Basketball Quote by John Updike

When I was young, basketball wasn't my No. 1 priority.

— Nikola Jokic

I didn't think I was going to be doubled my first NBA game. I knew it would happen eventually, but I got off to…

— Jahlil Okafor

Basketball was just secondary, and I never had the opportunity to really address the issues that I was having physically.

— Jermaine O'Neal

I am, first of all, a basketball player. I've done this for so very long... For me, it's been essential to be successful on…

— Tony Parker

I worked real hard to learn to play first. In the beginning, I used to make one terrible play a game. Then, I got…

— Lou Gehrig

And from the first time I picked up a basketball at age eight - I had a lot of difficulty when I first picked…

— Julius Erving

People see the scoring, and oftentimes, that's all they think about with me, but I try to get better at all aspects my the…

— Jimmer Fredette

In college, I got better at playing the 2, kind of got a feel for it coming off screens, found my rhythm. Before that…

— Jamal Murray

I've been playing as early as I can recall. I don't even remember the first time I picked up a basketball.

— Anne Donovan

I played baseball, and that's pretty much it. Basketball came late, this was, basketball was the sport that I tried to master, I kind…

— Eric Williams

First, I'm a basketball player and I try to have the most well-rounded game possible. But people forget when I was recruited out of…

— Spencer Dinwiddie

I've always tried to do my best on the ball field. I can't do any more than that. I always give one hundred percent;…

— Anonymous