Basketball Quotes · Page 89

These people haven't seen the last of my face. If I go down, I'm going down standing up.

— Chuck Person

Timmy, he's the beginning of it. He doesn't have to be the end all the time now.

— Gregg Popovich

When I introduce my basketball friends to golf, I tell them to just swing halfway. The power is the easy part.

— Andre Iguodala

I don't play them a lot of minutes. I have great starters. I have All-Stars, world champions.

— Bill Laimbeer

I had attached my life to basketball so closely that it made me physically ill.

— Jaylen Brown

Consistency is what counts; you have to be able to do things over and over again.

— Hank Aaron

If I can go to the U.S. Army and fight the war at 18 why can't you play basketball for 48 minutes?

— Jermaine O'Neal

I played basketball; I ran track and also played soccer. I think that I am naturally athletic.

— Kylie Bunbury

Offensively, I have a high basketball IQ, I look to get everyone involved, set screens, take charges, get steals; all of the…

— Jared Dudley

My dad went far in basketball, so I just see that there are still people that are better than me. So I…

— RJ Barrett

They were so clever finding ways to get me the ball. They had to do more than just give up open shots.…

— Wilt Chamberlain

I'm a basketball fan, I'm a fan of greatness and I think anybody who knows anything about basketball knows great shooters.

— Maya Moore

I said what I felt, and people try to control people. But you can never control me. I'm a 31-year-old juvenile delinquent.…

— Shaquille O'Neal

I've learned a lot from my own kids. Actually, my son was the reason why I got involved in other things outside…

— Metta World Peace

My father, Vittorio, was a big-time player in Italy, but we never talked about basketball. He never came to my games. He…

— Danilo Gallinari

My life is very simple. I like simplicity and for my time to be my own, so that I have the freedom…

— Hakeem Olajuwon

You don't ever want to be a mechanical basketball player, but as far as technique and things, I like to have certain…

— Kyle Korver

“Pete Berman sized up his competition like a predator lining up its prey. Gerry Williams dribbled once with his left hand, stopped…

— Phil Wohl

There's discussion in athletics about how sport - where they say 'SportsCenter' has ruined the fundamentals of basketball because it's - it…

— Dan Pfeiffer

People have these perceptions; maybe they've been here for a day, or have only heard about it. It was like when I…

— Masai Ujiri

You can't measure success if you have never failed. My father has taught me that if you really do want to reach…

— Steffi Graf

In a lot of the really impoverished areas of Johannesburg you see these packets of cheesy puffs which are like 6 feet…

— Neill Blomkamp

It's something I know my grandfather pounded into my dad's head, and he pounded into mine: Always be a good person. And…

— A'ja Wilson

We should do three things every day of our life. Number one is laugh. You should laugh every day. Number two is…

— Jim Valvano

The only way you're going to get through life, happily, is being yourself.

— Nikki Blonsky

You become a champion as a team. I understand that. I know the history of the game.

— LeBron James

This is what Conference USA should be in every game and every building. This is a basketball environment.

— John Calipari

The best way to forget ones self is to look at the world with attention and love.

— Red Auerbach

My son goes around shooting the basketball saying, 'Isaiah Thomas!'

— Gerald Green

The Spurs couldn't put everything aside and just play the damn game.

— Dennis Rodman

The biggest thing is getting our guys to understand, you can't let one mistake compound into another mistake

— Thad Matta

I knew basketball was going to grow. But I never knew it would grow to the extent that it has.

— George Mikan

Originally, I think basketball is closer to hockey than baseball.

— Daryl Morey

Players must do what you want them to do in pressure situations.

— Don Meyer

One thing about being a great ball handler is not looking at the basketball.

— Kenny Smith

(The Hack-A-Shaq is) just a way of telling me that you can't stop me. Thank you. I appreciate it.

— Shaquille O'Neal

When I'm away from basketball, I hang out with my friends, chill, and that's about it.

— Kawhi Leonard

I want to be the best in life. In all parts in life, not just basketball.

— Devin Booker

If you're going to have to beg them to play, it's not going to work.

— Chuck Daly

I'm just another one of the guys who happens to be really good at basketball and don't look like I should be.

— Alex Caruso