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Basketball was always something I felt I could dominate, something I could control. — Metta World Peace

As a military child I first learned how to deal with different types of people and how to deal with order. — Shaquille O'Neal

I went into umpiring at age 16. I got into officiating because of the fact that I could not stand the referees that worked our basketball games. — Doug Harvey

I told my wife when I was rolling up, I felt like the president. — Shaquille O'Neal

I played basketball. I went to school and played basketball and was trying to pursue that as a career path and kind of just fell into acting. — Robbie Jones

My father used to always give me a basketball, a skate board, and a bike every Christmas. That's all I wanted every year. — Amar'e Stoudemire

I'm just one of the 1.3 billion Chinese. — Yao Ming

Your contribution as a coach is defending and rebounding. — Dick Motta

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. — Mike Krzyzewski

My name's been on this check for a week now. — Larry Bird

When I had troubles, I'd go out with basketball - you can do it by yourself, too. So you'd go out and shoot, and you'd fantasize. — Mike Krzyzewski

I play basketball for love and money, and they come in interchangeable order, depending on how things are going when you ask the question. — Tom Heinsohn

We teach offense 5-0/5-5 (whole method) and defense by part (1-1/3-3). — Dick Bennett

The biggest difficulty in getting to the top of the ladder is getting through the crowd at the bottom. — Bobby Knight

I'm playing against great players, playing against the best in the world. The competition-that's what I've always wanted. — Kobe Bryant

I've pretty much done all I can here and, you know, God will carry me the rest of the way, so I'm pretty comfortable with that. — Kobe Bryant

I'm not going to emphasize the sky-hook as much as work with the specific skills of the guys. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

You learn from everybody. You learn from the players. You learn from great coaches. You learn from great teams — Tom Thibodeau

I'm just a seasonal guy. Basketball, football, baseball, boxing, golf. Give it to me all the time. — Jerry Ferrara

Every day you teach attitude. — Don Meyer

I'd heard stuff from out there that I was just another player, that I was too young. I wanted to show I could play with anybody. — Shaquille O'Neal

You'd got a baseball game, or a football game, basketball game, "USA! USA! USA!" Hey, calm down! Got a little German on it, don't you think? — Chris Rock

I visualize the game. I think about who I am guarding, the things he likes to do. — Scottie Pippen

I went to an ACC school, Wake Forest, I'm a big college basketball fan, and it was just a natural interest for me. — Lee Norris

We came out to get Game 1 but we also want to get Game 2 — Marcus Camby

I think I'll stick to what I'm used to, my principles, and that is team Number 1 and individual Number 2. — Yao Ming

I'm a huge, huge sports fan, and Marquette basketball is my No. 1 thing. — Danny Pudi

1. Be on time. 2. Never criticize a teammate. 3. Never use profanity. — John Wooden

We believe in people executing their role and caring about the team more than anything individually — Gregg Popovich

What we do at LSU is to develop players and make them better. — John Brady

Since I left basketball, and my wife, it's been a glorious feast of lovemaking. — Rick Fox

In the tennis world, there weren't a whole lot of Asians playing. You see it a little bit more now. The same can really be said for basketball. — Michael Chang

Never be ready to play yesterday. Being ready to play today is what's important — Pat Riley

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

Back in East St. Louis, tennis wasn't the real thing. If you weren't playing baseball, basketball, football, you were kind of on the outside. — Jimmy Connors

If every basketball player worked as hard as I did, I'd be out of a job — Steve Nash

My practices were not set up to be easy or enjoyed. — Bobby Knight

Basketball is a game with winners and losers, but if you play this game with your heart, you're always a winner. — C.M.

If people are well paid for reality television and cotton candy and dunking a basketball, why can't they be well paid for changing young minds? — B.J. Novak

As my great friend Aristotle said, 'If you cannot command, you must learn to listen.' I'm not the hierarchy here. I am a worker bee. — Shaquille O'Neal

I say 'come with it.' I'm not expecting anything easy. You have to earn your place. That's fine with me. — Carmelo Anthony

I was a total jock growing up. I went to super-dorky basketball clinics and was handpicked to play on a state team called the Texas Heat. — Erin Wasson