Athlete Quote by Frank Deford

Writing is like a sport - you only get better if you practice

— Rick Riordan

I'm a better and more educated person because of basketball.

— Lisa Leslie

Basketball requires discipline. So does writing. Basketball requires practice. So does writing. Basketball requires resilience. So does writing.

— Angie Thomas

Every time you write anything, at least half your readers are going to disagree with you. A big part of sports writing is how…

— Joe Posnanski

I've played almost every sport in the book and basketball was one of the sports that I played. We were state runner-up champions and…

— Bianca Belair

Writing is like a sport. If you don't practice, you don't get any better.

— Rick Riordan

Writing is like any other sort of sport. In order for you to get better at it, you have to exercise the muscle.

— Jason Reynolds

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 wasn't the greatest at school, so I studied basketball.

— Stephen Jackson

If I'm not playing basketball, I'm reading or thinking of stories I can create.

— Robin Lopez

I was a better basketball player growing up in high school than I was a swimmer. Basketball to this day is my favorite sport.

— Ryan Lochte

Contending that top-level, male high school basketball players are better than WNBA all-stars, while blatantly obvious, makes us feel uncomfortable to write.

— Sean Evans