Basketball Quotes · Page 94

A leader's job is to develop committed followers. Bad leaders destroy their followers' sense of commitment.

— Dean Smith

If there's one thing you learn in basketball, it's that what you did in the past doesn't mean anything now.

— Kevin Huerter

There's always room for improvement. We have a nucleus that's pretty good. You want players that will help.

— Jason Kidd

If you're playing basketball with someone who's better than you, you have to get better or else it's no fun

— Jason Behr

Every time I see my life without basketball, I get a little scared, and I try to put a little more into…

— Diana Taurasi

I would spend almost as much time planning a practice as conducting it. Everything was planned out each day

— John Wooden

You can never win a game if you don't shoot the basketball. You can never success if you don't want to try.

— Jeremy Darren

We just got our ass beat by a much better team. It happens once in a while. Does every team win every…

— Bobby Knight

Few would deny that blacks have become very dominant in athletics: football, basketball, track, now dominant in tennis and dominant in golf.

— Jesse Jackson

I never really called people out. It was more along the lines of teasing a person. It started for me in fifth…

— Keyshawn Johnson

Everybody knows that, in general, a basketball player needs to be tall and a fashion model needs to be skinny, but how…

— Coco Rocha

American leagues - baseball, ice hockey, American football and basketball - you are the best. But in a global sport like soccer,…

— Bastian Schweinsteiger

Basketball is a sport that involves the subtle interweaving of players at full speed to the point where they are thinking and…

— Phil Jackson

“I am more than just a Serious basketball fan. I am a life-long Addict. I was addicted from birth, in fact, because…

— Hunter S. Thompson

I just want to go out there and just play basketball. That's when I have the most fun and when everybody around…

— Anthony Bennett

Basically, I played basketball for a small college out here in California and when I was done playing college, I settled down…

— Travis Browne

Anything you can do to help someone, I just think it's so important because there's a lot of kids that look up…

— Jerry West

“How did I bridge the gap from depression to elation? Well, I worked hard at improving all aspects of my game. I…

— Walt Frazier

I've been in Philadelphia 10 years, man. I knew it was going to be a challenge, mentally. I always thought life would…

— Allen Iverson

The weird thing about rap is that you don't get compared in the same way that athletes do, even though it's probably…

— Chance the Rapper

In a lot of the really impoverished areas of Johannesburg you see these packets of cheesy puffs which are like 6 feet…

— Neill Blomkamp

“If I am playing basketball in heaven, does that imply a physical location of a heaven containing physical basketballs? Who makes the…

— Anonymous

In basketball - as in life - true joy comes from being fully present in each and every moment, not just when…

— Phil Jackson

That game was dedicated to Rick Adelman. I'm at home, in the bathroom, trying to take a dump, flipping through the channels…

— Shaquille O'Neal

Evaluate wins and losses objectively, focusing more on effort and execution than on the outcome of the game

— Morgan Wootten

I'm the NBA's best NFL player, and I've always been the sexiest 7-footer in the NBA - for 12 years running.

— Shaquille O'Neal

It drives me crazy when guys making $30 million are complaining about playing basketball two days in a row.

— Charles Barkley

It's important for us, if we're going to be a good team, to be a good defensive team in the fourth quarter.

— Steve Nash

Just knowing your dad is a professional basketball player, it just makes you feel like you're destined for.

— Devin Booker

I didn't say anything. Got nothing to say. I'm a married man; I don't need a relationship with another man.

— Shaquille O'Neal

Just remember, their fans think their players are supermen. Well we're the kryptonite, and we're gonna win.

— Jim Larranaga

I like shoes that, no matter where I am, if I see a basketball or tennis court, I can tie them up…

— Nick Kyrgios

My dad never really taught me anything about the game, he was never on me in the basketball aspect of life.

— Jose Calderon

Georgetown. Alonzo was the guy I always heard about. I've always wanted to measure myself against the best.

— Shaquille O'Neal

In all my years one thing has never changed; You win with serious, tough-minded players. That never changes

— Tom Thibodeau

I never really talked about being an NBA player or a college player. I just really like playing basketball.

— Jrue Holiday

Chemistry is important. If you like your teammates, it's going to be easier to play with them on the court.

— Kevin Durant

Basketball is really important to a lot of people in the U.S., and no one takes it more serious than women.

— Diana Taurasi

You have a choice to make when you're not playing. Either you're invested and a great teammate, or your not

— Brad Stevens

I wanted a NBA basketball gym at my house and that's what I worked hard for and I was able to achieve…

— Terrell Owens