When you go out there and do the things you're supposed to do, people view you as selfish. — Wilt Chamberlain Copy Share Image
Promise yourself to make all your friends know there is something in them that is special and that you value. — John Wooden Copy Share Image
I'm a competitive person. I love the game of basketball. I'm a gym rat. — Paul Pierce Copy Share Image
Balancing schoolwork and basketball was very, very hard, but a lot of benefits came along with it. — Big Cass Copy Share Image
I just want to go out there and play basketball, do it at a high level, put us in a position to… — Bradley Beal Copy Share Image
I was captain of the volleyball team and the basketball team, and I ran track. — Sarah Shahi Copy Share Image
I'm just really excited to play basketball in America and to be free and all that. — Andre Iguodala Copy Share Image
You look at the skills involved, especially with things like lateral movement or change of direction, and there's definitely a strong correlation… — Greg Olsen Copy Share Image
To be able to play in Phoenix, to have it all come full circle, from where I started playing basketball to be… — Marvin Bagley III Copy Share Image
If I asked you something about basketball and you don't really know about basketball and you try to talk it and fake… — Chamillionaire Copy Share Image
Guys who might not be superstars but because of their hustle, because of the little things they do, these are the guys… — Dwyane Wade Copy Share Image
From nobody to upstart. From upstart to contender. From contender to winner. From winner to champion. From champion to Dynasty. — Pat Riley Copy Share Image
I was president of the schools in junior high and high school, got a scholarship to New York University, played a little… — Louis Gossett, Jr Copy Share Image
Steph Curry is a great basketball player, but he's not Magic Johnson. And it'd be unfair to ask Steph Curry to be… — Mark Jackson Copy Share Image
I believe that if I committed to basketball, I could make an impact in the NBA. I now see football as my… — Julius Peppers Copy Share Image
My dad has been everything in terms of the foundation of the game of basketball. He taught me the game and always… — Tyrese Haliburton Copy Share Image
The pleasure of sport was so often the chance to indulge the cessation of time itself--the pitcher dawdling on the mound, the… — George Plimpton Copy Share Image
I can't say there was one thing in particular that helped prepare me for life beyond basketball except for the exposure to… — Len Elmore Copy Share Image
I love basketball so much, I love playing it. I just never thought I could make it to college, make it to… — Kevin Durant Copy Share Image
Before anyone ever cared where I would play basketball, I was a kid from Northeast Ohio. Its where I walked. Its where… — LeBeon James Copy Share Image
I would walk around in all these cities we lived in because my dad would move around so much. I would just… — Danilo Gallinari Copy Share Image
In America, we have three major sports - baseball, football and basketball. They get the most coverage. Then there's things like golf… — Maurice Greene Copy Share Image
Just like in life, when you play basketball, you have to give in order to receive. On the court, you're not only… — Vlade Divac Copy Share Image
Adrian Dantley is a guy that I looked at . . . on how to maneuver my body around. — Charles Barkley Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, it's basketball. You've got to put the ball in the basket. — George Hill Copy Share Image
If you play good attack, you win the game, but, if you play good defence you win championships — Zeljko Obradovic Copy Share Image
I'm very, very confident in my ability to see the game - even before it's played. — LeBron James Copy Share Image
The best basketball game I ever played was probably when I was in the fifth grade. — Mike Conley Jr Copy Share Image
There are only two options regarding commitment; you’re either in or you’re out. — Pat Riley Copy Share Image
The love of this game has been with me since I heard the word basketball itself. — Zaza Pachulia Copy Share Image
As a coach, you're just trying to figure out how to keep a team on edge. You've got to find that edge. — Don Meyer Copy Share Image
I grew up in a position-less age of basketball, I guess you want to call it. — Jaren Jackson, Jr Copy Share Image
To be honest with you, I (would) much rather play basketball and not be famous. — Kobe Bryant Copy Share Image
