Basketball Quotes · Page 84

I was born in Chicago, then I spent most of my youth in Joliet, Illinois which is about thirty minutes south, and…

— Adam Rapp

I disagree that an athlete can't be intelligent. Some people think that, in basketball, we have a bunch of masculine adults who…

— Jaylen Brown

I was playing basketball at Lifetime Fitness every day for two hours. Like, I played an hour of basketball before I played…

— Nick Kyrgios

“That’s why at the start of every season I always encouraged players to focus on the journey rather than the goal. What…

— Phil Jackson

We are in the trophy generation.Give them a trophy for 23rd place.That makes the parents happy

— Tom Izzo

This isn't tennis or track. This is basketball. It's more about the team than self. There are four other guys on the…

— Collin Sexton

They said you have to use your five best players but I found you win with the five who fit together the…

— Red Auerbach

I'm not paid to be a role model. I'm paid to wreak havoc on the basketball court.

— Charles Barkley

I've been watching basketball for a long time, I'm a historian of the game. I don't know any other team that's gotten…

— LeBron James

The best players I have seen and known have confidence in their teammates. They know that basketball's not a one-man game. That…

— Jack Ramsay

Thank God for Jerry Springer's show. I thought only black folks were that screwed up until I watched Jerry Springer.

— Charles Barkley

You don't just deal with adversity. You use it to propel you forward.

— Erik Weihenmayer

I think school is very important and I personally had a great experience at North Carolina, which helped shape me as a…

— Michael Jordan

Scientists contribute in a variety of ways and I don't think I can singular one even including [Albert] Einstein, that I can…

— Ahmed H. Zewail

The best teams play for each other, not with each other

— Jeff Van Gundy

When the season is on the line, it forces you to play your best basketball.

— Bradley Beal

Every year it's been people saying I can't do this or I can't do that. Y'all will see something different, I can…

— Carmelo Anthony

Just keep having fun. It's basketball. So that's what I'm going to keep doing.

— Jayson Tatum

Give yourself a chance. Now, everyone can't play basketball. But find something you're interested in.

— Muggsy Bogues

I dribbled by the hour with my left hand when I was young. I didn't have full control, but I got so…

— Bob Cousy

“All great athletes essentially come to a fork in the road where they have to change their approach to succeed. It's a…

— Walt Frazier

Then I went to UCLA - so of course I became a huge Bruin basketball fan... and later came to football.

— Leigh Steinberg

The Leftovers is a great basketball book that shines a light on what true competitors can overcome with a solid work ethic.

— Tony Romo

I'm going forward with my plans for life. I'm looking at things not only basketball-wise, but personal-wise.

— Dwyane Wade

In the Western standards of modesty, there are different guidelines.

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

We want to show how hip-hop, which kind of fuels today's basketball stars, is directly related to jazz.

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I know American football. I know a little bit about soccer. I know baseball, I know basketball. But, rugby is a foreign…

— Morgan Freeman

If your kids remember anything, it's the fact that you were there. You're gonna fail every day, you're gonna make mistakes, you're…

— Raine Maida

With me and basketball, it became part of me.

— Mike Krzyzewski

Just remember, their fans think their players are supermen. We'll we're the kryptonite, and we're going to win.

— Jim Larranaga

Practice structure determines success.

— Bobby Knight

My dream, play in NBA. When I come here, very difficult for me. It's new country, new language. But is still basketball…

— Vlade Divac

For me to stay in basketball, it would just have to be a veteran team.

— Kenny Smith

Basketball made me happy to be tall. And more secure about myself than I ever would have been without it.

— Anonymous

You need to be more careful, or you could hurt yourself.

— Janette Rallison

As a man, you got to know how to take it, so I just took it.

— Shaquille O'Neal

I played basketball and soccer my freshman year in high school.

— Mia Hamm

I had never made any plans beyond basketball.

— Sheryl Swoopes

Being black or white isn't an accomplishment. What you do with your life - or what you accomplish with your life -…

— Charles Barkley

I think basketball harnessed and built my toughness and competitiveness. I grew up in a tough neighborhood, and you were either going…

— John Wall