"It took me a while to realize that basketball wasn't football"
- Merlin Olsen
About this Quote
This quote by Merlin Olsen talks to the trouble of transitioning from one sport to another. It can be tough to adapt to the different guidelines, methods, and strategies that are required for success in a new sport. For Olsen, it took a while to comprehend that basketball was not the same as football. He had to discover the various skills and methods that were essential to master basketball. This quote speaks with the significance of being open to learning new things and adjusting to various scenarios. It likewise serves as a suggestion that success in one sport does not guarantee success in another. It takes effort and devotion to become competent in any sport.
This quote is written / told by Merlin Olsen between September 15, 1940 and March 11, 2010. He was a famous Athlete from USA.
The author also have 17 other quotes.
"Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at the touch, nay, you may kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at evening"
"You may not win the Super Bowl. Your kids may not go on to be doctors and lawyers and everything may not go perfectly. That doesn't mean it was a bad plan or the wrong thing. It's just like a football season. Everything's not going to go perfect"
"You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer"
