Basketball Quotes · Page 98

I want to set up after-school programs, have basketball camps for the kids and help in the community.

— Aaron Gordon

Never be ready to play yesterday. Being ready to play today is what's important

— Pat Riley

I love being outside and feeling free, so I jog or ride my bike. Some days I play basketball or tennis.

— Jennifer Hudson

I'm still learning. Hopefully I can keep getting better, and not stop where I am now.

— Tim Duncan

I got in a lot of fights growing up, and not just basketball fights.

— Avery Bradley

I don't know about bullying and all of that stuff. That doesn't work in basketball.

— Kenny Smith

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

— Mike Krzyzewski

I put a basketball in front of George Clooney's door and sprayed it with supermodel perfume to lure him out.

— Ellen DeGeneres

Basketball is my main sport, which I got a lot of scholarships through, but I chose modeling over basketball, though.

— Nia Jax

When you flop, that's just another message that you don't know how to play me. Stand up and take your medicine like…

— Shaquille O'Neal

Alexander Hamilton realized that warfare was part and parcel of human nature, and it's something we had to prepare for.

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Leadership is helping yourself and other people achieve goals. The ability to direct your life to get the results you want is…

— Cass Elliot

I think, between me and Chris Brown, if you combined our games, you'd get, like, a real Division I basketball player.

— Lil Dicky

My thoughts before a big race are usually pretty simple. I tell myself: Get out of the blocks, run your race, stay…

— Carl Lewis

The best teams have chemistry. They communicate with each other and they sacrifice personal glory for a common goal.

— Dave DeBusschere

I don't know hardly any of the players who have the in-between game like me, who can go to any position on…

— Oscar Robertson

“The PBA was a symptom of the Philippines' basketball obsession, not the cause. I was thrilled to be witnessing the professional game…

— Rafe Bartholomew

Some of these parents in the basketball world want to be paid for their kids and want to be given this and…

— Jermaine O'Neal

But basketball was always something I was good at, that I was passionate about. I just didn't have the confidence to play…

— Lil B

“What Michelle didn’t yet know was that there is a vast difference between playing and leading. The point guard position in basketball…

— Pat Summitt

No player in the NBA was born wanting to play basketball. The desire to play ball or to read must be planted.…

— Jim Trelease

You come from the college, you're the man. I was second-team All-American. I got drafted by Toronto, but they just took me…

— P. J. Tucker

We make a living playing basketball. You don't have to be a tough guy or a hard-ass to play this sport. You…

— Chris Bosh

“Athletes, we were supposed to just be there, and in class I made it a point that I was prepared for every…

— Lenny Wilkens

Plays are not as important as players, and players are not as important as teammates

— Don Meyer

In the seven or eight years we were together, we were never together.

— Shaquille O'Neal

Nobody cared about swimming. You could draw a crowd for basketball.

— Merlin Olsen

I just wanted to be as good of a basketball player as I could.

— Lauri Markkanen

I don't know how you can be an All-American in this country and not be a good basketball player.

— Willie Cauley-Stein

What is so fascinating about sitting around watching a bunch of pituitary cases stuff a ball through a hoop?

— Woody Allen

D-Wade is the unselfish guy here-he is welcoming Chris Bosh and LeBron James to his team.

— LeBron James

I started liking basketball when I was 13, but I couldn't play because my dad thought it was too physical.

— Joel Embiid

Work hard, stay focused and surround yourself with good people.

— Tom Osborne

It's easy to become a better basketball player but harder to become a better teammate or person.

— Tom Izzo

I just want to be myself, just be healthy and play basketball.

— Jose Calderon

I knew that basketball was my love and the only way for me to go to college was to get a scholarship.

— Jared Dudley

Basketball has changed, and the way the game is played has changed.

— Mike D'Antoni

I was the bridge between the Michael Jordan era and LeBron James era.

— Allen Iverson

I don't hire good coaches, I hire good people. If they turn out to be good coaches, too, that's a plus.

— Geno Auriemma

Trash-talking's a part of basketball. At the end of the day after the game, it's all love.

— Josh Hart