Basketball Quotes · Page 88

For me, basketball was the way I was able to hone my leadership skills during the heat of competition.

— Baron Davis

I play basketball, I surf and swim and go to the cinema and listen to music and read. I like shopping.

— Saoirse Ronan

We're building a culture of accountability, trust, and togetherness. Entitlement will not be tolerated

— Brad Stevens

The fans of New York are very knowledgeable about the game of basketball. They love their sports here.

— Paul Pierce

I look at basketball as an art, so whatever I do on the court, I try to make it as smooth as…

— Jerami Grant

As players see themselves getting better through skill sessions, they will want to get in the gym more

— Billy Donovan

I was a scorer in college. That was the one thing that I loved to do, I loved to score the basketball.

— Jay Williams

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

— Leigh Steinberg

Leadership is helping yourself and other people achieve goals. The ability to direct your life to get the results you want is…

— Cass Elliot

My life is very simple. I like simplicity and for my time to be my own, so that I have the freedom…

— Hakeem Olajuwon

It wasn't until late high school and early college that I gained enough size and skill to make me welcome on intramural…

— Paul D. Boyer

I always said if I didn't focus on basketball, then it would have been football. I was pretty good and was asked…

— Luol Deng

He credited his teammates, who he thanked in turn, with challenging him every day and driving him forward and making him a…

— Stephen Curry

I was a total jock growing up. I went to super-dorky basketball clinics and was handpicked to play on a state team…

— Erin Wasson

I think what has happened to our basketball team, we've been badly distracted. They're not reading too many positive things in the…

— Bill Russell

I grew up in New York City: Harlem, New York. I played ball for probably two of the biggest amateur basketball organizations…

— Cam'ron

When I was a kid, I played basketball religiously. I begged my mom to get me voice lessons because I wanted to…

— Justin Timberlake

Sports have always been a big part of my life. At school, I played a lot of different sports, and I was…

— Izabel Goulart

Practice? I mean, listen, we're talking about practice. Not a game. Not a game. Not a game. We're talking about practice. Not…

— Allen Iverson

My father was always pushing me to become a basketball player. In Africa, when you're a kid, every kid loves to play…

— Serge Ibaka

Just like in life, when you play basketball, you have to give in order to receive. On the court, you're not only…

— Vlade Divac

I had orders from the great Bill Russell. Me and him were talking in Seattle the other day, and he was telling…

— Shaquille O'Neal

My mother used to say, 'You gotta exercise.' She would really pound on me to exercise every day. She was very physically…

— Dick Gephardt

In the summer of 1963, my second with 'Sports Illustrated,' Jerry Tax, the basketball editor, got the Celtics' Frank Ramsey, the NBA's…

— Frank Deford

Kobe always tried to be a hero. But you know, as the saying goes, a hero ain't nothing but a sandwich.

— Shaquille O'Neal

Ability may get you to the top, nut it takes chracter to keep you there - mental, moral, and physical.

— John Wooden

I never thought basketball was going to be my future. I just wanted to play because it gets you girls.

— LeBron James

People will trust you a lot more if you show them you care about them besides basketball. It's deeper.

— Eric Bledsoe

As a coach, you're just trying to figure out how to keep a team on edge. You've got to find that edge.

— Don Meyer

A person really doesn't become whole, until he becomes a part of something that's bigger than himself.

— Jim Valvano

I sing the 'Star Spangled Banner,' so I can get into football, basketball and baseball games for free.

— John Cullum

I'm a competitive type of person, whether it's playing a game of basketball or playing business games.

— Chuck Feeney

The biggest difficulty in getting to the top of the ladder is getting through the crowd at the bottom.

— Bobby Knight

Courage gives a leader the ability to stand straight and not sway, no matter which way the wind blows.

— Mike Krzyzewski

I don't know what I'm going to do tomorrow. I just know for sure I'm going to keep playing basketball.

— Kevin Durant

Sacrifice. Work. Self-discipline. I teach these things, and my boys don't forget them when they leave.

— Bear Bryant

We love playing together and we love adversity. You know, back-to-back, the two best teams in the East.

— Steve Nash

Most of my learning and philosophy regarding coaching basketball was developed after great frustration.

— Dick Bennett

I traveled more than you walkin' with a basketball. I'm out in Spain runnin' games with the El Matador.

— Nicki Minaj

I love the game of basketball so to neglect one side of the floor, that's disrespecting the game to me.

— Aaron Gordon