Basketball Quote by Paul D. Boyer

The only time I'd played organized basketball was my sophomore year in high school, when I barely made the junior varsity team.

— Dennis Rodman

I wasn't really that interested in playing. I had gone through some hard times not playing in high school, but my coach had it…

— Scottie Pippen

I wasn't the greatest at school, so I studied basketball.

— Stephen Jackson

I felt like I was chosen to play basketball when I was younger.

— Chris Bosh

I played all four years [at St. Mary's College] with - at a certain point, basketball became the thing I was doing most, but…

— Mahershala Ali

I was very close to playing at an Ivy League School. The Division I schools, when a coach would come visit all he would…

— Doug Flutie

When I started playing ball as a junior, I'm kind of glad that I was never good enough to be highly recruited.

— Joel Embiid

I was 5-6, a little chubby, spot-up 3-point shooter. So I couldn't blame the schools for not recruiting me. But then my junior year,…

— C. J. McCollum

Basketball was not my main sport in grade school, or even the first year of high school.

— Mike Krzyzewski

My whole childhood I grew up wanting to be a professional basketball player.

— Becky Hammon

I think, from just playing street ball and stuff like that, I was always able to play up with the older guys, and I…

— Kemba Walker

I was playing sports all the time, and my parents, Anne and John, encouraged me to play in grade school and high school.

— Jack Ramsay