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Why do you play a game? I play a game to see how good we can be. — Mike Krzyzewski

It was a cheap shot. They won the game, move on. My thing is, I don't ask for a lot, but I demand my respect, especially from a guy like that. — Shaquille O'Neal

My goal is to win the next game one possession at a time. That's it. I don't have any other goals — Brad Stevens

You might be a redneck if ... your high school basketball game got rained out. — Jeff Foxworthy

When I lose the sense of motivation and the sense to prove something as a basketball player, it's time for me to move away from the game. — Michael Jordan

We overload in our workouts so that the game slows down in real life. It helps you become a smarter basketball player. — Stephen Curry

You want to do Olympics just like you do a pro football game or a basketball game? Be my guest. Watch it all fade away. — Dick Ebersol

Basketball is a pretty simple game. What wins is consistency and competitiveness. — Gregg Popovich

Going into a game against Lew Alcindor [later Kareem Abdul-Jabbar] is like going into a knife fight and finding there's no blade in your handle. — Bill Fitch

I know there's a lot of pressure, but I'm just going to go out and play my game. — Carmelo Anthony

I make the game easy. Double and triple me, I'll kick it out to you for a wide-open shot. I'll add years to your career. — Shaquille O'Neal

You know, God gave me a gift to do other things besides play the game of basketball. — LeBron James

I've always been taught that basketball is a team game and greater than the sum of its parts. — Len Elmore

Any old coach will say the game was meant for finesse. It's a beautiful game, especially on television. — Dean Smith

This is a team game and one man doesn't win and one man doesn't lose. In the end, the best team usually wins. — Wilt Chamberlain

I pray if I ever find out I have only about three minutes to live it's during a basketball game, because then I'll have, what, 10, 12 years to live? — Elayne Boosler

Business is a basketball game. The more tricks you know, the more points you score. — Ehab Atalla

A good coach improves your game. A great coach improves your life. — Michael Josephson

The players I respected most were the toughest players, not those who talked a good game or blocked a shot and acted like a fool. — Jay Bilas

When you watch the game, be a student of the game. — Don Meyer

I look at the NBA as a football game without the helmet. — Tom Tolbert

Basketball, a game which won't be fit for people until they set the basket umbilicus-high and return the giraffes to the zoo. — Ogden Nash

I thought basketball was a game for women. My mother played basketball, and so did my sister. — Dirk Nowitzki

Play the game with a smile. — Earl Monroe

Baseball happens to be a game of cumulative tension but football, basketball and hockey are played with hand grenades and machine guns. — John Leonard

I know the game well. I'm a student of basketball; I know what it takes to win. — Kenyon Martin

The truth of basketball is done in competition and fundamentals and team, but there's a lot of other junk that goes around the game. — George Karl

Basketball is a game of conditioning and fatigue. That's why I believe in practicing a team to train when it's exhausted. — Pat Riley

I'm a competitive person. I love the game of basketball. I'm a gym rat. — Paul Pierce

If you're a basketball player and you don't stop and take pictures with your fans, you can have an amazing game and everyone still loves you. — Kim Kardashian

Basketball is a beautiful game when the five players on the court play with one heartbeat. — Dean Smith

Basketball is a full court game, so every drill must be done full court. — Bobby Knight

We must take down the carnies. I think we need to start a campaign to defeat their scamming ways. I never win the boardwalk basketball game. — Melissa Rauch

Basketball is a game of sacrificing yourself for the next guy, being a team that takes good shots, and taking the right shots — David Blatt

In basketball, you can be the greatest individual player in the world and still lose every game, because a team will always beat an individual. — Bill Walton

I viewed it as a business, but I always viewed it as a game. An opportunity to show my skills, my basketball skills, amongst the best in the world. — Michael Jordan

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

I would never recruit a player who yells at his teammates, disrespected his high school coach, or scores 33 points a game and his team goes 10-10. — Dean Smith

I'm a leader. I'm the leader of this team, and they look for me at any point in the game, and that's not just scoring-wise, I do other things. — LeBron James

Players draw confidence from a poised, alert coach who anticipates changing in game conditions — Jack Ramsay

We old athletes carry the disfigurements and markings of contests remembered only by us and no one else. Nothing is more lost than a forgotten game. — Pat Conroy

I'm a competitive type of person, whether it's playing a game of basketball or playing business games. — Chuck Feeney

To see a player dunk in women's college basketball is just amazing. It's great to see that the game has reached that level now. — Holly Johnson

You become a champion as a team. I understand that. I know the history of the game. — LeBron James

For every pass I caught in a game, I caught a thousand in practice. — Don Hutson

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 enjoy playing at the heart of it is just a kid who really loves playing the game of basketball. — Kobe Bryant

The biggest scandal I was ever involved in was - in high school, at a basketball game, I shot and scored for the other team. — Darby Stanchfield

Few players have cast a spell across the game like Yao Ming, before or since. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Remember that basketball is a game of habits. If you make the other guy deviate from his habits, you've got him — Bill Russell

I love the flow of the game. There's a certain fluidity to basketball. I don't enjoy watching baseball or football in the same way. — Adam Yauch

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

As long as you put on a jersey, no matter what kind of jersey it is, as long as you're supporting the game of basketball, I enjoy it. — Dwyane Wade

I would rather go to Baghdad than go to a professional basketball game. — Don Imus

Look, I think you should promote the game, but I think you should make it what it ought to be. Not some kind of a side-show. — Oscar Robertson

No matter how good you are, at top pf your game, always remember that you're a half a step away from the street. — Hubie Brown

I don't really have anything to say. Basketball is not a game that you can play with your mouth. It needs action to prove yourself. — Yao Ming

Basketball is a game. Baseball is a religion. Baseball is American. — Jerry Reinsdorf

It's better to have a good player with the basketball in late game situations than to have plays. — Rick Pitino

We played every night. Sometimes we'd stay overnight after a game, but we'd usually drive on to our next destination. — Bob Cousy

The goal is to make practice more difficult, physically/mentally, than anything your players will face during a game. — Bobby Knight

He [Phil Jackson] is such a basketball genius in terms of the details of the game, the little nuances of the game and the rhythm of the game. — Kobe Bryant

Umm - it was - you know - umm - a good game. You know. — Patrick Ewing

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

People making it like I sit there and eat a whole plate of candy before I play a basketball game. I don't think anyone could do that. — Lamar Odom

I collect different game hats, like Syracuse Women's Volleyball; I have a Navy Basketball hat. They're all vintage but in new condition. — Theophilus London

We just got our ass beat by a much better team. It happens once in a while. Does every team win every game? — Bobby Knight

I have a plan of action, but the game is a game of adjustments. — Mike Krzyzewski