Playing Basketball Quotes
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Playing Basketball Quotes & Sayings
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If you're playing basketball with someone who's better than you, you have to get better or else it's no fun.
— Jason Behr
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
Championship teams are built on being prepared, playing unselfishly and being held accountable
— Jason Kidd
When, you know, when you're playing basketball, you have to have confidence in your moves if they're gonna work.
— O'Shea Jackson Jr.
They said playing basketball would kill me. Well, not playing basketball was killing me.
— Magic Johnson
My days shouldn't be hard because I'm doing what I'm doing and that's playing basketball.
— Derrick Rose
My dad was my coach in baseball and early on in basketball, so playing baseball was something we always did.
— Matthew Stafford
Playing basketball with my teammates was a gift! We cant play any more but we live the memories each day!
— Theresa Grentz
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 caught an elbow playing basketball
— Michael Scofield
Music was definitely a way out. Instead of playing basketball, I was going to recording studios.
— Flo Rida
Basketball Rule #5When
you stop
playing
your game
you've already
lost. — Kwame Alexander
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 a choice to make when you're not playing. Either you're invested and a great teammate, or your not
— Brad Stevens
I'm a competitive type of person, whether it's playing a game of basketball or playing business games.
— Chuck Feeney
Just because it is an All-Star Game doesn't mean that you are playing as efficiently as you should.
— Oscar Robertson
I tore my ACL playing basketball.
— Paul Dano
There are many times when you are better off practicing than playing; but most people just don't understand that
— Larry Bird
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
Anytime you're playing basketball, and you have a coach who you have to respect, you've got to be very disciplined.
— Romeo Miller
When I said I retired from basketball playing, I have retired. You will not see me play again. That is a promise.
— Karl Malone
When you're picking a basketball team, you'll take the brother over the guy with the yarmulke. Why? Because you're playing the odds.
— Adam Carolla
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
I don't know what I'm going to do tomorrow. I just know for sure I'm going to keep playing basketball.
— Kevin Durant
I started playing professional basketball in 1971, and I played professionally for five seasons before going to Philadelphia.
— Julius Erving
Driveway basketball, playing against the boys, watching Magic and Michael.
— Michael Bamberger
The young Obama's lack of playing time on the high school basketball team was due more to his ability than the coach's preference for white players.
— David Maraniss
Initially when I stopped playing, I had accumulated some burnout.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
After spending more than 17 years playing for the NBA, in the summertime, I always came back to community service and different basketball clinics.
— Dikembe Mutombo
Fatherhood will put a man through a lot, but it's a tremendous job, the best in the world - even better than playing basketball.
— Derek Fisher
When I'm done playing basketball, I want do something bigger. I'm working on my doctorate right now at Barry University in Florida.
— Shaquille O'Neal
I couldn't imagine not playing basketball. To me, basketball is what life is all about.
— Bill Walton
I don't complain about playing time. My job is to play so well the coach can't sit me.
— Shane Battier
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
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
We're just playing basketball. It's not like we're going out to have unprotected sex with Magic.
— Charles Barkley
The triple-double is just a stat. It's a test of your strength and stamina and playing ability, really.
— Oscar Robertson
I enjoy playing at the heart of it is just a kid who really loves playing the game of basketball.
— Kobe Bryant
On the best tactic when playing alongside Kareem Abdul-Jabbar- Just give him the ball.
— Magic Johnson
What is there about basketball that makes Larry Bird or Lenny Wilkens want to coach after their playing careers are done?
— George Vecsey
I like playing many other sports, such as basketball.
— Guan Tianlang
If you're not talking, you're not playing defense
— Doc Rivers
There was not too much to do as a kid when we arrived in Germany. Playing basketball and listening to music gave me something to do.
— Shaquille O'Neal
When I'm finished playing, I want people to say, 'He handled this well, he kept his cool.'
— Kobe Bryant
I remember playing in a tournament when at home we didn't have light, because my mom spent her last money on my sneakers.
— Allen Iverson
I'm playing the guys who are going to fight. If you're not into this, I'm going to someone else
— John Calipari
You should sub a player out when you see a player not going full-speed or playing selfish basketball.
— Dean Smith
But you can not compare Yao's stats to mine. You just can't compare it and I am playing everyone one-on-one.
— Shaquille O'Neal
I'm playing like Eric Dampier.
— Shaquille O'Neal
The two ingredients in success in basketball are playing hard and playing intelligently.
— Pete Carril
It's a different role for me, playing with the great Dwyane Wade.
— Shaquille O'Neal
Apparently I need shoes with a 'swoosh' on the side if I'm to continue playing basketball. ~ Lucius Vladescu
— Beth Fantaskey
If you're getting ready to do a really emotional scene then, right before it, you're probably not going to be outside playing basketball.
— Emilie De Ravin
Nietzsche was so intelligent and advanced. And that's how I am. I'm the black, basketball-playing Nietzsche.
— Shaquille O'Neal
When I was playing college basketball, I had to work out every day; it benefited me physically.
— Romeo Miller
