Quote by James Naismith

I'm a basketball player first and foremost. So I want to put basketball above everything else.

— Yuta Watanabe

There're a lot of rules to basketball.

— Amar'e Stoudemire

So setting up teammates, rebounding, pushing the ball, playing tough on defense, there's many things to basketball.

— Domantas Sabonis

Basketball is sharing.

— Phil Jackson

A key basketball skill is imagery. The best players "see" situations before they happen so they can be prepared

— Jack Ramsay

My type of basketball is about how to create space, how to maneuver, how to get your shot off.

— Hakeem Olajuwon

I've just been trying to focus on the basketball and not the business of the game.

— Jordan Clarkson

Basketball is basketball.

— Oscar Robertson

I'm trying to take experience out of every minute I spend on the court, trying to learn something new, to know about basketball more.

— Jonas Valanciunas

I'm really good at basketball.

— Bobby Wagner

I just gotta go out there and play basketball the way I know how to.

— Anthony Bennett

Basketball isn't a game; It's an art form. You master the fundamentals so you can forget 'em, so you can improvise and just concentrate…

— Kyrie Irving