Basketball Quotes · Page 69

I play basketball on Sundays and I'm a very spiritual guy; I read a lot of Eastern philosophy and I meditate.

— Garry Shandling

Since I first started playing basketball, I have just loved it, and nothing has ever made me lose that love.

— Ashley Graham

My first baby toy was a basketball and ever since, I've had a basketball in my hands.

— Shawn Bradley

When I come to the arena, my mind is on basketball, not thinking I'm walking a runway.

— J. J. Redick

I'm going to try to fit in where I can and play the way I can.

— Tim Duncan

You create shots for yourself by what you do without the ball more than what you do after you get it

— Steve Alford

Coaching is making men do what they don't want, so they can become what they want to be

— Tom Landry

I'm kind of a loner type of dude when it comes to basketball.

— Austin Rivers

I'm not super social, don't really go to parties, or basketball games, or football games very often, the big social occasions.

— Taylor Phinney

People want to be on a team. They want to be part of something bigger than themselves. They want to be in…

— Mike Krzyzewski

My teammates at Duke - all of them, black and white - were a band of brothers who came together to play…

— Grant Hill

It's the playoffs, man. If you don't get excited about the playoffs, you don't even deserve to be playing basketball.

— Robert Horry

I like to play basketball. Sometimes if someone takes that away from you, you've got to get in your feelings for a…

— Rudy Gobert

I just love the game of basketball so much. The game! I don't need the 18,000 people screaming and all the peripheral…

— Bobby Knight

Growing up, my parents were very, very strict. And then I went to UCLA with John Wooden, who was just off the…

— Bill Walton

What am I doing, just playing basketball? It was eating at me. Because basketball, you play, you retire, you're done. I wanted…

— Enes Kanter

In America, the poor have been invisibilised, because obviously this model of success that has been held out to the world must…

— Arundhati Roy

Sorry!' Dave's friend yelled when he saw me. 'That was my-' But i wasn't listening as,instead,i took every bit of the anger…

— Sarah Dessen

What I made clear to our front office is we're going to be judged by wins and losses. It isn't about having…

— Jeanie Buss

I got on the scale and I weighed around 203. I'm only 5'7. I was about to turn 30, and I wasn't…

— Jerry Ferrara

I don't think you can explain why all these other sports and college basketball have a fair representation of African American coaches,…

— Frank Deford

The great thing about [Michael] Jordan was that he made them want it just like he wanted it. And a lot of…

— Ginuwine

I hate the gym, so I try to diversify my workouts with swimming and basketball. Indoors, it's less boring than running. I…

— Mike Colter

In an individual sport, yes, you have to win titles. Baseball's different. But basketball, hockey? One person can control the tempo of…

— Kobe Bryant

I play basketball hard-nosed and if you're not on my team, during that 48 minutes we're enemies.

— Matt Barnes

The guys who take shortcuts, who aren't ready, they fail when their opportunity comes

— Tom Thibodeau

Doing the best you are capable of doing is victory in itself, and less than that is defeat.

— John Wooden

Other people go to the office. I get to coach. I know I've been blessed.

— Jim Valvano

I've probably watched more basketball games than anything.

— Bill Cowher

We cannot do great deeds unless we're willing to do the small things that make up the sum of greatness.

— Theodore Roosevelt

My dream has become a reality now, and it's the best feeling I've ever had.

— LeBron James

Just remember, their fans think their players are supermen. Well we're the kryptonite, and we're gonna win.

— Jim Larranaga

Players draw confidence from a poised, alert coach who anticipates changing in game conditions

— Jack Ramsay

I don't feel like basketball is the only way to make a living.

— Derek Fisher

“Basketball Rule #8 Sometimes you have to lean back a little and fade away to get the best shot.”

— Kwame Alexander

In the end, what your own troops do is more important than who they are marching against.

— Don Meyer

If you don't hold your team accountable then you will lose credibility and your team will be spoiled.

— John Brady

When kids start playing basketball, they all think about scoring.

— Serge Ibaka

Well one thing you can't say is that I don't know basketball.

— Jermaine O'Neal

I don't think Michael had to retire for us to get the spotlight, because when you win, it commands attention.

— Hakeem Olajuwon