Basketball Quotes · Page 55

I tried to make a point of doing things outside the box, of not having basketball consume me.

— Grant Hill

Because I worked so hard at getting good at basketball, when I took that competitiveness and applied it to soccer - where…

— Owen Hargreaves

I didn't say anything. Got nothing to say. I'm a married man; I don't need a relationship with another man.

— Shaquille O'Neal

My father and mother have given me so much love, so much support, that it would trivialize their parenthood if I would…

— Jeff Van Gundy

If people are well paid for reality television and cotton candy and dunking a basketball, why can't they be well paid for…

— Anonymous

When your best player puts it on the line every day, the other guys can't cut corners

— George Karl

I never think that there's something I can't do, whether it's beating my opponent one on one or practicing another hour because…

— Magic Johnson

I made a lot of mistakes, a lot of things I'm not proud of. But it's only for other people to learn…

— Allen Iverson

It's fun to watch and fun to be a part of and I think that's what it's all about. You have to…

— Paul Millsap

I just play basketball. That's me: all I know is basketball.

— Jamal Murray

I never thought a basketball shoe would be named after a woman, let alone me.

— Sheryl Swoopes

It doesn't matter if it's game one or game 82, playoffs or whatever. Sometimes the basketball gods don't play in your favor…

— Karl-Anthony Towns

I was always really confident in the way I play basketball.

— Austin Reaves

A good leader must be fair.

— Yao Ming

If I continue to just get to the playoffs every year, I guess you could say I arrived, but right now I'm…

— Kevin Durant

I always thought the objective of basketball was to get the maximum amount of movement to get the easiest shot, closest to…

— Bill Bradley

I grew up in Brixton as a young teenager playing basketball for the Brixton Topcats, which marked the beginning of my career.

— Luol Deng

It makes my job easier when you're playing with such good players like that - guys that can score the basketball in…

— Alex Caruso

I've been an athlete that's sort of in advance; always thinking. After basketball I'd love to have my own radio show, my…

— Shaquille O'Neal

Basically, I played basketball for a small college out here in California and when I was done playing college, I settled down…

— Travis Browne

We old athletes carry the disfigurements and markings of contests remembered only by us and no one else. Nothing is more lost…

— Pat Conroy

The game of basketball has been everything to me. My place of refuge, place I've always gone where I needed comfort and…

— Michael Jordan

Just remember, their fans think their players are supermen. Well we're the kryptonite, and we're gonna win.

— Jim Larranaga

I love basketball culture, the way they combine university graduates with inner-city kids.

— Jesse Marsch

I'm just trying to be the best basketball player I can be, you know, move the ball.

— Giannis Antetokounmpo

Every since I started playing basketball, I wanted to be just like Kobe. To get to see him play in person, and…

— Jayson Tatum

Life is like basketball, if you did something good you'll get 3 pts, if you did something bad you'll end up with…

— Volde(poop)mort

A lot of guys who can play really good basketball can drop 40 on you, and it's the same thing with LeBron.

— Bojan Bogdanovic

Timmy, he's the beginning of it. He doesn't have to be the end all the time now.

— Gregg Popovich

That's basketball, that's the NBA; it's a physical sport.

— Alex Caruso

It's always been a passion of mine to come out and share some of my knowledge about basketball and the experiences I've…

— Scottie Pippen

I can shoot a three pointer in basketball, and I can kick a soccer ball.

— Christopher Mintz-Plasse

I like shoes that, no matter where I am, if I see a basketball or tennis court, I can tie them up…

— Nick Kyrgios

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

We lived in Yorkville until 1940, at which point we moved into the St. Albans neighborhood of Queens.

— Bob Cousy

Money doesn't always define basketball.

— Michael Beasley

When I came into the league, once a team drafted you, they owned you forever. If they didn't like the clothes you…

— Oscar Robertson

I don't know if I was the baddest. People kind of saw me in that light.

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I always knew I would do music. At first, I wanted to play basketball, and when I let go of that dream…

— Kodie Shane

Isolation basketball will always be part of the game. But the system has to be predicated on ball movement and, more importantly,…

— B. J. Armstrong