During the season, I'm not really on too many other things - I'm just focused on basketball. But I'm a big lover… — Jordan Clarkson Copy Share Image
Basketball, hockey and track meets are action heaped upon action, climax upon climax, until the onlooker's responses become deadened. Baseball is for… — Roger Kahn Copy Share Image
We come from an environment that has been created in our industry that's a 'yes' environment. Due to that environment, it has… — Rich Paul Copy Share Image
What I told [my teammates] after the game was I'm just fortunate [for] my 16 years because, this [injury] can happen every… — Charles Barkley 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
While professional basketball, football, and baseball players make millions and their salaries represent well over 50% of the billions generated by those… — Tahl Raz Copy Share Image
Sure, there's a lot of negativity, but basketball is such a huge thing in my community. Flint has a very rich tradition… — Kyle Kuzma Copy Share Image
Instagram and Twitter are the best ways to let people in on what I do - not only basketball, but having fun… — Andre Drummond Copy Share Image
Once you learn how to do something, you don't lose it. Unless you die. — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
It's cool to be a Laker: that's basketball royalty, in a sense. The best franchise in basketball, so to be drafted by… — Kyle Kuzma Copy Share Image
I love that basketball gives me the opportunities to do good things for people and to point them towards the Man who… — Stephen Curry Copy Share Image
If universities want to save a little money, they ought to make some cutbacks in administration and in faculty people who teach… — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
We overload in our workouts so that the game slows down in real life. It helps you become a smarter basketball player. — Stephen Curry Copy Share Image
I love sharing the ball with my teammates. I see a lot of things before my teammates see them. — LeBron James Copy Share Image
I love the game of basketball. I want to get better, I want to improve. — Julius Randle Copy Share Image
Winning is like deodorant - it comes up and a lot of things don't stink. — Doc Rivers Copy Share Image
That game was dedicated to Rick Adelman. I'm at home, in the bathroom, trying to take a dump, flipping through the channels… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
Being able to play sports in a school or public environment was everything for me - basketball, soccer, track. — Harrison Barnes Copy Share Image
I'm blessed to play basketball for a living and I have to pinch myself sometimes to really understand what's going on. — Austin Reaves Copy Share Image
I looked at basketball as something that I love and escape from the real world, and in order to continue to escape… — Trevor Ariza Copy Share Image
To represent the United States in international competition is special recognition that not many players receive and I am really looking forward… — Jermaine O'Neal Copy Share Image
Basketball is at its best when you have athletes in space making plays. It's the same for soccer, you have great athletes… — Shane Battier Copy Share Image
Empower the people around you, from the janitor to the athletic director. You do that by being sincere, caring about others, and… — Sue Gunter Copy Share Image
We know the WNBA is not making billions of dollars like the NBA, but we want to be in a place where… — Liz Cambage Copy Share Image
I was blessed with a God-given talent and my mother raised me the right way. — LeBron James Copy Share Image
The only reason I went to college was to play basketball. I injured my knee and couldn't play. — Jeffrey Dean Morgan Copy Share Image
Kobe's an incredibly talented athlete, and there are many more like him among today's players. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
To be successful you have to be selfish, or else you never achieve. And once you get to your highest level, then… — Michael Jordan Copy Share Image
People's perspectives need to be challenged, and if I'm able to help change people's idea of what it means to be a… — Kelsey Plum Copy Share Image
Like life, basketball is messy and unpredictable. It has its way with you, no matter how hard you try to control it.… — Phil Jackson Copy Share Image
Tim Thomas is about excuses. It's always somebody else's fault. He said I was jealous? He should thank me for helping him… — Sam Cassell Copy Share Image
Its part of my game, getting to the free-throw line and being aggressive. If you say that I get superstar calls or… — Kevin Durant Copy Share Image
“The basketball team was trailing by three points. I trail by four points—north, south, east, and west. I also trail by covered… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
There are some rappers out there that I listen to, that I'm like: "You are really good but you could be like… — Donald Glover Copy Share Image
I was never really a model. That somehow is in my bio. The whole thing is I was tall since I was… — Jules Asner Copy Share Image
I love the game of basketball, and it has shaped my life since I was seven years old. But as a broadcaster… — Doris Burke Copy Share Image
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