Basketball Quotes · Page 87

Anytime you play basketball and your backs are to the wall, you have to come out and play aggressive.

— Shawn Kemp

I knew that basketball was my love and the only way for me to go to college was to get a scholarship.

— Jared Dudley

The most satisfying way to play basketball is when you can get the best out of everyone on the court.

— Maya Moore

If you don't hold your team accountable then you will lose credibility and your team will be spoiled.

— John Brady

Passing is your best weapon against man to man. Dribble penetration is your best weapon against zone.

— Bobby Knight

I can play basketball, run track, and play volleyball, so yeah, I've always been an athlete at heart.

— Vivica A. Fox

Leading the SMU men's basketball program is an honor and a responsibility that I take very seriously.

— Larry Brown

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

— Muggsy Bogues

Basketball is a beautiful game and it's afforded all of us in this profession so many things. To give back any time…

— Erik Spoelstra

In order to grow, you must accept new responsibilities, no matter how uncertain you may feel or how unprepared you are to…

— Pat Summitt

Defense is all about helping. No one can guard a good dribbler, You have to walk kids through how to help and…

— Bobby Knight

I might go my whole life stealing money. I got paid to play basketball, which is a scam. I get paid to…

— Charles Barkley

Besides being a national level basketball champion, I have played a lot of other sports like volleyball, badminton, kho-kho, and kabbadi.

— Urvashi Rautela

There are some concrete ways to create a winning attitude. But nothing beats practicing it. When you prepare to win, belief comes…

— Pat Summitt

My father's a very private person. I mean a very private person. His life outside of basketball, he doesn't really share it…

— Austin Rivers

I'm not comfortable being preachy, but more people need to start spending as much time in the library as they do on…

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

The interesting thing about basketball is that it is played recreationally all over the world in playgrounds where people shoot hoops. Perhaps…

— Giorgio Armani

You really watch basketball and study basketball, the more you realize, the pass really is beautiful. I'm not just talking about the…

— Marc Gasol

In golf, you keep trying to score well when you're ahead. In basketball, they don't quit shooting when they're ahead. In hockey,…

— Mike Leach

There's a tipping point that happens with soccer in which you just kinda get it. I was drawn to it because the…

— Bill Simmons

I don’t watch a lot of other basketball away from the gym. But I do look at LeBron’s box score. I want…

— Kevin Durant

My brother one time after a little league basketball game, I think he messed up or something had happened in the game,…

— Jason Witten

I'm upset at myself. I should have had 50. I missed 13 free throws. That's unacceptable. If I want to be accepted…

— Shaquille O'Neal

My daughter, she loves gymnastics. I take her to gymnastics and watch her compete. It's fun to see something you have rub…

— Eric Bledsoe

I had to spend countless hours, above and beyond the basic time, to try and perfect the fundamentals.

— Julius Erving

The coach's job is to be part servant in helping each player reach his goals within the team concept.

— Dean Smith

I love basketball, and it just comes out. I get it from my dad I guess. He also had a lot of…

— Domantas Sabonis

You should sub a player out when you see a player not going full-speed or playing selfish basketball.

— Dean Smith

Good teams become great ones when the members trust each other enough to surrender the Me for the We.

— Phil Jackson

You can pick captains, but you can't pick leaders. Whoever controls the locker room controls the team

— Don Meyer

I just wanted to give myself a chance to be an athlete because I really loved the game of basketball.

— Jae Crowder

A lot of people were saying that I was a selfish person and a selfish player. You know, it got to me.

— LeBron James

Street basketball is all about shakes and fakes, crossing your defender up. The NBA is more strategic.

— Baron Davis

One of the biggest reasons I like coaching college ball is the kids. I feel I can impact players lives

— Rick Majerus

I've always loved being active, and I used to do sports - basketball, soccer, volleyball - growing up.

— Lily Collins

The most important measure of how good a game I played was how much better I’d made my teammates play.

— Bill Russell

I always had my basketball. So when I showed up at the playground, everybody knew what I wanted to do.

— Baron Davis

When you play basketball year-round, you're going to have stretches where the ball just doesn't go in.

— Kelsey Plum

You know, I'm just 6'9" and 260. And just so happen to be very good at playing the game of basketball.

— LeBron James

I'm playing basketball in real life, I don't want to go home and see myself playing virtually as well.

— De'Aaron Fox