Basketball Quotes · Page 5

Basketball is basketball.

— Oscar Robertson

I like women's basketball.

— Kevin Durant

We can always do it better.

— Don Meyer

You get what you tolerate!

— Anonymous

Basketball is me.

— Kenny Smith

Practice to beat the best.

— Dick Bennett

Play the game with a smile.

— Earl Monroe

Basketball isn't my job.

— Michael Jordan

I'm going to always be a Sixer til I die.

— Allen Iverson

Basketball is my safe haven.

— Brittney Griner

Business and basketball are two different things.

— Austin Rivers

Umm - it was - you know - umm - a good game. You know.

— Patrick Ewing

It's just a matter of getting those legs back.

— Kobe Bryant

“We looked like a team at both ends of the court.”

— Mike Dunlap

If they think we've got an edge, we've got an edge.

— Red Auerbach

I enjoy watching basketball, yeah.

— Mark Lanegan

Confidence shared is better than confidence only in yourself.

— Mike Krzyzewski

The NBA? Never in my wildest dreams when I was playing in Division III basketball.

— Frank Vogel

I know how hard it is to shoot the basketball, so I've got great appreciation for it.

— Reggie Jackson

It's hard to play basketball without a point guard - it's an important position.

— Kyle Korver

You've got to have fun on the court. If you ain't having fun, then basketball ain't fun.

— Carmelo Anthony

I was always chasing Taylor, trying to keep up with him.

— Blake Griffin

The whole basketball world, it's a fantasy and it's short-lived.

— DeMarcus Cousins

I'm playing basketball in real life, I don't want to go home and see myself playing virtually as well.

— De'Aaron Fox

In the late '90s and early 2000s, basketball was more about making your defender look stupid than scoring. Seriously. You could miss…

— Sean Evans

I was a roving guard on the Lowell Hebrew Community Center's girls' basketball team all through high school. My specialty was stealing…

— Elinor Lipman

When I'm out there playing basketball, it's just, 'Let me do me,' and everybody is going to benefit. I feel confident that…

— Andre Iguodala

Accountability is essential to personal growth, as well as team growth. How can you improve if you're never wrong? If you don't…

— Pat Summitt

It was almost an accident that I got into basketball at all but fortunately it wasn't too late and I was able…

— Toni Kukoc

Basketball is big stuff in New York. If you're good in it, everybody respects you. Nobody would want to ruin your shooting…

— Bob Beamon

I'm one year older, one year sexier - one more, baby. For me, it's all about the bigger picture. We want to…

— Shaquille O'Neal

That sad moment when four white guys are playing basketball and no one can get the ball off the rim when it's…

— Anonymous

To me, I feel like basketball and hip-hop have always been kinda conjoined because they're very similar in their competitive nature, you…

— Chance the Rapper

I would love to have a conversation with you when we're working, and if I'm at a basketball game, I'll probably talk…

— Emily Rios

I was always making decisions and they were easier decisions because I had control of the game, I had control of the…

— Larry Bird

Music is just sound - what's more important to me is behavior. I'm watching these play-offs - basketball - it's interesting to…

— Wayne Shorter

When you are speaking to your team after a game, never talk about the kid who was the star of the game.…

— Mike Krzyzewski

I plan to coach at University of Louisville for as long as I can maintain the passion I have for the game…

— Rick Pitino

[At nine years old] I didn't really know what that meant at the time. I thought it might be in a warm…

— Elana Meyers

I'm a big golfer, so in the offseason, that's all I do - golf and play basketball. But during the season, I…

— Mike Conley Jr