Basketball Quotes · Page 2

I'm sorry to see it end.

— Michael Jordan

Only the strong survive.

— Allen Iverson

“I don't know my limits.”

— Tim Goossens

The game honors toughness

— Brad Stevens

I loved basketball.

— Patrick Corbin

Basketball is my therapy.

— King Dennie

I play a lot of basketball.

— Josh Peck

They wanted me as coach.

— Nate Oats

I am professional and not just in basketball.

— Boban Marjanovic

A man is as big as the measure of his thinking.

— Napoleon Hill

I'm a lot better coach when I have really good players

— Chuck Daly

Do passing drills that come from your offense.

— John Wooden

Practice structure determines success.

— Bobby Knight

He is an old glove, but he looked like the old Glove.

— Shaquille O'Neal

When they gave me that trophy, bro, I cried.

— Dennis Rodman

Name 12 players better than me.

— Jalen Rose

What you specifically teach is what your players will do best.

— Dick Bennett

Your best players have to unite and inspire the group... otherwise, they'll divide the group

— Jeff Van Gundy

I'm playing basketball in real life, I don't want to go home and see myself playing virtually as well.

— De'Aaron Fox

When handling the ball, I always would look for daylight, wherever there was daylight.

— Julius Erving

With accomplishments comes confidence and with confidence comes belief. It has to be in that order.

— Mike Krzyzewski

I was the kid in basketball camps wanting to see the new gear that comes out or the gear that the camps…

— Deandre Ayton

It means I don't have to charter that big jet for the family.

— Shaquille O'Neal

I have one thing to say to those non-believers. Don't ever underestimate the heart of a champion.

— Rudy Tomjanovich

In 19 years Stockton never once lost a suicide drill in practice. Well, there was one day. He was sick. But he…

— Jerry Sloan

I might be nervous off the court, being booed. But being on the court, it's my comfort zone. It's basketball. It's what…

— Paul George

I just love sports: basketball, baseball, football. As a kid I did it all. But in my heart, I'm a football player.…

— Kyler Murray

Set higher standards for your own performance than anyone else around you, and your only competition will be with yourself

— Rick Pitino

If you really love something, you gonna do it until you can't do it no more. And that's how I feel about…

— Stephen Jackson

Basketball is definitely basketball and that's what we love to play, but in the NBA, there's a business side of it. It's…

— Tristan Thompson

I'm a Texan. Some of me is still nestled up there in the Catskill Mountains: the summers I spent with my grandfather…

— Jerry Jeff Walker

My favorite part about playing basketball is a chance to play with other people, be in that team atmosphere and have a…

— Al Horford

You know what's fun about basketball? It keeps evolving, and it keeps changing a little bit. And the older guys want to…

— Mike D'Antoni

I think the most important thing about coaching is that you have to have a sense of confidence about what you're doing.…

— Phil Jackson

I was not athletically inclined. I was very quiet, introverted, non-confrontational. My three older brothers were athletes - basketball, football - but…

— Sugar Ray Leonard

I hear all theses negative things about me on social media. People saying I can't play basketball & volleyball, but guess what…

— Kristen Farah

I had orders from the great Bill Russell. Me and him were talking in Seattle the other day, and he was telling…

— Shaquille O'Neal

For once in my career, I won't have to hold anybody's hand and they won't have to hold mine. I'm surrounded by…

— Shaquille O'Neal

Anytime you have a Pat Riley running things, calling the shots, you are not going to question things because he has been…

— Udonis Haslem

My fondest memories were watching the Beastie Boys get prepped to come on stage. They had a lot of antics and they…

— Talib Kweli