Basketball Quotes · Page 90

When I concentrate and focus, they always go in, so I'm gonna continue to do that, and they will go in.

— Shaquille O'Neal

The triple-double is just a stat. It's a test of your strength and stamina and playing ability, really.

— Oscar Robertson

Basketball is a game of streaks. Sometimes a guy will be cold for a month and then get hot for a month.

— John Stockton

A lot of guys go through their whole careers and don't win a championship, but are still great coaches.

— Chuck Daly

We cannot do great deeds unless we're willing to do the small things that make up the sum of greatness.

— Theodore Roosevelt

Be a famous musician. Be a famous act or. Be a famous write r. Be a famous basketball player. Be famous.

— Dallas Clayton

I cherish being on the court, and I really love watching basketball, women's basketball, whatever it is.

— Kyle Kuzma

I just want us to be playing our best basketball here when the playoffs start, and in the right mindset.

— Nick Nurse

If you have a child who is seven feet tall, you don't cut off his head or his legs. You buy him…

— Robert Altman

The fans really know basketball in Sacramento. They knew when we really needed their support and they were a big part of…

— Vlade Divac

I knew I was dog meat. Luckily, I'm the high-priced dog meat that everybody wants. I'm the good-quality dog meat. I'm the…

— Shaquille O'Neal

The league has changed in so many ways. There are no point guards anymore, there are no centers anymore; it's all positionless…

— D'Angelo Russell

There is a lot of difference at McDonald's between the guy in the back making the fries and the manager up front…

— Don Meyer

I play basketball for love and money, and they come in interchangeable order, depending on how things are going when you ask…

— Tom Heinsohn

Free agency screws everybody's allegiances up. Whether it be football, baseball, hockey, basketball, whatever it may be. It's really hard.

— Bill Goldberg

Shaq is pretty mischievous and playful. But he was a great vet to me. He always talked about the big-man alliance and…

— Robin Lopez

Seven years ago, my father and I realized that our relationship was extremely unique, especially in the African-American community. He raised me…

— Allan Houston

It was a great place to grow up. There were always kids around in our neighborhood. We had a basketball hoop in…

— Eli Manning

I love being a pavement artist; seriously, I do. It's like when guys who would normally hate being freakishly tall discover basketball,…

— Ally Carter

I think probably one of the coolest things was when I went to play basketball at Rucker Park in Harlem. First of…

— Larry the Cable Guy

In my era, where I'm from, I only had Donald Whiteside. He's from Englewood and he's the only one that came out…

— Derrick Rose

They're going to come to me and they're going to say numbers for three years and I'm going to use my division…

— Shaquille O'Neal

I've done this a couple times, been to a couple different camps and a couple different AAU practices to talk to kids.…

— Jahlil Okafor

A basketball diameter is 10 inches and a rim is 18 inches so I made a 14-inch rim I put in to…

— Dolph Schayes

Certain guys, Los Angeles can turn you into something different. But me, I just want to play basketball.

— Larry Nance, Jr

You always have to be on edge. You always have to take every practice, every game, like it is your last.

— Kobe Bryant

Bottom line, you're either a risk taker, or your not, and if you don't take risks, you'll never win big.

— Geno Auriemma

The NBA, and more importantly, the entire sport of basketball, has always been an inclusive environment.

— Doris Burke

You could have people who actually play basketball, but they probably don't love it. I actually love it.

— Ja Morant

I was the best basketball player, the only thing good in my hometown so everybody did everything for me.

— Stephen Jackson

Basketball without Borders made me who I am and it's just something that is such a huge part of my life.

— Masai Ujiri

When I don't have basketball practice, I'll be in a gym for 2.5 hours - 30 minutes abs, 2 hours lifting.

— Serge Ibaka

I just want everyone to know I'm suing Ruben Studdard. He had his hand on my ass and he wouldn't let go.

— Shaquille O'Neal

I grew up in the woods; we were either on three-wheelers or four-wheelers or we were playing basketball.

— Becky Hammon

Just to get out, put it out on the line each and every night is a great feeling for a basketball player.

— Jae Crowder

When it comes to playing basketball, I'm always last to be picked and in some cases never picked at all.

— Skeelo

I'm meeting people I never would have met at Brown and doing things I couldn't do because of basketball.

— Tucker Halpern

This is the Mecca of basketball, New York City. You can't hope to play well at a better place than this.

— Chris Paul

Right up until the time I retired at age 37, I felt like there were still things that I could do better.

— Julius Erving

We should not have to push you to work hard, you should work hard because you want to be a great player.

— Bobby Knight