Basketball Quotes
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Basketball Quotes & Sayings
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I wasn't as critical during games as I was at practice. Players needed confidence during games more than criticism.
— Dean Smith
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
Players will never do more than you demand.
— Jimmy Tillette
I continually stress to my players that all I expect from them at practice and in the games is their maximum effort.
— John Wooden
I told my wife when I was rolling up, I felt like the president.
— Shaquille O'Neal
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
Growing up, my parents were very, very strict. And then I went to UCLA with John Wooden, who was just off the charts.
— Bill Walton
Think of new ways to do old things. You must protect against boredom in a practice situation.
— George Raveling
I'm just one of the 1.3 billion Chinese.
— Yao Ming
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'm not going to try to go out there and outdo him. I don't have to try to outdo him, I'm Shaq.
— Shaquille O'Neal
He's a jokester, and that's funny, very funny. Ha-ha. Very funny.
— Shaquille O'Neal
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'm not going to emphasize the sky-hook as much as work with the specific skills of the guys.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Maybe my pain was my motivation.
— LeBron James
You learn from everybody. You learn from the players. You learn from great coaches. You learn from great teams
— Tom Thibodeau
You can't play any defense if the other team is on the foul line.
— Mike Krzyzewski
As players see themselves getting better through skill sessions, they will want to get in the gym more
— Billy Donovan
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
By itself, practice does not make perfect. Those of us with a ten-year-old son practicing the trumpet may understand that.
— Daniel Hanley
Basketball, man: it is a land of giants.
— Amar'e Stoudemire
I think I'm the only player who looks at each and every center and says to myself, 'That's barbecued chicken down there.'
— Shaquille O'Neal
Promise to wear a cheerful appearance at all times and give every person you meet a smile.
— John Wooden
This is an award I couldn't have won on my own. I can't thank these guys enough. These are my guys, these are my brothers.
— Kobe Bryant
Few players have cast a spell across the game like Yao Ming, before or since.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Dampier is soft. Quote it, underline it, tape it and send it to him.
— Shaquille O'Neal
I'm not promising a championship. I know how hard that is to deliver. We're not ready right now.
— LeBron James
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
The triple-double is just a stat. It's a test of your strength and stamina and playing ability, really.
— Oscar Robertson
I just said to myself, 'Damn, I'm a great player.'
— Shaquille O'Neal
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
In a team sport like basketball, every time you help somebody else, you help yourself.
— Pete Carril
Basketball is like war in that offensive weapons are developed first, and it always takes a while for the defense to catch up.
— Red Auerbach
Well, I don't remember all the names of all the clubs we went to
— Shaquille O'Neal
I'm going forward with my plans for life. I'm looking at things not only basketball-wise, but personal-wise.
— Dwyane Wade
I think, growing up, I was seen as the perfect power forward. For a long time, I thought maybe I was supposed to be a basketball player.
— D'Brickashaw Ferguson
I think that basketball players should get the job done no matter how it looks on the screen.
— Oscar Robertson
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
We believe in people executing their role and caring about the team more than anything individually
— Gregg Popovich
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
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
I started out as a football player. I liked to inflict pain. In basketball, it was the same thing.
— Shaquille O'Neal
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
My practices were not set up to be easy or enjoyed.
— Bobby Knight
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
Obstacles cannot bend me. Every obstacle yields to effort.
— Leonardo Da Vinci
I speak a little Spanish, so I'm able to communicate.
— Marcus Camby
I think the biggest problem is parents are so concerned with being friends with their kids. You're not their friend. You're their parent.
— Charles Barkley
I really cherish everything that basketball brings; and I think, for me, it's been a great ride and I'm not done yet.
— Stephen Curry
Play against the Game, not your opponent.
— Bud Wilkinson
I played three sports in high school, baseball, football and basketball. Baseball really helped me a lot.
— Calvin Pryor
Basketball is like Religion. Many attend but few understand.
— Scott Skiles
We're just playing basketball. It's not like we're going out to have unprotected sex with Magic.
— Charles Barkley
He fouled out in the fourth quarter, and that's when I really started getting points. He was no more at fault than anyone.
— Wilt Chamberlain
Before I became the 'Great Test of the West, I was the 'Beast of the East.'
— Shaquille O'Neal
I love sharing the ball with my teammates. I see a lot of things before my teammates see them.
— LeBron James
I want to be one of the best players in the game.
— Kevin Durant
In the Western standards of modesty, there are different guidelines.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
My identity is in Christ, not in basketball.
— Jeremy Lin