Every time that I've won a championship I've looked at my guys around me and looked at their work ethic and said… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
If you don't feel you have something to prove every day, you'll never improve — Billy Donovan Copy Share Image
I play basketball. I need a jersey and I need some shorts that I feel comfortable in. I'm trying to hoop, not… — Brittney Griner Copy Share Image
Coaches who let a championship team back off from becoming a dynasty are cowards. — Pat Riley Copy Share Image
When you think about what the odds are to have four boys to not only be able to follow in the footsteps… — Rick Barry Copy Share Image
I grabbed 19 rebounds in my first professional game, and somehow found a way to score 20 points. I felt real good… — Julius Erving Copy Share Image
I grew up on basketball, volleyball, that sort of thing. For me, track and field was a whole 'nother beast. — Stephan James Copy Share Image
Pressure is something you feel when you do not know what you are doing. — Chuck Noll Copy Share Image
I was taller than most of the kids. When I started playing basketball, my coach put me at point guard. Europeans do… — Vlade Divac Copy Share Image
To me basketball is secondary. I had to really fight for my life. I almost died over this game. — Jeff Green Copy Share Image
Basketball teams, after the perfunctory lay-up drill, fall into the crowded isolation and personal style of 10 city kids shooting at the… — Ted Solotaroff Copy Share Image
I first met Jim Valvano in the 1980s when he was a frequent guest on our CNN 'Coaches Corner' show based in… — Craig Sager Copy Share Image
I just want to say, 'Nice job,' but now let the professional take over. There can only be one me. Uno más… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
My advice to teens is to try and do something that scares you every day because it's the only way you can… — Zac Efron Copy Share Image
We're all smart enough to figure out Xs and Os - it's basketball, it's not advanced calculus. But the most important thing… — J. B. Bickerstaff Copy Share Image
The competitive spirit of basketball is slowly leaking out. Taking pride in one-on-one defense is slowly leaking out. It's more about selling… — DeMarcus Cousins Copy Share Image
The two ingredients in success in basketball are playing hard and playing intelligently. — Pete Carril Copy Share Image
Going overseas and playing a different style of basketball and the way the European game is played. You can bring stuff from… — Austin Reaves Copy Share Image
I think as men begin to see things that address them, they will feel that they can relate. They can't relate to… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
I mean, I'm 6-foot-11, I've got red hair, freckles, I'm a goofy, nerdy-looking guy, I've got a speech impediment-I stutter and stammer… — Bill Walton Copy Share Image
We had a hoop in our backyard. My dad, my mother, my brother played, just playing around. I picked up a basketball… — Lauri Markkanen Copy Share Image
Sometimes, you follow your dreams. I say to the young people, 'If you have a dream, chase it.' — Karl Malone Copy Share Image
It's t'ai chi every time. I'm using your positive energy, and I'm blowing off it. See, most guys can't push, they got… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
I'm ecstatic that I had the opportunity to play in the American Basketball Association. It was an opportunity to be part of… — Mel Daniels Copy Share Image
You've got to learn the footwork, the positioning, how to box out, how to pass, how to shoot your free throws. All… — Oscar Robertson Copy Share Image
“belligerent, bellowing partisans, the astute man with the curly blond hair and the jocular, no-discipline approach to running a team was shouting… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
There is no substitution for hustle, and if you don't hustle there will be substitution — Tex Winter Copy Share Image
If you really love something, you gonna do it until you can't do it no more. And that's how I feel about… — Stephen Jackson Copy Share Image
I think anything's possible for me with my attitude and my desire to want to get better every single day as a… — Avery Bradley Copy Share Image
We sure didn't play great, but we played hard. And I can live with that. — Don Meyer Copy Share Image
When it came to basketball, I was a fanatic. I started to focus solely on basketball the summer before my freshman year… — Mike D'Antoni Copy Share Image
