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title: "23 Basketball Really Quotes by 23 authors"
description: "Browse 23 Basketball Really quotes by 23 authors. Discover the best Basketball Really sayings and thoughts."
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> [I'm terrible at basketball. I have really small hands, and I can't control the ball.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-knox/i-m-terrible-at-basketball-i-have-really-small-hands-and-i-can-t/)

[Amanda Knox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-knox/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/861/amanda-knox-10863_basketball_i-m-terrible-at-basketball-i-have-really_1454294.png)

> [Outside of basketball, I really love to bowl.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-smart/outside-of-basketball-i-really-love-to-bowl/)

[Marcus Smart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-smart/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12a/marcus-smart-6452_basketball_outside-of-basketball-i-really-love-to-b_1770370.jpg)

> [The leadership aspect of U.S.A. basketball has really helped me out a lot.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deandre-jordan/the-leadership-aspect-of-u-s-a-basketball-has-really-helped-me-out-a/)

[DeAndre Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deandre-jordan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/deb/deandre-jordan-6008_basketball_the-leadership-aspect-of-u-s-a-basketbal_2452308.jpg)

> [You can play pickup basketball, but you can't really re-create football.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peyton-manning/you-can-play-pickup-basketball-but-you-can-t-really-re-create-football/)

[Peyton Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peyton-manning/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec6/peyton-manning-7602_basketball_you-can-play-pickup-basketball-but-you-c_2877060.png)

> [Basketball has always really helped me physically for baseball.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-connaughton/basketball-has-always-really-helped-me-physically-for-baseball/)

[Pat Connaughton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pat-connaughton/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ae/pat-connaughton-6509_always_basketball-has-always-really-helped-me-p_381129.jpg)

> [Basketball really had its origin in Indiana, which remains the center of the sport.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-naismith/basketball-really-had-its-origin-in-indiana-which-remains-the-center/)

[James Naismith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-naismith/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3aa/james-naismith-33040_basketball_basketball-really-had-its-origin-in-indi_1455448.png)

> [I keep myself in shape. I love the game of basketball, and I really feel like it doesn't matter about your age.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penny-hardaway/i-keep-myself-in-shape-i-love-the-game-of-basketball-and-i-really/)

[Penny Hardaway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penny-hardaway/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecc/penny-hardaway-8364_age_i-keep-myself-in-shape-i-love-the-game-o_1382756.jpg)

> [Basketball is really important to a lot of people in the U.S., and no one takes it more serious than women.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-taurasi/basketball-is-really-important-to-a-lot-of-people-in-the-u-s-and-no/)

[Diana Taurasi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-taurasi/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b61/diana-taurasi-5019_basketball_basketball-is-really-important-to-a-lot_2073779.jpg)

> [I realize that I'm not going to be doing interviews for the cover of 'GQ' for the rest of my life, know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-paul/i-realize-that-i-m-not-going-to-be-doing-interviews-for-the-cover-of/)

[Chris Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-paul/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55b/chris-paul-10085_basketball_i-realize-that-i-m-not-going-to-be-doing_2253707.png)

> [Free agency screws everybody's allegiances up. Whether it be football, baseball, hockey, basketball, whatever it may be. It's really hard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-goldberg/free-agency-screws-everybody-s-allegiances-up-whether-it-be-football/)

[Bill Goldberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-goldberg/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf2/bill-goldberg-2919_agency_free-agency-screws-everybody-s-allegianc_1436185.png)

> [If someone wants to call me a Harlem Globetrotter, well, great, go ahead. I was very good at basketball. I was a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-k-subban/if-someone-wants-to-call-me-a-harlem-globetrotter-well-great-go-ahead/)

[P.K. Subban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-k-subban/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/634/p-k-subban-5611_ahead_if-someone-wants-to-call-me-a-harlem-glo_2658302.jpg)

> [Basketball really is a metaphor for life - the intangible skills I have learned on the court, have helped shape the person…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ashley-graham/basketball-really-is-a-metaphor-for-life-the-intangible-skills-i-have/)

[Ashley Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ashley-graham/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b52/ashley-graham-2577_basketball_basketball-really-is-a-metaphor-for-life_2325146.jpg)

> [I've been shooting my whole life. I don't remember a team where I wasn't playing basketball. It's something I really enjoy, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kyle-korver/i-ve-been-shooting-my-whole-life-i-don-t-remember-a-team-where-i-wasn/)

[Kyle Korver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kyle-korver/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/519/kyle-korver-5668_basketball_i-ve-been-shooting-my-whole-life-i-don-t_660993.jpg)

> [I'm accustomed to playing basketball really rough. When I came into the league, I was used to fighting on the court. That's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/metta-world-peace/i-m-accustomed-to-playing-basketball-really-rough-when-i-came-into/)

[Metta World Peace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/metta-world-peace/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da0/metta-world-peace-4059_basketball_i-m-accustomed-to-playing-basketball-rea_849650.jpg)

> [Sitting behind the bench at games is the hardest thing I've ever had to go through because basketball is really most of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-webber/sitting-behind-the-bench-at-games-is-the-hardest-thing-i-ve-ever-had/)

[Chris Webber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-webber/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a68/chris-webber-38217_basketball_sitting-behind-the-bench-at-games-is-the_1262922.jpg)

> [You don't contest shots without expending energy. You don't get deflections - unless you walk into one every now and then -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/draymond-green/you-don-t-contest-shots-without-expending-energy-you-don-t-get/)

[Draymond Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/draymond-green/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f1/draymond-green-5121_basketball_you-don-t-contest-shots-without-expendin_1258015.jpg)

> [I realize that although I'd like to make films as a career after I'm done playing, I really love basketball; I really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-nash/i-realize-that-although-i-d-like-to-make-films-as-a-career-after-i-m/)

[Steve Nash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-nash/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/720/steve-nash-4910_after_i-realize-that-although-i-d-like-to-make_2136397.jpg)

> [I played basketball in fourth, fifth and sixth grade because it was what my friends did. But in seventh grade, I decided…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/austin-reaves/i-played-basketball-in-fourth-fifth-and-sixth-grade-because-it-was/)

[Austin Reaves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/austin-reaves/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84d/austin-reaves-6540_baseball_i-played-basketball-in-fourth-fifth-and_1491197.jpg)

> [Having been a football player, most viewers associated me with just that. It was tough to go from football to basketball, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ahmad-rashad/having-been-a-football-player-most-viewers-associated-me-with-just/)

[Ahmad Rashad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ahmad-rashad/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/093/ahmad-rashad-27034_ball-player_having-been-a-football-player-most-viewe_1027877.jpg)

> [I once did something right. I played first-rate basketball. I really did. And after you're first-rate at something, no matter what, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-updike/i-once-did-something-right-i-played-first-rate-basketball-i-really/)

[John Updike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-updike/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1a/john-updike-396_basketball_i-once-did-something-right-i-played-firs_2222169.jpg)

> [You always need someone who's a part of your squad, and I felt that college basketball really helped with that - traveling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/big-cass/you-always-need-someone-who-s-a-part-of-your-squad-and-i-felt-that/)

[Big Cass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/big-cass/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/510/big-cass-28694_basketball_you-always-need-someone-who-s-a-part-of_2108930.jpg)

> [I have to give credit to the NBA, because they've done an unbelievable job of taking our game global and putting us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dwyane-wade/i-have-to-give-credit-to-the-nba-because-they-ve-done-an-unbelievable/)

[Dwyane Wade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dwyane-wade/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/558/dwyane-wade-2407_able_i-have-to-give-credit-to-the-nba-because_1404753.jpg)

> [I think I was chosen by basketball, although I never really physically got drafted to any team that I played for.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julius-erving/i-think-i-was-chosen-by-basketball-although-i-never-really-physically/)

[Julius Erving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julius-erving/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e90/julius-erving-10131_basketball_i-think-i-was-chosen-by-basketball-altho_579749.jpg)

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