Basketball Quotes · Page 93

Our guys took Shop and Advanced Shop. Shop is when you make a chair. Advanced Shop is when you paint it.

— Al McGuire

I try to never lose sight of what a special time it is to be a women's basketball player.

— Sue Wicks

Those people who know basketball can appreciate what I bring every single night.

— David Lee

The thing about it is almost everyone could pass that way, but we were kept from doing it by our coaches.

— Oscar Robertson

I feel like I've been playing, coaching and covering basketball my entire life.

— Doris Burke

I think it would be pretty cool, whether it would be basketball or baseball, playing for a national team.

— Pat Connaughton

“I have a memory like a baseball glove, so please, don’t toss me a basketball-sized rumination.”

— Jarod Kintz

Defense doesn't break down on the help, it breaks down on the recovery.

— Chuck Daly

I am the sort of athlete who participates in a lot of winter sports - basketball, for example, is an activity that…

— W. Bruce Cameron

If we go back to when I first started playing basketball, I watched Diana Taurasi play when I was 10, and that's…

— Kelsey Plum

I wasn't real quick, and I wasn't real strong. Some guys will just take off and it's like, whoa. So I beat…

— Larry Bird

Even the greatest players accept coaching and value the need for discipline and the order that it brings to the team

— Jack Ramsay

Basketball is a sport that involves the subtle interweaving of players at full speed to the point where they are thinking and…

— Phil Jackson

I played college basketball in West Virginia for two years, and then I graduated from NYU with a sports management degree because…

— Ramon Rodriguez

I was born to play basketball. There's no question about it. That's it. And I'm saying this in my humblest opinion, I…

— Jamal Crawford

Poor white people and poor black people just don't know how much they have in common. Rich people don't give a damn…

— Charles Barkley

I have a lot left. There's only four or five good centers in the league and I'm in that number. ... I've…

— Shaquille O'Neal

Horrible, terrible AAU basketball. It's stupid. It doesn't teach our kids how to play the game at all so you wind up…

— Kobe Bryant

You can't name another brand that has a basketball included in the logo yet shows up anywhere it wants. Jordan Brand has…

— Deebo Samuel

This is UCLA. The expectations are higher here than anywhere. The amount of success both in terms of championships and wins as…

— Ben Howland

I'm upset at myself. I should have had 50. I missed 13 free throws. That's unacceptable. If I want to be accepted…

— Shaquille O'Neal

I didn't know there was an NBA draft. But in my mind, I was always telling myself, one day, 'I'm going to…

— Serge Ibaka

I don't think coaches should have to wear mic's. It is an invasion of privacy. We are trying to accomplish things, and…

— Steve Nash

The only thing I pay attention to with free throws is what a guy does in the final four minutes of a…

— John Calipari

I started wearing glasses last season but they're only for basketball games and dirty movies.

— Rick Majerus

This is the game of basketball. A lot of crazy stuff happens on the court, unfortunately.

— Zaza Pachulia

Playing tennis and wheelchair basketball has opened a lot of doors for me.

— Dylan Alcott

I think I'm one of the rare people out there who still cares about the game of basketball.

— Gilbert Arenas

They say old people always come to Arizona, you know, to get recharged.

— Shaquille O'Neal

I really focused on three things in high school - my company, basketball and my school work.

— Ben Casnocha

I have the most amazing job. I play basketball and keep working at it and trying to get better.

— Kyle Korver

I never thought basketball was going to be my future. I just wanted to play because it gets you girls.

— LeBron James

For order and a society to exist - and a basketball team is a society within itself - it needs discipline.

— Joe B. Hall

Playing basketball at MSG is a lot of fun when you are winning, but when you are not, it's not fun.

— Stephon Marbury

That's one thing I never wanted to do in basketball is get comfortable.

— Patrick Beverley

I play guitar, and I'm a decent basketball player - people like to play on my team.

— Adam Pally

We want men here, not just players. Players are a dime a dozen

— Tom Izzo

My dad never pushed me to play basketball. I tried it, and I was pretty rag-tag for a long time.

— Larry Nance, Jr

I'm just a basketball player, you know? Just put me where you need me.

— Lamar Odom

We had a strong relationship with Walter Brown, and felt that he was the best owner in the league.

— Bob Cousy