Basketball Quotes · Page 83

I thought LeBron James was just going to be another addition to help me score

— Ricky Davis

When you work on getting better at something, don't do it half speed

— Ray Allen

We're shooting 100 percent - 60 percent from the field and 40 percent from the free-throw line.

— Norm Stewart

You know, I think more people should watch women's basketball. It'd do so much for the game.

— Kevin Durant

I don't know. I don't have a fax machine, so I didn't get that message.

— Shaquille O'Neal

Basketball has consumed me since the age of 7 or 8. I don't know what I would do without it.

— Rick Pitino

Street basketball is all about shakes and fakes, crossing your defender up. The NBA is more strategic.

— Baron Davis

I really treated Indiana like my home. I spent a great two years over there. I played my best basketball there.

— Bojan Bogdanovic

It's going to be great. A lot of the players are coming. I wasn't here when they put (Jackson) up in the…

— Scottie Pippen

People got to realize that the owners who been paying me are a lot richer than I am. It's not like I…

— Moses Malone

Right when I was lying on the ground and saw my legs, I didn't think first, 'I'm going to die.' I was…

— Jeff Bauman

I've pretty much done all I can here and, you know, God will carry me the rest of the way, so I'm…

— Kobe Bryant

In basketball - as in life - true joy comes from being fully present in each and every moment, not just when…

— Phil Jackson

During the season, I'm not really on too many other things - I'm just focused on basketball. But I'm a big lover…

— Jordan Clarkson

Leaders must learn to discipline their disappointments. It's not what happens to us, it is what we choose to do about what…

— Jim Rohn

“The technological society has walked off the court, so to speak, but they've left all the basketballs behind. Someone will come along…

— Stephen King

Setting goals for your game is an art. The trick is in setting them at the right level - neither too low…

— Greg Norman

We want stuff done right. As long as it's my team, I'll voice my opinion. Yep, it's my team. You media guys…

— Shaquille O'Neal

One thing you gotta know about Roy. The way I always saw myself, is I'm just like you. In the ring, I…

— Roy Jones Jr

Like life, basketball is messy and unpredictable. It has its way with you, no matter how hard you try to control it.…

— Phil Jackson

We talk about players of yesteryear, guys who could play or couldn't play, and I think it's ridiculous to try to even…

— Jerry West

“Clarissa, I was calling to ask if you wanted to go to the Laker game tonight." Now, Clarissa was hurt. "This is…

— Gigi Levangie Grazer

Stephen A. Smith is the hardest-working man in sports show business. The ubiquitous basketball pundit appears on ESPN about 10 times a…

— Stephen Rodrick

To continue my efforts as a leader for my people and to follow my family's legacy of providing legitimate opportunities for Aboriginal…

— Patty Mills

You definitely have to have a sense of humor. It's not always serious when it comes to basketball.

— Eric Bledsoe

I treated it like every day was my last day with a basketball.

— LeBron James

All the normal lifts that bodybuilders do, we didn't do them in basketball.

— Phil Heath

People always talk about going on offensive runs. But you can go on defensive runs too

— Tom Thibodeau

Flowers are the free throw of love. You're looking for the clutch three-pointer from downtown.

— Daniel Holloway

“there with her boyfriend and his friends from the basketball team, including Paul Turner.”

— T.L. Haddix

Bob Brannum was my body guard on the court. He was 6'-6 and built like a bulldog.

— Bob Cousy

Sometimes, things may not go your way, but the effort should be there every single night.

— Michael Jordan

Those to whom defense is not important will have the best seat in the game

— Rick Majerus

I am the number one Ninja and I have killed all the Shoguns in front of me.

— Shaquille O'Neal

I visualize the game. I think about who I am guarding, the things he likes to do.

— Scottie Pippen

Music was definitely a way out. Instead of playing basketball, I was going to recording studios.

— Flo Rida

I always designed my practice plans the night before and then made tweaks a few hours before practice began

— Bobby Knight

I think Bush came back because Colin Powell was there. Hey, I'm the brigadier general, baby.

— Shaquille O'Neal

I ate too many Frosted Flakes. I don't remember what I said last night.

— Shaquille O'Neal

The worst thing we can do is put the (other) team in a one-and-one.

— Mike Krzyzewski