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

Basketball is my refuge, my sanctuary. I go back to being a kid on the playground. When I get here, it's all good. — Kobe Bryant

How good can we expect to be if our best player is not our best teammate — Brad Stevens

Good defensive play is as much a matter of hustle, desire and pride as it is anything else. — Tex Winter

If they are the league ain't doing a good job of it. — LeBron James

You become good at what you practise, basketball, anger or compassion, it is up to you! — Kamon

Good teams become great ones when the members trust each other enough to surrender the Me for the We. — Phil Jackson

In my first film, I was a basketball player. Like every good actor, I lied when they asked me if I could play. — David Morse

See, my hope and dream is that people have a good time watching basketball. It's not church. It's not serious. — Charles Barkley

Good basketball always starts with good defense! — Bobby Knight

Good players want to be coached ... Great players want to be told the truth — Doc Rivers

Once you become a good person, then you have a chance of becoming a good basketball player. — John Wooden

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

To be successful you need to have good, happy Players. — Norm Sloan

I'm very good at noticing talent. I knew he was special then and obviously he is now. — LeBron James

The difference between a good defensive team and a bad defensive team is as little as three possessions — Brad Stevens

It feels good. It's not bad for somebody who can't shoot. — Shaquille O'Neal

I think leadership is never singular. In a good organization, it's plural. — Mike Krzyzewski

I don't hire good coaches, I hire good people. If they turn out to be good coaches, too, that's a plus. — Geno Auriemma

Basketball is big stuff in New York. If you're good in it, everybody respects you. Nobody would want to ruin your shooting eye or your shooting arm. — Bob Beamon

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 #6
A great team
has a good scorer
with a teammate
who's on point
and ready
to assist. — Kwame Alexander

The LA Lakers are so good they could run a fast break with a medicine ball. — Rich Donnelly

You can't be a good leader without good character. — Tony Boselli

I know that once I get a good rhythm and a good feel, no one can stop me. — John Starks

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

You have to have a mentality. This is a business. This ain't hanging out having a good time — Tom Thibodeau

Good sound habits are more important than rules - use concepts. — Mike Krzyzewski

Self-esteem is directly linked to deserving success. You must deserve victory to feel good about yourself. — Rick Pitino

What makes a good coach? Complete dedication. — George Halas

If something works for another school, use it. Don't act like you are too good to use other ideas — Hubie Brown

But after that you don't see a lot of real good fundamental play. You see a showboat-type basketball which is almost parallel to street basketball. — Oscar Robertson

You like that analogy? That was pretty good? — Shaquille O'Neal

It feels good to come here and be a winning program. — Kevin Durant

Defense is all about helping. No one can guard a good dribbler, You have to walk kids through how to help and then how to help the helper — Bobby Knight

Good people are happy when something good happens to someone else. — Dean Smith

Winning is more related to good defense than good offense — Jack Ramsay

You started rapping when you wasn't good at basketball. I started rapping because I needed Adderall. — Donald Glover

I'm a lot better coach when I have really good players — Chuck Daly

I wasn't a bad basketball player, but I was far from the world's greatest. Good defense, no offense - that was me. — Chuck Connors

If you are a good team, your offense is born on the defensive end. — Don Meyer

It's my job to make him look good. He's a very good looking man, so it's my job to keep him looking good. — Shaquille O'Neal

I love that basketball gives me the opportunities to do good things for people and to point them towards the Man who died for our sins on the cross, — Stephen Curry

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

My dad taught me that you have to work hard for anything you want in life, and I wanted to be good at playing basketball. — Seimone Augustus

Go from good to great because good is the enemy of great. — Don Meyer

If a player leaves Marquette and doesn't have some of my blood in him, then I don't think I've done a good job. — Al McGuire

The most important thing in good leadership is truly caring. — Dean Smith

Good shooters take the shots; best shooters take most of the shots. — Don Meyer

We want you all to be in shape and look as good as me. Because I will be walking naked on the beach. — Shaquille O'Neal

Madonna wasn't an acrobat or anything, but the sex was good. I could tell she liked it. — Dennis Rodman

I know how to turn the bad into good always. — Shaquille O'Neal

Work as hard as you can to become as good an individual player as you can to help your team win — Doug Collins

The biggest thing that I felt basketball could do for me was help me get a good education. — Julius Erving

I lick my fingers because I don't like when my hands get slick. Licking my fingers helps me keep a good grip on the ball. — Steve Nash

You can run a lot of plays when your X is twice as big as the other guys' O. It makes your X's and O's pretty good. — Paul Westphal

On good teams coaches hold players accountable, on great teams players hold players accountable — Joe Dumars

No matter how good you get, there's always something further out there. — Bill Walton

It was what made him good at team sports: soccer, basketball, politics. Miller — James S.A. Corey

It's going to be crazy. All eight teams here are good teams. Hopefully the atmosphere will be great because it's going to be great basketball. — Chris Kraus

Working hard is one thing, but working hard with purpose is what separates the good from the great — Thad Matta

I know I'm a good person. I know I can play basketball. — Jermaine O'Neal

This team is one execution away from being a very good basketball team. — Doc Rivers

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

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

Good players can take coaching; great players can take coaching and learn. — John Wooden

If all I'm remembered for is being a good basketball player, then I've done a bad job with the rest of my life. — Isaiah Thomas

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

If the waitress has dirty ankles, the chili is good. — Al McGuire

I felt I was good in basketball but I wasn't a blue-chip prospect. — Derrek Lee

Reverse the ball one time for a good shot, two times for a great shot, three times for a layup. — John Wooden

It feels good to be a part of history. — Kevin Durant

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

Basketball was always my first love, but once I had a good year as a senior, I figured the next step was to play college football. — Ben Roethlisberger