Basketball Quotes

"And it blew my mind when I started to get wind of the fact that they actually liked me being around. That was humbling, because Kentucky basketball is a big deal, and I am not the biggest fan - I am just the most notorious one"

Ashley Judd, Actress

"I just want to try to ignore the scrutiny and all the distractions and just play hard basketball and let the best come... Improving game by game and trying to improve my game is what I want to do"

Andrew Bogut, Athlete

"It's not to hurt anyone, but basketball can be rough"

Sue Wicks, Athlete

"Basketball is basketball"

Oscar Robertson, Athlete

"Basketball is a team game. But that doesn't mean all five players should have the same amount of shots"

Dean Smith, Athlete

"I always wanted to be a basketball player"

Ronnie James Dio, Musician

"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, Actor

"He knew I enjoyed the relationships of college basketball. All along, he was the wise one"

Rick Pitino, Athlete

"Basketball, in America, is like a culture. It is like a foreigner learning a new language. It is difficult to learn foreign languages and it will also be difficult for me to learn the culture for basketball here"

Yao Ming, Athlete

"I wanted a NBA basketball gym at my house and that's what I worked hard for and I was able to achieve that"

Terrell Owens, Athlete

"I've always been like that. I was a tomboy when I was a kid, so I was always playing baseball and basketball and football and stuff as a kid with the boys"

Catherine Bell, Model

"I played in Joe Louis in a playoff game. I played there when the roof caved in for half a season. The facility is great for basketball because it goes straight up, so you feel like the fans are on top of you"

Bill Laimbeer, Coach

"My goals have gone from being an all-star to just being able to play basketball. I always took for granted that I could play. Now I know what a gift it is"

Rebecca Lobo, Athlete

"It wasn't until late high school and early college that I gained enough size and skill to make me welcome on intramural basketball teams"

Paul D. Boyer, Scientist

"It's very warm there, so we were outdoors all the time. The local people had programs for us year-round, where as kids we had the opportunity to play football, basketball, baseball, track and field - we just went from one sport to the next, year-round"

Rafer Johnson, Athlete

"Once I grew from 6'1" to about 6'6", by that time I was going into 12th grade, and that's when I started wanting to play basketball, because, pretty much basketball players always got the girl"

Eric Williams, Historian

"I played baseball, and that's pretty much it. Basketball came late, this was, basketball was the sport that I tried to master, I kind of mastered baseball, so basketball was one of those things where I wanted to master this game, so that's why I probably play it the way I do"

Eric Williams, Historian

"In the original script, my character was a basketball player rather than a boxer. I didn't think I could pull that off. I'm a little short to be a basketball player!"

Eddie Murphy, Comedian

"I played varsity on all of them for four years. I'm 5'9 and that's not that tall for a center so I was a forward. I loved playing volleyball and basketball and track I was good at, but it stressed me out"

Bridgette Wilson, Actress

"You need a teaching coach who understands the game of basketball, not just some guy coming on the court talking about Xs and Os"

Oscar Robertson, Athlete

"If you're a basketball player, you've got to shoot"

Oscar Robertson, Athlete

"I try to never lose sight of what a special time it is to be a women's basketball player"

Sue Wicks, Athlete

"I coach my daughter's softball and basketball team. We go to all the school functions. We go out to eat at night and take the kids to the movies. We try to be as normal as we can"

Tim McGraw, Musician

"I had never picked up a basketball before. I went through a grueling audition process. It was almost as if I was learning to walk. It would be like teaching somebody to dance ballet for a role"

Sanaa Lathan, Actress

"Theaters are great. They're designed to sound good, not for basketball"

Les Claypool, Musician

"The caliber of play suffered and attendance declined year by year. Interest in college football was exploding, and there was this new game called basketball"

John Thorn, Historian

"In 1981, at age 31, I was voted the best player in basketball, and the most valuable player in the league"

Julius Erving, Athlete

"By analogy, if we were to develop a soccer team, then we would not invite basketball and volleyball players to the try outs. We would invite soccer players to apply"

Jean-Marie Le Pen, Politician

"Both of us played basketball, and I played tennis and my knees are done. Now if you ask us head-to-head who wins at golf, I'm asking for a couple of strokes"

Michael Wilbon, Journalist

"I have no desire to coach basketball"

Kevin Johnson, Athlete

"I like basketball, and I've been to three games, which is so much more fun than seeing it on TV, I think"

Heidi Klum, Model

"So you're dealing with a coach, and you're dealing with a guy who's actually experienced NBA basketball from a player's perspective and actually goes about it that way"

Kevin Garnett, Athlete

"Football, basketball, and the Olympic sports all have their problems with banned substances"

Jim Sensenbrenner, Politician

"As all of us with any involvement in sports knows, no two umpires or no two referees have the same strike zone or call the same kind of a basketball game"

Herb Kohl, Politician

"The thing I like about my body is that it's strong. I can move furniture around my apartment. I can ride my horse... I can play basketball. It's a well functioning machine"

Cindy Crawford, Model

"I believe that whatever we have, regardless of a trade being done or not, I feel we have a shot. I've just got to believe that we're going to be all right. I've got to just play basketball"

Allen Iverson, Athlete

"That's what I do now: I lead and I teach. If we win basketball games from doing that, then that's great, but I lead and teach. Those are the two things I concentrate on"

Mike Krzyzewski, Coach

"You don't play against opponents, you play against the game of basketball"

Bobby Knight, Coach

"Walking has been ridiculous in college basketball the past 15 years"

Bobby Knight, Coach

"As I've said, basketball has been, I think, a real cooperative venture. There have been a lot of people that have been involved in it: coaches, administrators - not recently - fans and nobody, nobody any more so than students over the years"

Bobby Knight, Coach

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