Basketball Quotes · Page 75

I love basketball, and I didn't get a chance to finish my career the way I wanted.

— Penny Hardaway

Sometimes you need to get hit in the head to realize that you're in a fight.

— Michael Jordan

I knew Rick Pitino was going to make them play that outbreak, monkey defense. He's been doing it all his life.

— Shaquille O'Neal

It doesn't matter to me what place I get traded to. If I was traded someplace - I'd play anywhere.

— Kobe Bryant

The only thing success should do is make you more humble.

— Don Meyer

I'm a huge fan of Michael Jordan, and I love the game of basketball.

— Dani Alves

If you're afraid to fail, then you're probably going to fail.

— Kobe Bryant

A great way to test the conditioning of your team is the two-mile run.

— Bobby Knight

I begged my mom for a beat machine, she spent a crazy amount of money - so there were no more Christmases,…

— J. Cole

I have seen countless people make a choice to be confident. If you don't naturally feel bold and confident, you can choose…

— Richard DeVos

My dad never really played basketball, but now he's my biggest critic. I come home, and he says: 'Why didn't you shoot…

— Dirk Nowitzki

Going into a game against Lew Alcindor [later Kareem Abdul-Jabbar] is like going into a knife fight and finding there's no blade…

— Bill Fitch

I started playing ball when I was 13 and a half. Before that, I just wanted to play football and baseball but…

— Moses Malone

My father made me who I am. He gave me a basketball and told me to play with the ball, sleep with…

— Shaquille O'Neal

It was important for me to have other outlets outside of 'Basketball Wives' to represent myself and who I really am and…

— Shaunie O'Neal

Anyone can win a slam-dunk contest. The real Superman is dead. He was assassinated by Pat Riley. I'm the Big Cactus now…

— Shaquille O'Neal

My first motion capture game was with Sony - 'NBA: The Life.' It was very ahead of its time. Brandon Akiaten, he…

— Nolan North

“There are different eras and generations, but basketball is still the same. Old school or new school, the fundamentals of the game-…

— Walt Frazier

There was a beauty here bigger than the hurtling beauty of basketball, a beauty refined from country pastures, a game of solitariness,…

— John Updike

It was more my uncle - my mom's brother - and my aunt who turned me on to hoops. He was more…

— Tristan Thompson

When people ask me what I miss most about the game, it's being in the locker room and getting to know the…

— Earl Monroe

I have two definitions of success - one on the basketball court and one in my personal life. In basketball, success means…

— Dwyane Wade

I've always thought that my exposure to competitive sports helped me a great deal in the operating room. It teaches you endurance,…

— Denton Cooley

Involvement in my kids' sports teams is something I have made time for over the years. I've also been able to coach…

— Thomas Perez

Football, basketball, and the Olympic sports all have their problems with banned substances.

— Jim Sensenbrenner

Yoga helps me with basketball, but it helps me outside of it more than anything.

— Andre Iguodala

There's so many young peoople who start to play basketball and never learn the fundamentals.

— Oscar Robertson

Basketball doesn't give me time to be in a relationship.

— Anonymous

There is nothing more important than rebounding... don't just give it lip service.

— Don Meyer

The invention of basketball was not an accident. It was developed to meet a need.

— James Naismith

U-M has provided me the chance to live my dream of playing college basketball and to earn a Michigan degree.

— Caris LeVert

I think every player who truly loves basketball wants to be in the game at all times.

— Jalen Brunson

Good shooters take the shots; best shooters take most of the shots.

— Don Meyer

The Atlanta Hawks are a bunch of guys who would prefer to pass kidney stones than pass a basketball.

— Bob Weiss

Your best player has to set a tone of intolerance for anything that gets in the way of winning

— Jeff Van Gundy

What we do at LSU is to develop players and make them better.

— John Brady

I feel like a coach when I'm on the court. I just see basketball as a team sport.

— Jose Calderon

I can be aggressive and try to look to score by driving the basketball and trying to get open shots.

— Dennis Schroder

I want everyone to know: You can play basketball in Canada and you can still get to where you need to go.

— Jamal Murray

The Lakers fans have been great, even folks in the supermarket are welcoming me back!

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar