Basketball Quotes · Page 74

We told Stanley Roberts to go on a water diet, and Lake Superior disappeared.

— Pat Williams

When my mom travelled, she would bring me basketball tapes.

— Masai Ujiri

That's why I play basketball. To play a lot of minutes, and to help my team win.

— Zion Williamson

You know, God gave me a gift to do other things besides play the game of basketball.

— LeBron James

All love affairs end. Eventually the girl is gonna put curlers in her hair.

— Al McGuire

I played a little basketball. Some football in junior high.

— Clint Eastwood

We are not going to play them; they are going to play us.

— Henry Iba

I played basketball in high school, and I love watching sports - I'll watch everything except maybe hockey.

— Andy Roddick

I've spent a lot of time in the United States and Canada and I am grateful for the opportunities that I've been…

— Masai Ujiri

I just go out there and play basketball. I'm not worried about missing. I just got to be thinking about the next…

— Jamal Murray

It's fun to watch and fun to be a part of and I think that's what it's all about. You have to…

— Paul Millsap

I've always considered myself a crunch-time player. I just love having the ball in my hands. Everyone in the arena knows the…

— Reggie Miller

I've got to make some decisions just like any other player that has ever played this game, that eventually the clock stops,…

— Alonzo Mourning

It was a different sexual situation going on than it is in the '80s and '90s, and I did a very poor…

— Wilt Chamberlain

We got almost the entire team coming back; we only had two seniors last year. We plan not just on making it…

— Nate Oats

I said it before we arrived in Athens, that we wanted to prove to the world that our bronze medal in Sweden…

— Gianluca Basile

Then you've got Georgetown, and I really just like everything about them. When I went down there with my mom, it really…

— Nerlens Noel

In his sophomore year Wilbanks tried out for the high school basketball team and made it. On the first day of practice…

— Lynn G. Robbins

I love teaching I think more than anything. It's the opportunity to just teach young people and teach the game. You teach…

— Pat Summitt

Nowadays children look at everyone in the magazines and they want to be a basketball star or on a television show, but…

— Heidi Klum

Obviously I knew my dad was a basketball player, but at the age of 11 or 12, I really found out who…

— Domantas Sabonis

Trying to speak English, to learn what my teammates were saying, to learn what I wanted to say - basketball, you have…

— Jose Calderon

When it came to basketball, I was a fanatic. I started to focus solely on basketball the summer before my freshman year…

— Mike D'Antoni

If your kids remember anything, it's the fact that you were there. You're gonna fail every day, you're gonna make mistakes, you're…

— Raine Maida

Whirlyball is only the most awesome sport on the planet! It's like bumper cars plus lacrosse meets basketball.

— St. Vincent

I just loved the game of basketball growing up and my goal was to somehow be a part of it.

— Tim Donaghy

I'm very good at noticing talent. I knew he was special then and obviously he is now.

— LeBron James

I just try to go out there and play winning basketball. It's what I've done my entire life.

— Alex Caruso

I didn't say anything. Got nothing to say. I'm a married man; I don't need a relationship with another man.

— Shaquille O'Neal

Football and basketball have similar problems and similar positives.

— Tom Izzo

Made the basketball team haha (; Starting point guard (:

— Jared

If America is the pursuit of happiness, the best way to pursue happiness is to help other people.

— George Lucas

Just knowing your dad is a professional basketball player, it just makes you feel like you're destined for.

— Devin Booker

Nobody believed in us. Everybody made fun of Houston basketball. I can't say I blamed 'em.

— Kelvin Sampson

I always know what's happening on the court. I see a situation occur, and I respond.

— Larry Bird

Duke basketball, that tradition and what it means to the school, is pretty neat.

— Daniel Jones

Being here feels like I'm out of prison. This is the right place, the right time, the right team.

— Shaquille O'Neal

Mental Toughness is doing the right thing for the team when it's not the best thing for you

— Bill Belichick

Just getting away from the game, getting away from basketball was a good thing for me.

— Paul Millsap

I gravitate toward the team thing. I'm not a golfer - I much prefer basketball.

— Michael Eisner