Basketball Quote by James Worthy

My parents were basketball people.

— Anna Boden

My dad taught me that you have to work hard for anything you want in life, and I wanted to be good at playing…

— Seimone Augustus

Before, I did a lot of things. I played soccer, skateboard. But after my dad passed, I was straight to basketball.

— Dennis Schroder

My father helped me become a ballplayer and take the good with the bad.

— Dwight Gooden

When I was a kid, from 10 years old, I worked every day for my dad, huh? Never played basketball. I never played tennis…

— Melvin Van Peebles

My father was a soccer player. All my friends played basketball though, so I stuck with basketball.

— Steve Nash

My dad was the one who really loved basketball, and he was the one that put the basketball in my hands, and my mom…

— Jeremy Lin

My parents are both professional athletes, so I always grew up in an ambitious way and I worked hard.

— Evan Fournier

I was always a hard working basketball player.

— Mase

Growing up, my father coached my basketball team, and my mother drove me into St. Louis for various rehearsals between musical productions and Radio…

— Taylor Louderman

I played baseball too, and flag football, but basketball was the easiest for me. Then when I was 12, my dad asked me what…

— Lonzo Ball

My dad told me to work hard if I wanted something, while my brother took me to a stadium to practice, so it's my…

— Edouard Mendy