Basketball Quotes · Page 83

If I can go to the U.S. Army and fight the war at 18 why can't you play basketball for 48 minutes?

— Jermaine O'Neal

When you're a winner you're always happy, but if you're happy as a loser you'll always be a loser.

— Mark Fidrych

We had a strong relationship with Walter Brown, and felt that he was the best owner in the league.

— Bob Cousy

It just wasn't right the way they were behind by 25 points and then they're told to hold the ball.

— Wilt Chamberlain

I was excited about going to the Lakers because they are probably the biggest brand in basketball.

— Kyle Kuzma

I lost all feeling a long time ago. Basketball is basketball. It doesn't matter what floor I'm on.

— Gilbert Arenas

There is no sin in not liking to play; it's a mistake for a boy to be there if he doesn't want…

— Bear Bryant

I don't play basketball for the money; it was the last thing I thought of when I was a little kid.

— Zion Williamson

Baseball happens to be a game of cumulative tension but football, basketball and hockey are played with hand grenades and machine guns.

— John Leonard

If he wants to get that next contract, he's going to have to go to the New York Athletic Club three times…

— Shaquille O'Neal

Basketball was every day of my life. Wake up with a ball - sometimes I'd sleep with it because someone told me…

— Andy Grammer

I have been able to live my dream of playing basketball surrounded by people I love and being cheered on by the…

— Scottie Pippen

The only thing even in this world is the number of hours in a day. The difference in winning or losing is…

— Woody Hayes

Whether it's boxing, basketball, or badminton, one must be ready to succeed before entering the arena...long before the lights come up.

— Muhammad Ali

Going overseas and playing a different style of basketball and the way the European game is played. You can bring stuff from…

— Austin Reaves

My dad has the knowledge from playing basketball. My mom is very intelligent and knows the business perspective. We breathe basketball.

— Jaren Jackson, Jr

The thing is 3,900 out of 4,000 college basketball players are very happy to have a scholarship. They're happy. They've got a…

— Jim Boeheim

It takes a tremendous amount of skill to be a football player. And some of these guys have enough skills to do…

— Troy Polamalu

It's been kind of hard, I'm labeled as a jerk right now, you know what I mean? But I love it. I've…

— Stephen Jackson

We survive our way through basketball hoping the # Lakers will survive and we hope for the # Kings and for the…

— Vin Scully

My father was a basketball player, so I loved basketball because he did. It was a direct transference. But, more than that,…

— Sherman Alexie

My fondest memories were watching the Beastie Boys get prepped to come on stage. They had a lot of antics and they…

— Talib Kweli

The natural thing in Africa is to start playing soccer at 8 or 9. You go outside and you play like kids…

— Masai Ujiri

We blacks look for leadership in men and women of such youth and inexperience, as well as poverty of education and character,…

— Arthur Ashe

I needed to go to class; I needed to go to practice; I needed to have a life away from basketball.

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

This is a job and we want to have fun. But it's a job and we should look like we're going to…

— LeBron James

I just don't want people to mistake playing basketball, playing hard with trying to hurt somebody.

— Marcus Morris

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

— Thad Matta

Herb Brown is like a basketball icon. What's the saying - he's forgotten more than I'll ever know.

— David Fizdale

As long as they are medicated the right way with the asthma medicine they won't have any problems.

— Dominique Wilkins

Balancing schoolwork and basketball was very, very hard, but a lot of benefits came along with it.

— Big Cass

I wanted to avoid service, because I was on the road to becoming a professional basketball player.

— Dirk Nowitzki

“A brick could be used as a basketball. And when you miss a shot, you can always shout, “Brick!”
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— Jarod Kintz

I know Steve Kerr well and his basketball IQ is really high. He knows everything about basketball.

— Toni Kukoc

I started out as a football player. I liked to inflict pain. In basketball, it was the same thing.

— Shaquille O'Neal

I've read that same formula, but as an athlete I'm classified as phenomenal. You could look it up.

— Shaquille O'Neal

You don't just be a team. You become a team. Through tough games you find that you need each other

— Mike Krzyzewski

You're a soccer player, not a basketball player. I was supposed to be your goal, not your rebound.

— Twwww

I've always said I wanted to be somewhere where basketball and football were really good together.

— Tom Izzo

It doesn't matter to me what place I get traded to. If I was traded someplace - I'd play anywhere.

— Kobe Bryant