Basketball Quote by Greg Behrendt

My father gave me a bat for Christmas. The first time I tried to play with it, it flew away.

— Rodney Dangerfield

I threw one of my bats away and I gave it to a little kid. He just wanted to say hi to me, and…

— Juan Soto

My mom wanted me to play baseball. She didn't want me to play basketball.

— Al Horford

My mother used to pitch to me and my father would shag balls. If I hit one up the middle close to my mother,…

— Eddie Mathews

When he hit it, I knew that it was my ball. But I had to catch it and it seemed like the hardest catch…

— Darin Erstad

It's a great joy but no test of love or commitment to take your son to a ball game. You really prove your credentials…

— Michael Josephson

Sometimes I was making my dad mad because I was doing some bad stuff, like kid's stuff. And he just put the ball in…

— Danilo Gallinari

Anytime I'm like, 'Ho-hum,' trying to go about my business like anyone else, I'll have a father or someone come up to me and…

— Jessica Mendoza

I bought my son a bat for Christmas. On New Year's it flew away.

— Milton Berle

I grew up on the softball field. Every day I would take my glove and my bat with me

— Yoenis Cespedes

Basketball allowed me to revere my father without him knowing what I was up to. I took up basketball as a form of homage…

— Pat Conroy

My first baby toy was a basketball and ever since, I've had a basketball in my hands.

— Shawn Bradley