Quotes on Basketball

I'm not a role model... Just because I dunk a basketball doesn't mean I should raise your kids.

Author: Charles Barkley

For example, Michael Jordan earns $100million a year but continues to play basketball and remains a modest human being.

Author: Franz Beckenbauer

If you're playing basketball with someone who's better than you, you have to get better or else it's no fun.

Author: Jason Behr

When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.

Author: Larry Bird

I just want to try to ignore the scrutiny and all the distractions and just play hard basketball and let the best come... Improving game by game and trying to improve my game is what I want to do.

Author: Andrew Bogut

It wasn't until late high school and early college that I gained enough size and skill to make me welcome on intramural basketball teams.

Author: Paul Boyer

We've got to play better basketball.

Author: Tim Buckley

Theaters are great. They're designed to sound good, not for basketball.

Author: Les Claypool

The thing I like about my body is that it's strong. I can move furniture around my apartment. I can ride my horse... I can play basketball. It's a well functioning machine.

Author: Cindy Crawford

I sail, scuba dive, play football, basketball.

Author: Casper Dien

I always wanted to be a basketball player.

Author: Ronnie Dio

In sixth grade, my basketball team made it to the league championships. In double overtime, with three seconds left, I rebounded the ball and passed it - to the wrong team! They scored at the buzzer and we lost the game. To this day, I still have nightmares!

Author: Zac Efron

So you're dealing with a coach, and you're dealing with a guy who's actually experienced NBA basketball from a player's perspective and actually goes about it that way.

Author: Kevin Garnett

Not only is Rip Hamilton an outstanding basketball player, he is also known for giving back to his community.

Author: Jim Gerlach

I'm pretty athletic and I play basketball a lot.

Author: Jay Hernandez

I have no desire to coach basketball.

Author: Kevin Johnson

And it blew my mind when I started to get wind of the fact that they actually liked me being around. That was humbling, because Kentucky basketball is a big deal, and I am not the biggest fan - I am just the most notorious one.

Author: Ashley Judd

The 76ers currently play very good basketball, and we don't. However, we are still only one win behind them. If we continue to improve, we should be on the top of our division at the end of the regular season.

Author: Jason Kidd

A lot of late nights in the gym, a lot of early mornings, especially when your friends are going out, you're going to the gym, those are the sacrifices that you have to make if you want to be an NBA basketball player.

Author: Jason Kidd

I like basketball, and I've been to three games, which is so much more fun than seeing it on TV, I think.

Author: Heidi Klum

You don't play against opponents, you play against the game of basketball.

Author: Bobby Knight

Walking has been ridiculous in college basketball the past 15 years.

Author: Bobby Knight

That's what I do now: I lead and I teach. If we win basketball games from doing that, then that's great, but I lead and teach. Those are the two things I concentrate on.

Author: Mike Krzyzewski

With me and basketball, it became part of me.

Author: Mike Krzyzewski

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

Author: Mike Krzyzewski

A basketball team is like the five fingers on your hand. If you can get them all together, you have a fist. That's how I want you to play.

Author: Mike Krzyzewski

I played in Joe Louis in a playoff game. I played there when the roof caved in for half a season. The facility is great for basketball because it goes straight up, so you feel like the fans are on top of you.

Author: Bill Laimbeer

I was homecoming queen. I was star of my basketball team.

Author: Marla Maples

I think the greatest all-around athlete ever was Jim Brown. He played lacrosse, basketball and ran track at Syracuse. He played professional football for the Browns.

Author: Will McDonough

The only reason I went to college was to play basketball. I injured my knee and couldn't play.

Author: Jeffrey Morgan

Yeah, I like cars and basketball. But you know what I like more? Bananas.

Author: Frankie Muniz

Basketball isn't as popular in Canada as it is in the US. Hockey is by far the most popular sport in Canada.

Author: Steve Nash

Basketball is in my blood. It is my obligation to try.

Author: Hakeem Olajuwon

Nobody cared about swimming. You could draw a crowd for basketball.

Author: Merlin Olsen

The basketball coach cut me within two days, so I was back in the pool. I was the first one in the wall after the first 25 yards, but the last one out because I didn't have a flip turn.

Author: Merlin Olsen

It took me a while to realize that basketball wasn't football.

Author: Merlin Olsen

Someday I might have to put down a basketball and have a regular 9-to-5 like everybody else.

Author: Shaquille O'Neal

I started out as a football player. I liked to inflict pain. In basketball, it was the same thing.

Author: Shaquille O'Neal

I wanted a NBA basketball gym at my house and that's what I worked hard for and I was able to achieve that.

Author: Terrell Owens

By analogy, if we were to develop a soccer team, then we would not invite basketball and volleyball players to the try outs. We would invite soccer players to apply.

Author: Jean-Marie Pen

He knew I enjoyed the relationships of college basketball. All along, he was the wise one.

Author: Rick Pitino

You don't cut anywhere, don't pick down anywhere, don't double screen, no weak side picking. All these things that should happen in a game of basketball don't happen anymore.

Author: Oscar Robertson

You need a teaching coach who understands the game of basketball, not just some guy coming on the court talking about Xs and Os.

Author: Oscar Robertson

Basketball is basketball.

Author: Oscar Robertson

I think that basketball players should get the job done no matter how it looks on the screen.

Author: Oscar Robertson

If you're a basketball player, you've got to shoot.

Author: Oscar Robertson

I'm the basketball version of a gravedigger.

Author: Dennis Rodman

I play basketball on Sundays and I'm a very spiritual guy; I read a lot of Eastern philosophy and I meditate.

Author: Garry Shandling

I enjoy the last quarter of all basketball games.

Author: Sarah Silverman

Basketball is a team game. But that doesn't mean all five players should have the same amount of shots.

Author: Dean Smith

Then I went to UCLA - so of course I became a huge Bruin basketball fan... and later came to football.

Author: Leigh Steinberg

In football, there were drinks available everywhere you looked. On a golf tournament, you could find one free anywhere you wanted it. In tennis and NBA basketball, everybody had a hospitality suite, and so you could go there and load up if you wanted to.

Author: Pat Summerall

The caliber of play suffered and attendance declined year by year. Interest in college football was exploding, and there was this new game called basketball.

Author: John Thorn

Michael Jordan was a tremendous basketball player.

Author: Lee Trevino

Handball, swimming, running, jumping, basketball, and boxing were as much a part of me as breathing.

Author: Gene Tunney

It's not to hurt anyone, but basketball can be rough.

Author: Sue Wicks

Both of us played basketball, and I played tennis and my knees are done. Now if you ask us head-to-head who wins at golf, I'm asking for a couple of strokes.

Author: Michael Wilbon

I played varsity on all of them for four years. I'm 5'9 and that's not that tall for a center so I was a forward. I loved playing volleyball and basketball and track I was good at, but it stressed me out.

Author: Bridgette Wilson

What you are as a person is far more important that what you are as a basketball player.

Author: John Wooden

I played basketball to try to get my parents from working so hard.

Author: James Worthy

You'll always miss 100% of the shots you don't take...but you’ll also are adding to all of the airballs buildings across with each attempted thrown.

Author: Jane Doe