Basketball Quote by Phil Jackson

Basketball, unlike football with its prescribed routes, is an improvisational game, similar to jazz. If someone drops a note, someone else must step into…

— Phil Jackson

Basketball, more than any other sport, is a team game...about the thousands of small, unselfish acts, the sacrifices on the part of the players…

— Dean Smith

The great thing about basketball is it's a live ball. If someone's in your way, push them out of the way, go around them…

— Dolph Schayes

Basketball's all about speed and quickness.

— Gordon Hayward

Basketball is basketball.

— Oscar Robertson

Basketball is the axis that allows me to do the things that I do. I have so much love for the game, and it…

— Russell Westbrook

That's basketball, that's the NBA; it's a physical sport.

— Alex Caruso

Basketball is a game that gives you every chance to be great, and puts every pressure on you to prove that you haven't got…

— Bob Sundvold

Basketball is basketball. You have to pass the ball, you have to score.

— Ricky Rubio

People in the NBA are just as athletic as you. That's the game. You have to have the change of pace. You have to…

— Kawhi Leonard

Basketball can serve as a kind of metaphor for ultimate cooperation. It is a sport where success, as symbolized by the championship, requires that…

— Bill Bradley

Basketball is a fun sport to be playing.

— Lauri Markkanen