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

Prepare for every game like you just lost your last game. — Lon Kruger

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

Regardless of what you do put in, every game boils down to doing the things you do best and doing them over and over again. — Vince Lombardi

I just try to focus on the basketball game and not get caught up in all the media. — Lamar Odom

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

It always amazes me that spectators want to coach, coaches want to officiate, and officials just want to watch the game — Lou Holtz

I'm going to be working on my shot. Working on extending my range. Keep working on everything, and really studying the game. — Blake Griffin

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

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

You have to earn your right to win the game with effort and togetherness — Brad Stevens

Life for me outweighs the game of basketball. — Derek Fisher

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

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

Basketball Rule #5
When
you stop
playing
your game
you've already
lost. — Kwame Alexander

The Spurs couldn't put everything aside and just play the damn game. — Dennis Rodman

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

You know, I'm just 6'9 and 260. And just so happen to be very good at playing the game of basketball. — LeBron James

I play every game like it's my last game. All that matters is that you go out there and play every game as if it was your last. — Allen Iverson

We ran an up-tempo, transition-style of game at Boston College - very similar to what we ran when I played for Arnold. — Bob Cousy

I'm very, very confident in my ability to see the game - even before it's played. — LeBron James

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

The game of basketball is not played with throwing punches, throwing elbows. — Mo Williams

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

The constant expansion has diluted the talent. Other than that, it's still the same game. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

My grandchild has taught me what true love means. It means watching Scooby-Doo cartoons while the basketball game is on another channel. — Gene Perret

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

I know there are expectations, but I don't let them affect mt game. I just play basketball. — Seimone Augustus

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

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

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

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

We want to win it all. The only reason we play this game is to win championships. — LeBron James

My little brothers loved baseball. I'm not as big on that as basketball or football, but I understand the game. — Jurnee Smollett

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

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

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

Baseball is the only game left for people. To play basketball, you have to be 7 feet 6 inches. To play football, you have to be the same width. — Bill Veeck

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

Just because it is an All-Star Game doesn't mean that you are playing as efficiently as you should. — Oscar Robertson

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

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

Everyone on the bench stands for the man coming out of the game. — Dean Smith

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

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

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

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

Sometimes the coaches tell me to be selfish, but my game won't let me be selfish. — LeBron James

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

Ten minutes after you lose that last game, you start working on next season. — Don Meyer

If you play good attack, you win the game, but, if you play good defence you win championships — Zeljko Obradovic

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

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

You have to lose yourself in the team and you have to lose yourself in the game — John Calipari

The fundamentals of the game are the same wherever you go: pass, dribble, shoot, defend, rebound, screen, play hard and together — Terry Stotts

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 always have to be on edge. You always have to take every practice, every game, like it is your last. — Kobe Bryant

Evaluate wins and losses objectively, focusing more on effort and execution than on the outcome of the game — Morgan Wootten

Sometimes you will hate me because I will tell you the truth about your game. And the truth can hurt/humble you — Doc Rivers

You must be sure that you give back something that's beneficial to the game. Any of the teaching you do must be for the benefit of the men who play. — Henry Iba

I don't know hardly any of the players who have the in-between game like me, who can go to any position on the court. — Oscar Robertson

In the closing seconds of every game, I want the ball in my hands for the last shot - not in anybody else's, not in anybody else's in the world. — Larry Bird

And the game of basketball, I play, I play first off because I love it. I love to have fun. I love to run up and down the court. — Kevin Durant

Whether I start or come off the bench makes no difference to me. My game has always been go as hard as I can as long as I can — John Havlicek

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

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

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

Play against the Game, not your opponent. — Bud Wilkinson

I want to be one of the best players in the game. — Kevin Durant

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

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

You can't think about basketball or you ruin your game. It is an instinctive game. — Dolph Schayes

I recruit hungry kids who love the game and want to get better and feel they have more questions than answers — Bo Ryan

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

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

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

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

You know, I think more people should watch women's basketball. It'd do so much for the game. — Kevin Durant

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

Flash, take the game off. I'll go out and do the work. — Shaquille O'Neal

You know what the game of golf is, don't you? It's basketball for people who can't jump and chess for people who can't think. — Tom Robbins

Basketball Rule #9

When the game is on
the line,
don't fear.
Grab the ball.
Take it
to the hoop. — Kwame Alexander

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

I learned so much from Sue about the Xs and Os of the game of basketball. — Pat Summitt

I think coaches sometimes foul their own players out of game by benching them too long when in foul trouble — Jeff Van Gundy

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

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

If you told me two years I would miss the greatest basketball game ever to hang out with Nathan Lane, I'd say, 'You're crazy!' — Chris Rock

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

He who controlleth the backboard, controlleth the game. — Adolph Rupp