Basketball Quotes · Page 62

Generally speaking, individual performances don't win basketball games

— John Wooden

I missed a few key basketball games, AAU games, because I didn't finish my homework.

— Donovan Mitchell

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

— Michael Jordan

I'm very lucky what basketball has given me, so I'd love to give back.

— Joe Ingles

Pressure is something you feel when you do not know what you are doing.

— Chuck Noll

I lost all feeling a long time ago. Basketball is basketball. It doesn't matter what floor I'm on.

— Gilbert Arenas

I'm in favour of drug tests, just so long as they are multiple choice.

— Kurt Rambis

Play off your great player... great teams have a go-to player and they play off of him.

— Don Meyer

I was all limbs and I was very convinced that I must be uncoordinated, so I didn't want to try any sports.…

— Geena Davis

I also tell them that your education can take you way farther than a football, baseball, track, or basketball will - that's…

— Bo Jackson

We have 2,500 students and an 8,000-seat basketball arena. You do the math on how important basketball is in Aberdeen.

— Don Meyer

I'm going back to the old Shaq. I was normal last year - I was an earthling last summer. I had to…

— Shaquille O'Neal

Like when I was growing up, when I was in the league the first three years, and I watched playoff basketball, there…

— Dillon Brooks

We overload in our workouts so that the game slows down in real life. It helps you become a smarter basketball player.

— Stephen Curry

I'm looking for activity. I put players in and take them out based on effort and defense, not making or missing shots

— Doc Rivers

I'm no innovator. If anything I'm a stealer, or borrower. I've stolen or borrowed from more people than you can shake a…

— Bear Bryant

In a lot of the really impoverished areas of Johannesburg you see these packets of cheesy puffs which are like 6 feet…

— Neill Blomkamp

I'm just playing basketball, the same way I have always played, from juniors and even back to middle school, I'm just doing…

— Nikola Jokic

People say it was the greatest individual rivalry they've ever seen. I agree with that. Let me assure you that if either…

— Bill Russell

Michael Jordan once said that the most peaceful moments of his life were on a basketball court, because that's the only place…

— Max Lucado

Although you do look at the big picture, if you're dealing with the now, it can be kind of frustrating. You're losing…

— Carmelo Anthony

I owe basketball. I'm forever indebted to it. It engulfed my life for the positive. The game has gotten more of my…

— Dawn Staley

“The courtside entertainment provided similar commercial thrills. Smaller businesses that couldn't afford their own teams bought the right to have company mascots…

— Rafe Bartholomew

The year I left coaching to get married, Providence College decided to put its women's basketball games on radio, and because I…

— Doris Burke

My team needs me to play defense, score the basketball and be a leader out there on the floor.

— Dillon Brooks

When we went up against teams that were better, I just hoped that we could steal the victories.

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I dribble rhymes like basketball... People call me 'E.T.' What's that, Shaq man? 'Extra Tall.'

— Shaquille O'Neal

I hated that perception that I didn't work hard, that I really don't love basketball.

— Dwight Howard

Basketball really had its origin in Indiana, which remains the center of the sport.

— James Naismith

To me, teamwork is the beauty of our sport, where you have five acting as one. You become selfless.

— Mike Krzyzewski

Discipline is the greatest form of love you can show someone. Great players crave discipline

— Tom Izzo

I was excited about going to the Lakers because they are probably the biggest brand in basketball.

— Kyle Kuzma

Nothing like getting hit really hard in the mouth with a basketball!! Oh the joys of gym class...

— Bailey Heideman

It's a parent's dream come true to watch your sons play at the highest level of college basketball.

— Dell Curry

I needed to go to class; I needed to go to practice; I needed to have a life away from basketball.

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Effort and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.

— John F. Kennedy

Can your player make a curl cut and score in the lane? If so, he is the cutter.

— Don Meyer

I love basketball, but playing basketball doesn't fully define who I am. I was always a good student, too.

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

We came out to get Game 1 but we also want to get Game 2

— Marcus Camby

Good players can take coaching; great players can take coaching and learn.

— John Wooden