Basketball Quotes · Page 56

I always want to win because I never want to sit out on the sidelines outside.

— Kevin Durant

I just gotta go out there and play basketball the way I know how to.

— Anthony Bennett

There are ups and downs in basketball, we all know that.

— Caris LeVert

The stats win nothing. I'm still sexy. I'm still great.

— Shaquille O'Neal

The people that are surrounding me have my best interest.

— Blake Griffin

Most of my learning and philosophy regarding coaching basketball was developed after great frustration.

— Dick Bennett

I always felt most at home on a basketball court, dating all the way back to when I was growing up in…

— Chris Mullin

I leave everything in God's hands and continue to work on playing basketball.

— Stephen Jackson

I don't let individual statistics make me a focus or more of a focus. I just tried to come out and attack…

— LeBron James

The greatest sin a coach can commit is to allow kids to slide by. This goes for the classroom as well as…

— Hubie Brown

I was always a tomboy. I always wanted to be around the boys, always wanted to play sports - basketball, football, kickball,…

— Young M.A

If I get on the golf course, my basketball game is a direct reflection of how many rounds of golf I can…

— Andre Iguodala

I was a skinny, scrawny guy. I stuttered horrendously, couldn't speak at all. I was a very shy, reserved player and a…

— Bill Walton

Son, my name isn't Knight to you, it's Coach Knight or it's Mr. Knight. I don't call people by their last name…

— Bobby Knight

But the point of using the number was to show that sex was a great part of my life as basketball was…

— Wilt Chamberlain

I love Milwaukee, I love the fans, the city - it works hard, I work hard and I've always done that since…

— Thon Maker

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

— Michael Jordan

No one is bigger than the team. You're going to be on time, you're going play hard, you're going to know your…

— Hubie Brown

I don't think you can say that one aspect of my life built my perspective. It is a combination of my faith,…

— Maya Moore

Freakishly I used to be able to run on my hands when I was a kid. I got quite close to the…

— Jason Watkins

I can watch SportsCenter on a loop, like, five times in a row until my girlfriend is like, 'Seriously? It's the same…

— James Roday

I was definitely out of control, but I loved the game of basketball and I played to win and I didn't understand…

— Mel Daniels

You have to be ready to compete. Because lots of people dream that dream, to be the best at something. But are…

— Chris Bosh

I had been cut from the basketball team every year. But I was like, 'I can turn it around! Michael Jordan made…

— Hasan Minhaj

We can have no progress without change, whether it be basketball or anything else.

— John Wooden

They scored 26 points in three quarters. That's solid defense.

— Bill Laimbeer

If you're playing basketball with someone who's better than you, you have to get better or else it's no fun

— Jason Behr

For me as a basketball player, it's about continuing to get better and continuing to grow.

— Tobias Harris

I learned that I love basketball, but I love my family more.

— Channing Frye

Honestly, I don't play basketball games. I'm more into fighting games like 'Mortal Kombat' or RPGs.

— Rasheed Wallace

You don't just deal with adversity. You use it to propel you forward.

— Erik Weihenmayer

Las Vegas is a big draw. There are a lot things to do there other than basketball.

— Ben Howland

As in life, to be the best in basketball you can't put any limits on your existence.

— Vlade Divac

Lets enjoy the first days of spring watching college basketball in a windowless bar.

— Anonymous

When I started playing, I wasn't fast, I was gangly, my jumpshot was terrible.

— Oscar Robertson

I'm too short to play basketball and too nervous to steal.

— Melvin Van Peebles

Passing the basketball - I feel like I've gotten better with that.

— Jimmer Fredette

I started playing in school. Lots of kids in Yugoslavia play basketball.

— Vlade Divac

Good players want to be coached... Great players want to be told the truth

— Doc Rivers

I never thought a basketball shoe would be named after a woman, let alone me.

— Sheryl Swoopes