Basketball Quotes · Page 85

I'm a basketball player, so I want to do whatever I've got to do to be on the floor and I'm prepared…

— Tyrese Haliburton

Basketball has always really helped me physically for baseball.

— Pat Connaughton

I love basketball, and it just comes out. I get it from my dad I guess. He also had a lot of…

— Domantas Sabonis

If you have talent with teamwork, you've got a chance to be a championship team.

— Mike Krzyzewski

Over the years, I'll admit, I lost the love for basketball a little bit.

— Stephon Marbury

I love giving local kids and families the chance to experience Kings basketball for the first time.

— DeMarcus Cousins

If a team cannot perform with excellence at a moment's notice, they probably will fail in the long run.

— Mike Krzyzewski

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— Anonymous

Joy comes from places you least expect it. Its usually the simple things, like watching my son play basketball or going through…

— Dave Gahan

Here in the NBA they play a lot of fast basketball. Overseas it's not like that. It's more half-court plays and stuff.

— Cedi Osman

You have to remember that baseball really was the American pastime in the Forties, not football, basketball or any other sport.

— Harrison Ford

It's very important to know how to dribble and pass and catch and cut at a very high level if you want…

— Christian Laettner

I would never do 'Dancing With The Stars,' because it's just not fair. I am too good of a dancer. It would…

— Terry Crews

I think that realistically we can shoot for the title this year. If we stay healthy and be persistent throughout the season,…

— Jason Kidd

The basketball experience that I have, you can use in different areas, but coaching itself, you have to go out there and…

— Chris Mullin

Basketball is a beautiful game and it's afforded all of us in this profession so many things. To give back any time…

— Erik Spoelstra

I discovered early on that the player who learned the fundamentals of basketball is going to have a much better chance of…

— John Wooden

How did Mike Bibby get on the team? Any Cub Scout with Boy Scouts can do Boy Scoutish things. When Bibby was…

— Shaquille O'Neal

The world is not checking in with us to see what skills we've picked up, what idea we've concocted, what dreams we…

— Chris Matthews

I was very pleased that the positive things about me and my game outshone the aggressive style of play I use. I…

— Sue Wicks

Offense at Indiana is not equal opportunity. Those players who shoot best are going to shoot most. It is important that every…

— Bobby Knight

'Family Ties' was a very successful situation comedy. And, in almost every respect, it functioned on a day to day basis like…

— Gary David Goldberg

Every year's going to be a what-if. That's the game of basketball. What if a guy turns his ankle? What if a…

— Robert Horry

When I was in seventh grade, I was caught stealing money from the visiting team's locker room during a basketball game. So…

— George Carlin

I'm a firm believer in that you play the way you practice.

— Larry Bird

I'd rather have preparation than motivation. Everyone likes to play, but no one likes to practice.

— Bum Phillips

I'm comfortable bringing the ball up the court and making the right basketball play.

— Marvin Bagley III

When I don't have basketball practice, I'll be in a gym for 2.5 hours - 30 minutes abs, 2 hours lifting.

— Serge Ibaka

“Sometimes the basketball gods don't allow the ball to bounce your way ..”

— Jon-Robert Holden

Don't do anything as an individual that will make you stand out from your teammates.

— Mike Krzyzewski

It feels good. It's not bad for somebody who can't shoot.

— Shaquille O'Neal

I want to be the greatest to ever play the game of basketball.

— Marvin Bagley III

The more things we can get kids to do correctly off the court, the more they will do correctly on the court.

— Mike Jarvis

I couldn't have come close without my teammates' help because the Knicks didn't want me to make 100.

— Wilt Chamberlain

If you're playing basketball, you're going to get your shot blocked.

— Lorenzen Wright

Before Shaq retired, they should have made him play a game dressed as Kazaam.

— Anonymous

Picking an assistant coach, the first thing I was interested in was the man's character.

— Woody Hayes

Wrestling, football, basketball, and baseball were the four things I was obsessed with as a kid.

— Tyrus

I play basketball probably four to five days a week when I'm back home.

— Josh Hutcherson

[My] career was sputtering until [I] did a 360 and got headed in the right direction.

— Tracy McGrady