Basketball Player Quotes
72 quotes by 61 authors
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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I'm fighting against becoming soft. That's the worst thing you can say to a basketball player.
— Dennis Rodman
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Meadowlark was the most sensational, awesome, incredible basketball player I've ever seen.
— Wilt Chamberlain
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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
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I think that basketball players should get the job done no matter how it looks on the screen.
— Oscar Robertson
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If you're a basketball player, you've got to shoot.
— Oscar Robertson
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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
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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
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Not only is Rip Hamilton an outstanding basketball player, he is also known for giving back to his community.
— Jim Gerlach
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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
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I try to never lose sight of what a special time it is to be a women's basketball player.
— Sue Wicks
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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
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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
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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
Who Wrote These Basketball Player Quotes
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