jackson, a champion who builds… — Carmelo Anthony Copy Share Image
I'm not chasing championships. Championship's chasing us. I'm not doing that. I want my players to be better people once they leave… — Kevin Ollie Copy Share Image
I've decided to listen to my doctors and get the procedure I need on my knee. USA Basketball said I had to… — Dwyane Wade Copy Share Image
Meditation practice is like piano scales, basketball drills, ballroom dance class. Practice requires discipline; it can be tedious; it is necessary. After… — Elizabeth Lesser Copy Share Image
I want to hold onto that because I think every kid when they dream about playing basketball, they don't dream about being… — Chris Bosh Copy Share Image
It's a really weird mindset to kind of try to take my mentality on the basketball court and bring it here on… — Stephen Curry Copy Share Image
What if everyone who loved women's basketball took the time every day to say or tweet just one thing about the game?… — Dawn Staley Copy Share Image
You can make all the excuses you want, but if you're not mentally tough and you're not prepared to play every night,… — Larry Bird Copy Share Image
You know me, I play basketball. I just try to take care of that part, make sure I'm ready coming into the… — Dion Waiters Copy Share Image
If the NBA were on channel 5 and a bunch of frogs making love were on channel 4, I'd watch the frogs,… — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
It's LeBron's team. He's the captain. This is the time in my career where I can fit in. I'm now in the… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
We [ me and brother] wanted to win at things like basketball games or baseball games, but off the field we never… — Bengie Molina Copy Share Image
I made a ridiculous statement when I first went to North Carolina State. I said I know basketball down there was like… — Jim Valvano Copy Share Image
We would have two less championships here if it was not for Manu Ginobili. In my eyes, he's the stud of the… — Gregg Popovich Copy Share Image
If you go to a Liberty game, they're fun basketball games to go to. But I'll be damned if I know how… — James L. Dolan Copy Share Image
I'm not just a dumb basketball player who got lucky and graduated from college. My ratio for professor to student was nine-to-one… — C. J. McCollum Copy Share Image
When people ask me now if I miss coaching UCLA basketball games, the national championships, the attention, the trophies, and everything that… — John Wooden Copy Share Image
If you put it in perspective, I loved basketball before I loved everything else, you know what I mean? Before I had… — Jamal Crawford Copy Share Image
If he wants to get that next contract, he's going to have to go to the New York Athletic Club three times… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
I might be the most injured athlete in the history of sports. I've had 31 operations. An endless string of stress fractures. — Bill Walton Copy Share Image
One thing my dad always told me, was he would make sure I always had what he didn't have. He couldn't play… — Robert Griffin III Copy Share Image
The key to coaching is not what you do, but the way you do it. The intangibles, the motivational parts of the… — Rick Pitino Copy Share Image
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I want her to understand that it's going to be a factor in her life. I just want her to know that… — Charles Barkley Copy Share Image
Going to Kentucky... it's not really a college experience. You go there for basketball. You get your studies together, but then after… — Tyler Herro Copy Share Image
I tell people, I don't play women's basketball, I play basketball. Putting the 'women's' next to it shouldn't be an asterisk, like… — Kelsey Plum Copy Share Image
Basketball for me has always been a matter of rhythm - what you do bouncing the ball, how you bounce the ball,… — Earl Monroe Copy Share Image
When you come off a losing season - one of the worst seasons in all of basketball - and get guys like… — Paul Pierce Copy Share Image
I wasn't drafted. I was just playing really good basketball, enjoying playing basketball with my national team and never really thought: 'I… — Jose Calderon Copy Share Image
I've been an athlete that's sort of in advance; always thinking. After basketball I'd love to have my own radio show, my… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
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