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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
People wouldn't think of making avant-garde cuisine at home. When people play basketball at home, they can't play like Michael Jordan.
— Ferran Adria
I used to play soccer when I was in Morocco, but I was more of a basketball player. I played high school basketball, I played AAU basketball.
— French Montana
First off, do everything they can to give their kids the opportunities to play sports; asthma is not a deterrent to playing sports.
— Dominique Wilkins
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
I play basketball probably four to five days a week when I'm back home.
— Josh Hutcherson
I love being outside and feeling free, so I jog or ride my bike. Some days I play basketball or tennis.
— Jennifer Hudson
To go out there and play and have fun and hopefully win a championship. That's my goal.
— Carmelo Anthony
Bill Russell helped make my dream a better dream because when you play with the best, you know you have to play your best.
— Wilt Chamberlain
Playing basketball with my teammates was a gift! We cant play any more but we live the memories each day!
— Theresa Grentz
You can't play any defense if the other team is on the foul line.
— Mike Krzyzewski
I either run or try to play basketball every day.
— Harold Ford Jr.
Champions play as they practice. Create a consistency of excellence in all your habits.
— Mike Krzyzewski
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
I'm one of the best defenders to ever play basketball, so I'm still the first option on defense.
— Metta World Peace
I gave everything I had to basketball. The passion is still there, but the desire to play is not. It was a great ride.
— Allen Iverson
We're still getting better as a team. We're still learning how to play basketball as a team and how to win tough games.
— Carmelo Anthony
Elders of the Creedish church made celibacy sound as easy as choosing not to play basketball.Just say no. — Chuck Palahniuk
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
Teams that play together beat those with superior players who play more as individuals.
— Jack Ramsay
Play hard, learn as much as I can and do what I do best. The rest will take care of itself I think.
— Carmelo Anthony
Nervous means you want to play. Scared means you don't want to play.
— Sherman Alexie
Basketball is a beautiful game when the five players on the court play with one heartbeat.
— Dean Smith
There's so many young peoople who start to play basketball and never learn the fundamentals.
— Oscar Robertson
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
I don't play them a lot of minutes. I have great starters. I have All-Stars, world champions.
— Bill Laimbeer
I play basketball on Sundays and I'm a very spiritual guy; I read a lot of Eastern philosophy and I meditate.
— Garry Shandling
My childhood dream was to play basketball, actually.
— Godfrey Gao
I like my sex the way I play basketball, one on one with as little dribbling as possible.
— Leslie Nielsen
The best teams play for each other, not with each other
— Jeff Van Gundy
Chick Hearn taught me how to play basketball, how to think about basketball. He taught me how to love basketball.
— Roland Lazenby
That's how we like to play basketball, is be physical down there in the paint and force teams to the perimeter.
— Bill Laimbeer
When I said I retired from basketball playing, I have retired. You will not see me play again. That is a promise.
— Karl Malone
You have to learn to play with what you've got.
— Don Meyer
It's hard to play well, but it's easy to work hard.
— Kevin Durant
For example, Michael Jordan earns $100million a year but continues to play basketball and remains a modest human being.
— Franz Beckenbauer
I really do miss playing basketball. I don't play a lot of pick-up games. But I do like using basketball as a form of cross training.
— Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Play the game with a smile.
— Earl Monroe
Every team that plays us plays above their heads. That's because of me.
— Shaquille O'Neal
I'm pretty much able to play any style. I'm not here to demand 40 or 50 shots. But I would like 30.
— Shaquille O'Neal
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
I might play in shorts, but I wear the pants.
— LeBron James
If you go out with a girl and they say she has a great personality, she's ugly. If they tell you a guy works hard, he can't play a lick. Same thing.
— Charles Barkley
I knew Rick Pitino was going to make them play that outbreak, monkey defense. He's been doing it all his life.
— Shaquille O'Neal
The fundamentals of the game are the same wherever you go: pass, dribble, shoot, defend, rebound, screen, play hard and together
— Terry Stotts
Play and practice like you are trying to make the team.
— Mike Krzyzewski
I can play basketball, run track, and play volleyball, so yeah, I've always been an athlete at heart.
— Vivica A. Fox
Chemistry is important. If you like your teammates, it's going to be easier to play with them on the court.
— Kevin Durant
It doesn't matter to me what place I get traded to. If I was traded someplace - I'd play anywhere.
— Kobe Bryant
Blacks can get into medical school with a lower grade ... If that's true, a Jew should be able to play basketball with a lower net.
— Jackie Mason
I understand the NBA and the role I play on my team. I know that I have to play a leadership role and do whatever I have to do to win.
— Carmelo Anthony
I love to play basketball, but I haven't played in awhile. But if I could get back on the court and play, I definitely would.
— Curtis Granderson
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
Play against the Game, not your opponent.
— Bud Wilkinson
I want my son to never know the mommy who would rather watch him play basketball than play with him.
— Marissa Jaret Winokur
Stop by stop by stop. Play aggressively. Sprint back on 'D' and pay attention to how we're supposed to guard as a team
— Gregg Popovich
Inferior guards play on the sidelines and great guards play in the middle. Isiah, Magic, Chris Paul, all get to the middle
— Rick Pitino
It's not how big you are, it's how big you play
— John Wooden
Going in, you want to play a perfect season and play throughout the whole entire season, but injuries are a part of basketball.
— Kyrie Irving
The invention of basketball was not an accident. It was developed to meet a need. Those boys simply would not play 'Drop the Handkerchief.'
— James Naismith
The key is to maintain an evenness. Try to play one possession at a time, regardless of what happened on the last possession
— Brad Stevens
You understand, you do not invent stuff on this team. Guys that invent stuff will not play for me. Make the easy play
— John Calipari
I'd love to play basketball with the president, or throw the football around or something like that.
— Robert Griffin III
If you play good attack, you win the game, but, if you play good defence you win championships
— Zeljko Obradovic
I know I'm a good person. I know I can play basketball.
— Jermaine O'Neal
I'm sorry that the young athletes in basketball will not get the chance to play (in the Olympics) anymore, and live that dream.
— Oscar Robertson
I'd rather have preparation than motivation. Everyone likes to play, but no one likes to practice.
— Bum Phillips
Each time I step on the basketball court, I never know what will happen. I live for the moment. I play for the moment.
— Michael Jordan
If they want to play football, we can play football.
— Shaquille O'Neal
