Basketball Quotes · Page 180

A lot of people tried to convince me not to play basketball.

— John Wall

The worst day coaching is better than the best day doing anything else

— Don Meyer

Every play is not perfect but that's basketball.

— Marvin Bagley III

I think that to stop an offense, you must go to the heart of that offense. If it is a particular move,…

— Bobby Knight

All records are made to be broken.

— Anonymous

Basketball is my favorite sport, and I'm also a very passionate football fan.

— Abhishek Bachchan

Failure, to me, is not having the desire to try. Having the desire to try is in it own way success.

— Bobby Knight

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

This year we plan to run and shoot. Next season we hope to run and score.

— Billy Tubbs

I just go out there and play basketball. God's given me the ability. The only thing I can do is go out…

— Chamique Holdsclaw

As my great friend Aristotle said, 'If you cannot command, you must learn to listen.' I'm not the hierarchy here. I am…

— Shaquille O'Neal

“What Michelle didn’t yet know was that there is a vast difference between playing and leading. The point guard position in basketball…

— Pat Summitt

I played basketball, and I loved it. But I never thought of it seriously as being a professional.

— Jim Brown

Loyalty is a cohesive force that forges individuals into a team.

— John Wooden

If you ask somebody who played basketball against me in the first grade and you watch a tape, it's been with me…

— Avery Bradley

The Miami Heat has the best fans.

— Shaquille O'Neal

I graduated with about 23 people, so if you were the least bit athletic, you kind of had to play everything. So…

— Cole Swindell

I'm going to watch basketball regardless of whether I coach or watch it on TV.

— Metta World Peace

The Lakers fans have been great, even folks in the supermarket are welcoming me back!

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Football's another sport I absolutely despise. Along with baseball. Really, for me, basketball's the only real sport, the only one that matters.

— Stephen Graham Jones

“Want to go upstairs and play ball?" "Now, you're talking. Naked basketball. Always my favorite." "Loser gets fucked first." "Jesus, Thursday, every…

— Mercy Celeste

In order to achieve to achieve positive results, one must work for them, not hope for them

— Bobby Knight

I had to relearn myself and what I love outside of basketball and value things that weren't performance-based.

— Kelsey Plum

The Ten Commandments were not a suggestion.

— Pat Riley

In basketball, I always had a first step. A separation step. That works now, too.

— Antonio Gates