Habits Quote by Phil Jackson

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 the opposite of selfishness, basketball is solely about giving and sharing and caring for one another.

— Vlade Divac

I want the kids to know that it's not a myth that somebody from their city plays and wins in the NBA. I just…

— Kawhi Leonard

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

It's a team sport but every player's ego will kick in at a certain point.

— Jay-Jay Okocha

To me, teamwork is the beauty of our sport, where you have five acting as one. You become selfless.

— Mike Krzyzewski

This sport is just crazy. Your worst enemy in college is your teammate and friend when you get to the NBA. Who would have…

— Gilbert Arenas

Basketball is like life and life is like basketball. It's just a game. So lets play the best we can while we are still…

— Vlade Divac

NBA players are intense competitors, and it is truly humbling to know that my peers see me as someone who exhibits sportsmanship and respect…

— Kemba Walker

As NBA players, so much of the game is mental, as far as confidence and playing against the best players in the world.

— Pat Connaughton

I think basketball becomes an outlet for it, an opportunity to get that frustration out and forget about all the problems and things you…

— Baron Davis

That's the part of basketball that we have to understand. You can never look at it as an individual sport. You rely on so…

— Clyde Drexler