Basketball Quote by John Edgar Wideman
“What I wanted to do in talking about basketball in 'Hoop Roots' was retrieve the game as something to participate in, not to watch.”
“What I wanted to do in talking about basketball in 'Hoop Roots' was retrieve the game as something to participate in, not to watch.”
![“I failed, I think, seven [or] eight times before I finally got my first [championship]. It was just, you know, just about me growing up. Now that I'm an old, old veteran-age 29-I do things a lot differently. I don't go to the gentlemen's clubs anymore. I had to slow that down.” quote by Shaquille O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/08f/shaquille-o-neal-659_age_i-failed-i-think-seven-or-eight-times-be_2731.jpg)
