Basketball Player Quotes

72 quotes by 61 authors

If we can take young people who excel at the highest levels, put them on the same kind of pedestal as the all-state basketball player… — Benjamin Carson
Baseball players quit playing and they take up golf. Basketball players quit, take up golf. Football players quit, take up golf. What are we supposed… — George Archer
My mom always tells me that... Nobody is going to remember you for the great basketball player you are but they will remember you for… — Isaiah Austin
As far as carrying the torch for the years to come, I don't know. I just want to be the best basketball player I can… — Kobe Bryant
A big market is something that doesn't really concern me too much. It's cool to think about, it's good for off-the-court deals. But I'm more… — Kevin Durant
I am a basketball player, and I would like to focus my energy on basketball. The other things, I would rather not do. It is… — Yao Ming
If my primary purpose here at Indiana is to go out and win ballgames, I can probably do that as well as anybody can. I… — Bobby Knight
I'm fighting against becoming soft. That's the worst thing you can say to a basketball player. — Dennis Rodman
Meadowlark was the most sensational, awesome, incredible basketball player I've ever seen. — Wilt Chamberlain
When I look at the system here and look at my position - not just as a basketball player, but when I look around me… — Hakeem Olajuwon
I think that basketball players should get the job done no matter how it looks on the screen. — Oscar Robertson
If you're a basketball player, you've got to shoot. — Oscar Robertson
Everyone needs a coach. It doesn't matter whether you're a basketball player, a tennis player, a gymnast or a bridge player. — Bill Gates
We blacks look for leadership in men and women of such youth and inexperience, as well as poverty of education and character, that it is… — Arthur Ashe
Not only is Rip Hamilton an outstanding basketball player, he is also known for giving back to his community. — Jim Gerlach
There have been players with Indian heritage, but there hasn't been a Native-American professional basketball player who became a regular for all sorts of social… — Sherman Alexie
I try to never lose sight of what a special time it is to be a women's basketball player. — Sue Wicks
Every little kid that steps on the court or the field has aspirations to go pro. I think being a pro basketball player is the… — Brian McKnight
In my first film, I was a basketball player. Like every good actor, I lied when they asked me if I could play. — David Morse
My sporting hero was Drazen Petrovic, the NBA basketball player, who was killed in a car accident in 1993. He was a good friend, an… — Goran Ivanisevic

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