Basketball Quotes · Page 89

I think anyone who is also a fan of college basketball as well as the NBA, you have an opinion on Duke.

— Grayson Allen

The time when there is no one there to feel sorry for you or to cheer for you is when a player…

— Tim Duncan

I am deeply indebted to Georgetown University and the basketball program for all they have done for me.

— Roy Hibbert

Don't call me son unless you're going to include me in your will. (When Adolph Rupp called him, "Son.")

— Al McGuire

I'll knock out Roy Jones and he can retire and become a basketball player, like he always wanted to be.

— James Toney

I'm a firm believer in goal setting. Step by step. I can't see any other way of accomplishing anything.

— Michael Jordan

During the season, I'm always locked in one gear, ready to play basketball, always keeping my guard up.

— Donovan Mitchell

If a team cannot perform with excellence at a moment's notice, they probably will fail in the long run.

— Mike Krzyzewski

My father brought a basketball to the hospital when I was born, and he already had it embedded in his head that…

— Dave East

When I lose the sense of motivation and the sense to prove something as a basketball player, it's time for me to…

— Michael Jordan

I can still be a princess and still be an elite basketball player, and once I found that out, oh, I was…

— A'ja Wilson

It was just a normal family. We were playing basketball, we were playing soccer. It was home-cooked meals, just peaceful and happy…

— Enes Kanter

If you're getting ready to do a really emotional scene then, right before it, you're probably not going to be outside playing…

— Emilie de Ravin

I think the biggest problem is parents are so concerned with being friends with their kids. You're not their friend. You're their…

— Charles Barkley

Cooper was my road roommate, and also happened to be the first African American player drafted by a National Basketball Association team.

— Bob Cousy

My ideal day would be to get a good work out in, listen to music, talk to my family and friends on…

— Steve Nash

It makes me think about how you hear these young people say, "I see you, man." Or even if you go and…

— Paul Beatty

I never looked at basketball as work. I always enjoyed it as my hobby. I loved it. Once that love is gone,…

— Dirk Nowitzki

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 care about systematically playing basketball. If the spacing isn't right, if guys are standing on top of each other, if there…

— Phil Jackson

My parents were kind of over protective people. Me and my sister had to play in the backyard all the time. They…

— Jimmy Fallon

First impressions matter more in basketball than in any other sport, and they can be savored only in person. Players can't hide…

— Bill Simmons

As you progress as a basketball player, the world around you becomes more and more chaotic. There's more talent, there are more…

— J. J. Redick

I would say, when you're playing video games that involve competition against somebody else, you have to be able to understand what's…

— Gordon Hayward

The difference between a good defensive team and a bad defensive team is as little as three possessions

— Brad Stevens

I don't believe professional athletes should be role models. I believe parents should be role models...

— Charles Barkley

Any old coach will say the game was meant for finesse. It's a beautiful game, especially on television.

— Dean Smith

Everybody wants to take responsibility when you win, but when you fail, all these fingers are pointing.

— Mike Krzyzewski

I would rather have a player who has mastered two or three moves than to try to teach him six or seven.

— Norm Sloan

To put on the purple and gold, there's no better feeling, there's no better organization in basketball.

— Austin Reaves

You look at all other sports, basketball, you think basketball, they're always looking at their target.

— Collin Morikawa

Even though basketball takes up most of my time, I try to pursue intellectual interests whenever I can.

— Harrison Barnes

Basketball is a team game. But that doesn't mean all five players should have the same amount of shots.

— Dean Smith

Administrators are like pigs; don't wrestle with a pig because you both get dirty and the pig likes it.

— Don Meyer

If I don't believe it, then they don't need me on the court. I've just got to believe that in my heart.

— Allen Iverson

I had no idea I was going to be this tall. Had I known that, I honestly would have stuck to basketball.

— John Isner

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

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I love practice. It is when a coach exercises the most control over the improvement of his or her team.

— Mike Krzyzewski

I don't hire good coaches, I hire good people. If they turn out to be good coaches, too, that's a plus.

— Geno Auriemma

I don't like the sleaziness, the corruption. I don't like the fraud that college basketball has become.

— Dick Vitale