Books Quote by Rick Carlisle

He [Phil Jackson] is such a basketball genius in terms of the details of the game, the little nuances of the game and the…

— Kobe Bryant

“Inspired by how passionate he is about basketball, I wonder what my passion will be, if I will have one.”

— Maria Jane

Coach Wooden, when he speaks, you listen. I've taken a lot of things from him and his little blue book because to him, it's…

— Kevin Love

Mr. Lemon-Man has inspired millions across the world through his gift. I don't refer only to basketball, but also to his magnificent gift of…

— A. C. Green

Chuck Daly and Rudy Tomjanovich have many of the same amazing accomplishments and traits - both won back to back NBA titles, both coached…

— Rick Carlisle

The 1992 US Olympic basketball team is the best sports team ever, the equivalent of rounding up the greatest American writers of the last…

— Anna Quindlen

I was a much better writer than I was an athlete. My college coach told me flat out, he said, "Deford, you write basketball…

— Frank Deford

There's a lot of guys that play the game of basketball for the money, for the fame.

— Stephen Jackson

“I wanted to play ball," he stated in a way that my body got very still and my eyes, already locked to his, became…

— Kristen Ashley

“Whenever the story of John Wooden’s life gets told, his years at UCLA before he started winning championships are usually characterized as a period…

— Seth Davis

“if you do the following three things, you will be successful in major college basketball. If you don’t do them, it will be most…

— John Wooden

“If basketball was going to enable Bradley to make friends, to prove that a banker's son is as good as the next fellow, to…

— John McPhee