Basketball Quotes · Page 80

Working hard is one thing, but working hard with purpose is what separates the good from the great

— Thad Matta

That's my job, to motivate people. I can do more, show people more things. That's really why I play basketball. That's my…

— Dwight Howard

If it wasn't for the determination and the will power we have in each other, we wouldn't have pulled through and got…

— LeBron James

I'm like President Bush. You may not like me, you may not respect me, but you voted me in.

— Shaquille O'Neal

If you could play in the Olympics or sit on your couch and watch at home, what would you do? It was…

— Becky Hammon

I'm sort of like a specialist. I go in, do what I do and every four years, they get tired of me…

— Shaquille O'Neal

I was really fortunate. I don't believe in luck so I was really fortunate. God really blessed me in terms of my…

— Avery Johnson

I have a lot left. There's only four or five good centers in the league and I'm in that number. ... I've…

— Shaquille O'Neal

There was a beauty here bigger than the hurtling beauty of basketball, a beauty refined from country pastures, a game of solitariness,…

— John Updike

I don't have much of an attention span for TV - I nod off during the basketball playoffs - but when I…

— Steve Harvey

My mother was a champion high-jumper. My three brothers are basketball players. We've all been very athletic.

— Grace Jones

Long term success is a direct result of what you achieve everyday. Goals provide your daily routine

— Rick Pitino

I do not like football, which I think of as a game in which two tractors approach each other from opposite directions…

— Anna Quindlen

The night before my amputation, my former basketball coach brought me a magazine with an article on an amputee who ran in…

— Terry Fox

It's funny, there's all these slogans like 'you're never too old to keep dreaming.' You know it's funny how in the basketball…

— Diana Taurasi

You remember when you were a kid growing up, and believed in Santa Claus? There's not much difference between Santa Claus and…

— Bobby Knight

I play basketball probably four to five days a week when I'm back home.

— Josh Hutcherson

I love playing basketball more than I love getting fined and getting suspended.

— Stephen Jackson

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

— Frank Vogel

You're really motivated, you want to give your best on every possession, and you just play basketball. That's the best way to…

— Luka Doncic

The All-Star Game represents everything we as a nation love about basketball on and off the court - diversity, sportsmanship and, most…

— Casey Wasserman

There can only be one state of mind as you approach any profound test; total concentration, a spirit of togetherness, and strength.

— Pat Riley

I don't believe in pressure. Pressure is when you don't know where your next meal is coming from.

— Shaquille O'Neal

“It’s not about getting out of your comfort zone to reach your goal. It's about widening your comfort zone so far that…

— Richie Norton

I stopped following the Hornets when they moved to Oklahoma City. I think they ran their course for me as basketball player…

— Kelly Oubre, Jr

There are 86,400 seconds in a day. It's up to you to decide what to do with them.

— Jim Valvano

I've always been a scientist in terms of watching basketball. I like to dissect it all.

— Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

I'm playing the guys who are going to fight. If you're not into this, I'm going to someone else

— John Calipari

There are a lot of great athletes on the PGA Tour and a lot of good basketball players. But I can definitely…

— Tony Finau

Our conditioning program begins the first day of class. The running portion is very demanding. It has physiological advantages, as well as…

— Norm Sloan

I don't think Michael had to retire for us to get the spotlight, because when you win, it commands attention.

— Hakeem Olajuwon

Basic dance--and I should qualify the word basic--is primarily concerned with motion. So immediately you will say but the basketball player is…

— Alwin Nikolais

It's not about the number of hours you practice, it's about the number of hours your mind is present during the practice

— Kobe Bryant

Sports teach you how to be quick. Injuries teach you how to slow down.

— Yao Ming

I'm sure my life after basketball is, hopefully, going to be even better.

— Vlade Divac

We don't need no more rappers, we don't need no more basketball players, no more football players. We need more thinkers. We…

— Tupac Shakur

U-M has provided me the chance to live my dream of playing college basketball and to earn a Michigan degree.

— Caris LeVert

Basketball was my thing I was always able to use to forget everything.

— Jahlil Okafor

“In any game, the game itself is the prize, no matter who wins, ultimately both lose the game.”

— Amit Kalantri

I dreamed about being Michael Jordan, Michael Jordan being my dad at some points, or him helping me play basketball.

— Jonathan Majors