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> [That's the thing about basketball - you do good things and you start to get recognition.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bam-adebayo/that-s-the-thing-about-basketball-you-do-good-things-and-you-start-to/)

[Bam Adebayo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bam-adebayo/)

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> [But that's the thing about basketball: you don't play games on paper.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-simmons/but-that-s-the-thing-about-basketball-you-don-t-play-games-on-paper/)

[Bill Simmons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-simmons/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d4/bill-simmons-19427_basketball_but-that-s-the-thing-about-basketball-yo_2392013.png)

> [I can focus on just one thing - that's basketball.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kentavious-caldwell-pope/i-can-focus-on-just-one-thing-that-s-basketball/)

[Kentavious Caldwell-Pope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kentavious-caldwell-pope/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/700/kentavious-caldwell-pope-14829_basketball_i-can-focus-on-just-one-thing-that-s-bas_2504078.jpg)

> [My family is definitely the most important thing for me, before anything. Basketball, everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trevor-ariza/my-family-is-definitely-the-most-important-thing-for-me-before/)

[Trevor Ariza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trevor-ariza/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/995/trevor-ariza-6611_anything_my-family-is-definitely-the-most-importa_425897.jpg)

> [The great thing about basketball is it's a live ball. If someone's in your way, push them out of the way, go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dolph-schayes/the-great-thing-about-basketball-is-it-s-a-live-ball-if-someone-s-in/)

[Dolph Schayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dolph-schayes/)

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> [The thing in basketball is you always want to be free. I don't want to be hugged up to my guy. When…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blake-griffin/the-thing-in-basketball-is-you-always-want-to-be-free-i-don-t-want-to/)

[Blake Griffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blake-griffin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/278/blake-griffin-2773_always_the-thing-in-basketball-is-you-always-wa_59774.png)

> [The one thing about basketball is that it continues to evolve and I love it so much. It does so much for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jalen-rose/the-one-thing-about-basketball-is-that-it-continues-to-evolve-and-i/)

[Jalen Rose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jalen-rose/)

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> [The interesting thing about basketball is that it is played recreationally all over the world in playgrounds where people shoot hoops. Perhaps…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giorgio-armani/the-interesting-thing-about-basketball-is-that-it-is-played/)

[Giorgio Armani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giorgio-armani/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2f/giorgio-armani-2730_able_the-interesting-thing-about-basketball-i_1695896.jpg)

> [Tennis is a great game, a great sport because you're out there by yourself, so you have to move on to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-hayward/tennis-is-a-great-game-a-great-sport-because-you-re-out-there-by/)

[Gordon Hayward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-hayward/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a0/gordon-hayward-5925_basketball_tennis-is-a-great-game-a-great-sport-bec_3231994.jpg)

> [I think the ultimate thing is basketball will never be what makes me 100 percent happy. This has always been my dream…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-gordon/i-think-the-ultimate-thing-is-basketball-will-never-be-what-makes-me/)

[Aaron Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-gordon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bc/aaron-gordon-6882_basketball_i-think-the-ultimate-thing-is-basketball_2540424.jpg)

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