In many ways, my job in soccer was like my job in basketball now. I had to protect the goal. That was… — Hakeem Olajuwon Copy Share Image
My family was poor, my father drove a cab for a living, but we felt normal because everybody else was in the… — Bob Cousy Copy Share Image
That's the first thing that came easy in basketball, beating people down the court, getting into people. Using God's gifts. — Jordan Clarkson Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I feel like the NBA, WNBA, tennis and basketball have really been at the forefront of social justice and pushing for change… — Pam Shriver Copy Share Image
Everyone thought that the Spurs would run through us and everyone is talking about the Spurs vs. the Suns in the conference… — Marcus Camby Copy Share Image
You just gotta be who you are, and I think it's time to get rid of this whole National Basketball Association. Call… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
I guess I concentrated exclusively on basketball because of my height. If I was shorter, I don't think I would play. — Anne Donovan Copy Share Image
Sports have always been a big part of my life. At school, I played a lot of different sports, and I was… — Izabel Goulart Copy Share Image
Baseball is like cricket, and I grew up in a country where they had cricket. So I understand cricket, soccer and basketball.… — Patrick Soon-Shiong Copy Share Image
I've always been a workout type guy. So if I'm feeling down or I'm not happy with something, I go to the… — LaMarcus Aldridge Copy Share Image
Whether you go on to be a great basketball player or not, that's not for me to decide. But you can learn… — Rich Paul Copy Share Image
Writing 'Hoop Roots' was a substitute or a surrogate activity. I can't play anymore - my body won't cooperate - so in… — John Edgar Wideman Copy Share Image
Coach Blatt is very, very knowledgeable about the game. And it just goes to show you that no matter where you're at,… — Joe Harris Copy Share Image
I love basketball. I love football. And to me, I think that's a dimension that you don't see with a lot of… — Cristela Alonzo Copy Share Image
I always thought the objective of basketball was to get the maximum amount of movement to get the easiest shot, closest to… — Bill Bradley Copy Share Image
All athletic accomplishments begin with volition; that is, the desire and willpower necessary to succeed. Volition affects more than thoughts and feelings… — Charles Garfield Copy Share Image
All I know is basketball, and I'm sure a lot of guys in the locker room, all they know is basketball. So,… — Tyronn Lue Copy Share Image
I play basketball. I need a jersey and I need some shorts that I feel comfortable in. I'm trying to hoop, not… — Brittney Griner Copy Share Image
Being black or white isn't an accomplishment. What you do with your life - or what you accomplish with your life -… — Charles Barkley Copy Share Image
Just because we play in the NBA or coach in the NBA doesn't mean we are not human. We are supermen. For… — George Karl Copy Share Image
The great thing was my teammates really set some great screens to get me open. I just went out there and played… — Holly Johnson Copy Share Image
In basketball and football I would cry. I didn't understood why all my teammates weren't good. Then I started boxing and I… — Danny Garcia Copy Share Image
Basketball was just secondary, and I never had the opportunity to really address the issues that I was having physically. — Jermaine O'Neal Copy Share Image
I just want the respect I deserve. Not for what I can do in the future but what I've done in the… — Michael Beasley Copy Share Image
Me as a person, I'm not the president of the NBPA (National Basketball Players Association). I don't even know what to say.… — Kevin Durant Copy Share Image
Collecting shoes is my biggest hobby. I've got a couple hundred pairs of Nikes and Jordans. I got a lot of hats,… — Chumlee Copy Share Image
It's my experience that people rise to the level of their own expectations and of the competition they seek out. — Pat Summitt Copy Share Image
I think what has happened to our basketball team, we've been badly distracted. They're not reading too many positive things in the… — Bill Russell Copy Share Image
It's never been about me... It's a team sport. It's basketball. It's not how good you are, it's how good your team… — Marc Gasol Copy Share Image
Basketball players want to be comfortable, they want to be lackadaisical, they want to make the right passes and take the right… — Patrick Beverley Copy Share Image
I'm excited to partner with the No. 1 residential basketball company in the world. Lifetime makes some of the best hoops around,… — Joe Ingles Copy Share Image
Somebody out there was trying to use my language and trying to speak for me. Rather than have that happen, I thought… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
To have a high basketball IQ, I think you have to be unselfish, but also selfish at the same time. To be… — Kyle Lowry Copy Share Image
I think I could've been successful in most any sport I put my mind to. But I've never regretted playing only basketball. — John Havlicek Copy Share Image
We succeed only as we identify in life, or in war, or in anything else, a single overriding objective, and make all… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
I don't really have anything to say. Basketball is not a game that you can play with your mouth. It needs action… — Yao Ming Copy Share Image
There isn't a single professional sports season now that doesn't go on at least a month too long. Baseball starts in football… — James Reston, Jr Copy Share Image
I'm the LCL - the Last Center Left. I've been doing the same things for 13 years, but now they're flopping and… — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
My father brought a basketball to the hospital when I was born, and he already had it embedded in his head that… — Dave East Copy Share Image
