My goal was just to try and be the best player on my high school team, and look where I am now.… — Larry Bird Copy Share Image
I owe all of this to the guys I've played with and all the coaches that have helped me get to where… — Allen Iverson Copy Share Image
If I get on the golf course, my basketball game is a direct reflection of how many rounds of golf I can… — Andre Iguodala Copy Share Image
I was always a tomboy. I always wanted to be around the boys, always wanted to play sports - basketball, football, kickball,… — Young M.A Copy Share Image
One of the first lessons one learns is that the mind is a powerful factor in everything you do, including those exercises… — Joe Hyams Copy Share Image
The fundamentals of the game are the same wherever you go: pass, dribble, shoot, defend, rebound, screen, play hard and together — Terry Stotts Copy Share Image
Now, the mistakes that I made with my other two sons, Penny and Kobe, I won't make with D-Wade. We can't let… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
If a farmer and his family can get up at 5:30 every morning to milk cows, surly we can get up at… — Don Meyer Copy Share Image
The MVP award was very satisfying in terms of personal accomplishments, but the championship was the most important thing of all. — Bob Cousy Copy Share Image
Yeah. When I was in high school I used to do stupid video edits. I would hook-up two VCRs or three VCRs… — Jesse Lacey Copy Share Image
I played team sport as a kid and loved it. I played basketball and football throughout high school into college in the… — Tom Watson Copy Share Image
I love Milwaukee, I love the fans, the city - it works hard, I work hard and I've always done that since… — Thon Maker Copy Share Image
But the point of using the number was to show that sex was a great part of my life as basketball was… — Wilt Chamberlain Copy Share Image
I really cherish everything that basketball brings; and I think, for me, it's been a great ride and I'm not done yet. — Stephen Curry Copy Share Image
I was a skinny, scrawny guy. I stuttered horrendously, couldn't speak at all. I was a very shy, reserved player and a… — Bill Walton Copy Share Image
Son, my name isn't Knight to you, it's Coach Knight or it's Mr. Knight. I don't call people by their last name… — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
I would never recruit a player who yells at his teammates, disrespected his high school coach, or scores 33 points a game… — Dean Smith Copy Share Image
Memphis is a basketball town, but we're not viewed that way on the national map. Maybe it's because the Grizzlies aren't on… — Mike Conley Jr Copy Share Image
That was just my own personal program: I didn't want to get too high over the good moments because I didn't want… — Julius Erving Copy Share Image
Because I grew up with a drill sergeant in my life, I respect order and it really gave me the discipline to… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
I don't try to get players emotionally up for a game; it creates too many peaks and valleys... I strive for even… — Denny Crum Copy Share Image
Losing a basketball game hurts but when you see what you've been through, you look on it and say well if this… — LeBron James Copy Share Image
When I was young, I was sold on winning. I was always serious on the court. As I got older, I realized… — Carmelo Anthony Copy Share Image
I think I started learning lessons about being a good person long before I ever knew what basketball was. And that starts… — Julius Erving Copy Share Image
My game is evolving, my basketball bag, whatever they say, my repertoire of playing defense, pushing the ball on offense, being a… — Alex Caruso Copy Share Image
I feel like if you play basketbal, you should want to improve all the time. You should never feel like you don't… — Avery Bradley Copy Share Image
It's just something I've always loved to do: talk basketball. It's easy for me to give my perspective, my analyst approach to… — Paul Pierce Copy Share Image
Sam Jones and I, neither one of us were point guards, but we played the backcourt a lot together because we were… — John Havlicek Copy Share Image
Covering women's college basketball means covering women's college basketball: the ups, the downs, the surprises, the disappointments, the old rivalries, the new… — Dawn Staley Copy Share Image
I would love to see Flip get back into the league. I think he can definitely still coach in this league. I… — Kevin Garnett Copy Share Image
There's definitely more to life than just basketball. You can touch, interact, talk to a lot more people and do a lot… — Jrue Holiday Copy Share Image
One player's selfish attitude can poison a locker room and make it hard, if not impossible, to establish team work — Dean Smith Copy Share Image
It's basketball. This is great. How do you get scars from something you love? You can get some regrets, 'I wish I… — Mike D'Antoni Copy Share Image
I would tell players to relax and never think about what's at stake. Just think about the basketball game. If you start… — Michael Jordan Copy Share Image
I'm going to continue to be the defensive player that my team needs me to be and the real basketball people will… — DeAndre Jordan Copy Share Image
David Stern should get with the mothers of the NBA and let the moms decide what the dress code should be. I… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
I played a lot of sports and it's the plays in basketball that weren't worked out that are the ones that are… — Dave Brubeck Copy Share Image
I know people know how good I am playing basketball... All I do is just use it as motivation: keep getting better,… — John Wall Copy Share Image
I remember playing in a tournament when at home we didn't have light, because my mom spent her last money on my… — Allen Iverson Copy Share Image
Flip's a player's coach, and I do know one thing, he motivates better than anybody I know. His system is very oriented… — Kevin Garnett Copy Share Image
