Basketball Quotes · Page 91

Dr. King used to meet me outside the basketball stadium and give me $20 bills to get by.

— Jesse White

Just remember, their fans think their players are supermen. We'll we're the kryptonite, and we're going to win.

— Jim Larranaga

Without basketball, I wouldn't be me. I don't know where I would be at.

— Tyronn Lue

The only reason I went to college was to play basketball. I injured my knee and couldn't play.

— Jeffrey Dean Morgan

I love practice. It is when a coach exercises the most control over the improvement of his or her team.

— Mike Krzyzewski

I want to be something special. I want to be known as a great female basketballer.

— Lauren Jackson

Once you become a good person, then you have a chance of becoming a good basketball player.

— John Wooden

I was the head girl in school and also a national level basketball player.

— Urvashi Rautela

Everyone who's great - play any sport, tennis, basketball, football, volleyball, swimming, don't matter, everyone's failed. Everyone's gonna fail. It's how you…

— Kevin Knox

It's over now. He said what he had to say, I said what I had to say. Don't play with me. Seriously,…

— Shaquille O'Neal

I used to play soccer when I was in Morocco, but I was more of a basketball player. I played high school…

— French Montana

I think I was a good student, because I jumped over a school. My main interest was basically history and literature. Sports…

— Shimon Peres

I was wrestling all the way to high school, but it kind of came in the same season as basketball, so I…

— Muggsy Bogues

For 'Iron Man' I had to improv with Robert Downey Jr., which is like going up against LeBron in basketball. At one…

— Olivia Munn

I think it's imperative to follow your heart and choose a profession you're passionate about, and if you haven't found that 'spark'…

— Steve Kerr

It's not about any one person. You've got to get over yourself and realize that it takes a group to get this…

— Gregg Popovich

People say it was the greatest individual rivalry they've ever seen. I agree with that. Let me assure you that if either…

— Bill Russell

In every game, there's three teams out there. There's the two basketball teams and the team of officials. If the two teams…

— Tom Heinsohn

It's hard for me to congratulate somebody after you just lose to them. I'm a winner. It's not being a poor sport…

— LeBron James

Just like I'm the king on the microphone, so is Dr. J and Moses Malone I like slam dunks, take me to…

— Kurtis Blow

Whatever I lack in size and strength and speed, I kind of make up for in being grittier. When it comes to…

— Steven Yeun

There was a kid that had five brothers and sisters, and the family was missing for like five days. I was watching…

— Shaquille O'Neal

I think it's very important for every player after a long season, whether it's good or bad, to get total rest. Not…

— Toni Kukoc

I disagree that an athlete can't be intelligent. Some people think that, in basketball, we have a bunch of masculine adults who…

— Jaylen Brown

See, my hope and dream is that people have a good time watching basketball. It's not church. It's not serious.

— Charles Barkley

Right up until the time I retired at age 37, I felt like there were still things that I could do better.

— Julius Erving

Sport is the best means of communication between people from different religions and countries.

— Yao Ming

Growing up, I didn't like basketball. I played football and baseball and ran some track.

— Robert Parish

The East is going to be pretty easy for me. The Great Chest of the West becomes the Great Beast of the…

— Shaquille O'Neal

This is where young players today want to land. They want to be NBA players because of the money.

— Oscar Robertson

I love sports. I've played basketball, baseball, soccer, tennis, track and field growing up.

— Michael B. Jordan

You started rapping when you wasn't good at basketball. I started rapping because I needed Adderall.

— Donald Glover

I would have loved to play against Bill Russell. He was such a force.

— Tim Duncan

Don't overwork your squad. If you're going to make a mistake, under-work them.

— Bear Bryant

The only way to shut people up is just by winning and just playing basketball.

— Dwight Howard

I told myself if I ever made it to the level I want to be at, I'm gonna give back.

— LeBron James

It's a different role for me, playing with the great Dwyane Wade.

— Shaquille O'Neal

I'm like President Bush. You may not like me, you may not respect me, but you voted me in.

— Shaquille O'Neal

Set the goal and work all days for it, until you achieve, I want to be a champion, the best!

— Kevin Durant

I think just by the nature of getting older, I hope that I'm a smarter basketball player than I was at 23.

— Sue Bird