Basketball Quotes · Page 99

I like to describe my life as a black hole with a little light out there.

— Dennis Rodman

Seek opportunities to show you care. The smallest gestures often make the biggest difference.

— John Wooden

The most important thing to me is the friends that I've made.

— Bill Russell

I'm not your average athlete. I'm good at other things. I'm not just a basketball player. I'm multi-talented.

— Willie Cauley-Stein

I'm working hard to see whether there can be basketball next year.

— David Stern

If football/basketball is so awesome, why does it take cheerleaders to excite the crowd?

— Anonymous

I love basketball players for what they do for their size - so graceful.

— Warren Moon

The hand check has always been a part of pro basketball.

— Stu Jackson

Deep down, your players must know you care about them. This is the most important thing. I could never get away with…

— Bo Schembechler

The 76ers currently play very good basketball, and we don't. However, we are still only one win behind them. If we continue…

— Jason Kidd

I'm surrounded by nothing but great people. I've been blessed with that, so really, I've got no choice but to be an…

— Tim Duncan

There are some remarkable parallels between basketball and politics. Michael Jordan has already mastered the skill most needed for political success: how…

— Margaret Thatcher

The fans in Dallas were hard on me my first year, but after having a great year last year they are now…

— Steve Nash

No matter how good you are, at top pf your game, always remember that you're a half a step away from the…

— Hubie Brown

There's more to life than basketball. The most important thing is your family and taking care of each other and loving each…

— Stephen Curry

I try to envision what life is after basketball, but I just see myself working out and just being a basketball player…

— Diana Taurasi

They should have a rule: in order to be a sportswriter, you have to have played that sport, at some level; high…

— Oscar Robertson

He's very knowledgeable. That's the one advantage that I see in Kobe Bryant's career compared to Michael Jordan. Ten years into Kobe…

— Scottie Pippen

The thing is 3,900 out of 4,000 college basketball players are very happy to have a scholarship. They're happy. They've got a…

— Jim Boeheim

Practice habits were crucial to my development in basketball. I didn't play against the toughest competition in high school, but one reason…

— Larry Bird

At the end of the day, we're here to play basketball but to help the community, too. It's something that makes me…

— Ricky Rubio

Going to the Portland Trail Blazers, who actually took the time to invest in me, was perhaps the best thing that ever…

— Clyde Drexler

It's a luxury to play. I get to play basketball for a living. I'm a lucky guy and I'm thankful for everything…

— Chris Bosh

I believe it’s impossible to claim you have taught, when there are students who have not learned. With that commitment, from my…

— John Wooden

Whatever a leader does now sets up what he does later. And there's always a later.

— Mike Krzyzewski

I'm just a basketball player going out there and trying to get wins.

— Anthony Bennett

Basketball is a game of streaks. Sometimes a guy will be cold for a month and then get hot for a month.

— John Stockton

I can be bought. If they paid me enough, I'd work for the Klan.

— Charles Barkley

It's just basketball. It's what I do. I've been doing this since I was 4.

— Zion Williamson

I have lots of respect for NBA athletes and I love basketball. It's my favourite sport to watch.

— Stefanos Tsitsipas

You can't defer if you're the person who's in the leadership position.

— Mike Krzyzewski

I was just letting the shots fly. You know, I don't leave any bullets in the chamber.

— Kobe Bryant

Win or lose, I am programmed to do more. That's because I am the other son of Jorel - Superman.

— Shaquille O'Neal

You can never win a game if you don't shoot the basketball. You can never success if you don't want to try.

— Jeremy Darren

Handball, swimming, running, jumping, basketball, and boxing were as much a part of me as breathing.

— Gene Tunney

You got to believe in yourself. Hell, I believe I'm the best-looking guy in the world and I might be right.

— Charles Barkley

I follow basketball, so I kind of know who LaVar Ball is; you know, I know his son Lonzo.

— The Miz

I grew up in the '90s loving the basketball sneakers, and that's where fashion really started for me.

— Travis Kelce

Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they're 21 years old.

— Bill Walton

I've been on the phone, I think, 20 out of 24 hours the last three days.

— Nate Oats