Basketball Quote by Aprilynne Pike
““People always assume I play basketball because I'm tall. I'd like to ask people if they play miniature golf because they're short, but I had a feeling breaking that one out right now wasn't going to endear me to anyone.””
![“[When asked how someone 6'3" had dared take up golf:] I was too tall to make the chess team in my high school, so I tried golf.” quote by Carol Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/5ce/carol-mann-64230_chess_when-asked-how-someone-6-3-had-dared-tak_1521111.jpg)
![“He exuded wisdom-even the wisest...were pale, flickering candles next to the nourishing solar illumination of [his] insights.” quote by Aprilynne Pike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/fc9/aprilynne-pike-4513_candles_he-exuded-wisdom-even-the-wisest-were-pa_78081.jpg)
![“I failed, I think, seven [or] eight times before I finally got my first [championship]. It was just, you know, just about me growing up. Now that I'm an old, old veteran-age 29-I do things a lot differently. I don't go to the gentlemen's clubs anymore. I had to slow that down.” quote by Shaquille O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/08f/shaquille-o-neal-659_age_i-failed-i-think-seven-or-eight-times-be_2731.jpg)
