If I asked you something about basketball and you don't really know about basketball and you try to talk it and fake… — Chamillionaire Copy Share Image
To be able to play in Phoenix, to have it all come full circle, from where I started playing basketball to be… — Marvin Bagley III Copy Share Image
You look at the skills involved, especially with things like lateral movement or change of direction, and there's definitely a strong correlation… — Greg Olsen Copy Share Image
Going into a game against Lew Alcindor [later Kareem Abdul-Jabbar] is like going into a knife fight and finding there's no blade… — Bill Fitch Copy Share Image
I started playing ball when I was 13 and a half. Before that, I just wanted to play football and baseball but… — Moses Malone Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
My dad never really played basketball, but now he's my biggest critic. I come home, and he says: 'Why didn't you shoot… — Dirk Nowitzki Copy Share Image
I begged my mom for a beat machine, she spent a crazy amount of money - so there were no more Christmases,… — J. Cole Copy Share Image
And the trouble with me is that my ego just can't accept a loss. I suppose that if I were more perfectly… — Vince Lombardi Copy Share Image
I grew up in Arkansas and that's the law. My dad was a high school basketball coach, so I was raised as… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
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Baseball is like cricket, and I grew up in a country where they had cricket. So I understand cricket, soccer and basketball.… — Patrick Soon-Shiong Copy Share Image
I said it before we arrived in Athens, that we wanted to prove to the world that our bronze medal in Sweden… — Gianluca Basile Copy Share Image
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I was president of the schools in junior high and high school, got a scholarship to New York University, played a little… — Louis Gossett, Jr Copy Share Image
From nobody to upstart. From upstart to contender. From contender to winner. From winner to champion. From champion to Dynasty. — Pat Riley Copy Share Image
Steph Curry is a great basketball player, but he's not Magic Johnson. And it'd be unfair to ask Steph Curry to be… — Mark Jackson Copy Share Image
Guys who might not be superstars but because of their hustle, because of the little things they do, these are the guys… — Dwyane Wade Copy Share Image
You can compare the retail business to basketball. You have to have a plan, you have to hustle, you have to rely… — Doug McMillon Copy Share Image
Look, I think you should promote the game, but I think you should make it what it ought to be. Not some… — Oscar Robertson Copy Share Image
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I have zero hand-eye coordination - zero - so I've never been good at softball, basketball, golf, things like that, but I'm… — Brooklyn Decker Copy Share Image
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I believe that if I committed to basketball, I could make an impact in the NBA. I now see football as my… — Julius Peppers Copy Share Image
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I just want to try to ignore the scrutiny and all the distractions and just play hard basketball and let the best… — Andrew Bogut Copy Share Image
I play basketball for love and money, and they come in interchangeable order, depending on how things are going when you ask… — Tom Heinsohn Copy Share Image
Since I've been a part of this league, I can't recall when they've actually made rules that have actually helped to improve… — B. J. Armstrong Copy Share Image
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The hardest thing for a basketball player to do is dribble two really hard dribbles. You are flying, and then pull up… — John Calipari Copy Share Image
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