Basketball Quotes · Page 96

I'm going forward with my plans for life. I'm looking at things not only basketball-wise, but personal-wise.

— Dwyane Wade

Sometimes I'm not even satisfied when I got 6 points and 22 rebounds, because I'm always looking to do more.

— Dennis Rodman

I won't coach this team next year if he is still here. He won't listen to anyone. I've had it with this…

— Phil Jackson

I put a basketball in front of George Clooney's door and sprayed it with supermodel perfume to lure him out.

— Ellen DeGeneres

My dad played for... the Villanueva de la Serena, so I guess that's why I play basketball instead of soccer.

— Jose Calderon

KG is Minnesota basketball, he is the Timberwolves - what he did, just the intensity he brought to the game.

— Andrew Wiggins

The East is going to be pretty easy for me. The Great Chest of the West becomes the Great Beast of the…

— Shaquille O'Neal

The biggest thing is getting our guys to understand, you can't let one mistake compound into another mistake

— Thad Matta

I don't miss basketball because I've already got in my mind that I did what I had to do for 17 years.…

— Gary Payton

“Good thing in this business is that you just have to make one big shot and that’s enough to make you forget…

— Guy Zucker

If Shakespeare can compare all of life to a stage, maybe it's not odd to believe that part of the play can…

— Bill Russell

We must take down the carnies. I think we need to start a campaign to defeat their scamming ways. I never win…

— Melissa Rauch

My job is to play basketball. That's what I get paid to do, right? Whatever city that's in, it won't matter. I'm…

— Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

I grew up playing basketball on the streets of New York City, and it was very, very rough, and I started playing…

— Metta World Peace

That's what people don't understand, that in the NBA these are the best 450 players in the world, in the game of…

— Jeanie Buss

Back in East St. Louis, tennis wasn't the real thing. If you weren't playing baseball, basketball, football, you were kind of on…

— Jimmy Connors

The NBA is the strongest professional sports league in the world. The league and the game is bigger than any one person,…

— Michael Jordan

I tell you what really fries my ass. When somebody gets on me for the way I look. Fat. Overweight. Well, I…

— Bobby Knight

It's a heavy duty to try to do everything and please everybody. My job was to go out there and play the…

— Michael Jordan

When I'm smiling and having fun, that's when you should have a problem. If I'm out there frowning and looking mean, that's…

— Dwight Howard

I always wanted to be an NBA ball player since I was eight years old. I kind of went on the road…

— Michael Bivins

I think everyone that's from Cleveland knows exactly where they were when the Cleveland Cavaliers won the NBA Finals. I was filming…

— The Miz

Although you do look at the big picture, if you're dealing with the now, it can be kind of frustrating. You're losing…

— Carmelo Anthony

I feel like I can get any shot I want. That's not to sound cocky or conceited. It's because I've played basketball…

— Jamal Crawford

I feel that there has been progress made since I was a boy on matters of race, but we have a long…

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

But you can not compare Yao's stats to mine. You just can't compare it and I am playing everyone one-on-one.

— Shaquille O'Neal

Since I first started playing basketball, I have just loved it, and nothing has ever made me lose that love.

— Ashley Graham

'Play the right way' means play unselfishly, respect each other's achievements, play hard, fulfill your role

— Gregg Popovich

Kev has these old Boston drills, where you all have to talk to each other, and interact, and it's helped us.

— Kevin Garnett

Not only is Rip Hamilton an outstanding basketball player, he is also known for giving back to his community.

— Jim Gerlach

I'm from the Midwest, so I know what Indiana basketball is all about and I'm very blessed to be a part of…

— Caris LeVert

Coming onto the Jordan Brand absolutely gives more attention to women's basketball and basketball in general.

— Maya Moore

I'm not your average athlete. I'm good at other things. I'm not just a basketball player. I'm multi-talented.

— Willie Cauley-Stein

As committed to my Lakers teammates and the organization as I am, I ultimately play basketball for my family.

— Avery Bradley

The chip comes from people saying I'm not good enough, or I can't score, or I'm not a real basketball player.

— Willie Cauley-Stein

Coach Smart did a great job of just letting me come to terms with myself as a basketball player and a person.

— Mohamed Bamba

The Olympic Games is holy. Athletes from around the world, including myself, of course, dream to participate.

— Yao Ming

I don't create controversies. They're there long before I open my mouth. I just bring them to your attention.

— Charles Barkley

I play basketball on Sundays and I'm a very spiritual guy; I read a lot of Eastern philosophy and I meditate.

— Garry Shandling

I'm not playing this game just to be a good basketball player. I want to be one of the greatest to ever…

— Shai Gilgeous-Alexander