Basketball player Quotes · Page 4

I want people to say that an African basketball player is the best player in the whole world.

— Joel Embiid

I try to never lose sight of what a special time it is to be a women's basketball player.

— Sue Wicks

I play guitar, and I'm a decent basketball player - people like to play on my team.

— Adam Pally

I'm just a basketball player, you know? Just put me where you need me.

— Lamar Odom

I think just by the nature of getting older, I hope that I'm a smarter basketball player than I was at 23.

— Sue Bird

In practice, don't just run basketball drills, teach the players how to play basketball.

— Don Meyer

My dad was a professional basketball player, and my mom was a hell of a tennis player.

— Luke Rockhold

I am a basketball player. For me to sit on the bench at 21, 22, not what I wanted.

— Toni Kukoc

There have been players with Indian heritage, but there hasn't been a Native-American professional basketball player who became a regular for all…

— Sherman Alexie

A young basketball player has people to look up to an emulate. We are a pro league, and we're on television. It…

— Sue Bird

Poets are regarded as handicapped writers whose work must be treated with a tender condescension, such as one accords the athletic achievements…

— Thomas M. Disch

3 good things about us basketball players 1) we are good with our hands 2) we score more than once 3) we…

— Anonymous

I went from the skinniest, worst basketball player you could ever imagine coming from my family to the starting high school center,…

— Larry Nance, Jr

My parents thought I was crazy. When I graduated, you didn't hear of basketball players going to Japan. Everyone went to Europe…

— Anne Donovan

Obviously, I'm a basketball player, I grew up going to basketball camps, so any chance I have to go in and be…

— Fred VanVleet

I just think we're all high-level basketball players, best in the world. And no matter the outside circumstance, we still have to…

— Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

Play more than one sport in high school. If you play, say, football and basketball, you can learn to be physical and…

— Antonio Gates

I've been very fortunate throughout my life with a number of opportunities, a number of great people that have helped me be…

— Harrison Barnes

If we can take young people who excel at the highest levels, put them on the same kind of pedestal as the…

— Benjamin Carson

I feel like I grew up differently, when you're a child actor you grow up differently, but it's not that different than…

— Dante Basco

I guess the way I describe it is when basketball players talk about being in the zone and they feel like they…

— LaDainian Tomlinson

My mom used to be a basketball player so I was really into it. Plus of course my height made it easier…

— Zaza Pachulia

It's funny because I think everybody when they see me, the first thing they say is, 'Man, you could have been a…

— Jay Williams

Playing against the older dudes really benefited me, just because where I came from, I'd always been the best player in the…

— Tyrese Haliburton

My mother chose 'Jordan' as my middle name, as a nod to her favorite basketball player.

— Harrison Barnes

Everybody knows that LeBron James is my favorite basketball player and I love the way he goes to the rack.

— Terrell Suggs

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

— Devin Booker

When I was growing up, I drew my favorite basketball players.

— Brandon Ingram

In my mind, women's basketball players are an untapped resource.

— Sue Bird

As you keep shooting the ball, you become a better basketball player.

— Raekwon

I was born to be a basketball player, not to be a guy who succeeds inside Goldman Sachs.

— Danilo Gallinari

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

— James Toney

There's not too many 5-10 basketball players that make it, let alone play college and make it to the NBA.

— Gordon Hayward

The coach should be the absolute boss, but he still should maintain an open mind.

— Red Auerbach

I'm a basketball player first and foremost. So I want to put basketball above everything else.

— Yuta Watanabe

Meadowlark was the most sensational, awesome, incredible basketball player I've ever seen.

— Wilt Chamberlain

I feel like LeBron James is an amazing basketball player, but he's also a community person.

— Chance The Rapper

It's the nature of basketball sometimes: every player and coach are going to have run-ins.

— Andre Iguodala

As a basketball player and competitor, I want to be out there with my teammates.

— Lauri Markkanen

If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it.

— Michael Jordan