Famous Quotes & Sayings

Israel Idonije

As a child, I always said I was going to be a professional basketball player like Michael Jordan.

Jerry Graybeal

Reaching 500 games is a great accomplishment. That's a lot of games for any coach. She's a great example of stability in our women's basketball program and it has translated to success on the floor. Carla has been a great representative of Weber State as a player and coach for more than 25 years.

Tony Parker

Definitely difficult to lose him. He was coming back very well. He was starting to play very well. He was playing good basketball so it is hard to lose him again.

Doug Elgin

So the dilemma the basketball committee has is this: If you don't take five, who do you leave out?

Mark Green

One guy on the tape said his favorite sport was basketball and his favorite colors are blue and green. My favorite sport is basketball and my favorite colors are blue and green.

Darrell Davis

Once you make that decision, you're going to have some doubts. I realize I've made the best decision for myself and my future. There's still a possibility of walking-on to the basketball team. It's my decision.

Jake Sinclair

Once you get to this level, there are so many good basketball players. You have to find what's going to get you on the court, playing defense, getting rebounds, diving on loose balls, the hustle plays.

Herb Kohl

No two umpires, or no two referees, have the same strike zone or call the same kind of a basketball game, ... And ballplayers and basketball players understand that, depending upon who the umpire is and who the referee is, the game can be called entirely differently.

Rabih Alameddine

Now I love hoops. I'm a diehard UCLA fan, have been since my freshman year. But basketball is the '1812 Overture.' Pomp and circumstance, fireworks and cannons, lots and lots of fun, and in the end, still Tchaikovsky.

Terry Vaughn

As an athlete, you've got to understand there's no loyalty in sports. I understand that and it doesn't bother me,

Bernie Williams

As long as we've got his presence there, that's the most important thing, because being the D.H. doesn't bother him,

Malik Rose

It was tough for me sitting next to him and hearing (the fans), so, I can imagine what it was like for him. It's like somebody two feet tall just punching you and punching you, and you can't hit them back. It's so frustrating, but Al never let it bother him. Some days were better than others, but he never complained about it. It was just the price of fame.

Kate Bush

We have such little mystery in our lives generally because of how we live now. I mean, of course, mystery is all around us, but the way we live our lives now, we're too busy to be bothered with it.

Mike Schmitt

We've got two different emotions. One, we're very happy he's not dead or injured on the mountain. Two, it's frustrating. He made a set of plans he didn't follow through with. ... I mean why even bother making plans if you're not going to follow through?

Dave Sarachan

We've got a good mentality when we play on the road. It's never easy to come in to Crew Stadium and get a win, so this was big for us. We might have 56 straight days on the road, but it doesn't bother us.

Billy Donovan

At the time, it did bother me but as I've gotten older in this business I realize there can be a lot of negativity and things said. I take a lot of pride in trying to build a program.

O. Singh

Coming down the stretch, if I'm playing with Mike Weir and I win again, it won't bother me at all.

Matt Hasselbeck

Did it bother me at times? Sure, it bothered me. Did I ever go in the tank completely? No not really.

John Sacchi

Ryan is starting to realize what it takes to win matches at this level. He keeps on improving every time he steps on the mat.

Tony Hawk

There's a stigma to skating. People think of it as a kid's sport. People kept telling me I couldn't possibly make a living out of it. Then they said I couldn't keep it up in my 30s. And here I am in my 40s, and I'm still improving my skills.

Johnny Ensing

Peter is really improving. He's improving his places and that's what I am looking at right now.

Drake Johnstone

If they demonstrate improving revenue growth, they could get $20 a share.

O. J. Simpson

The AXP System automates what was typically an 18-step manual process while improving the recovery rates of the stem cells.

Catherine Booth

There is no improving the future without disturbing the present.

Houston Nutt

We're going to have to be ready. Not only running the football, we need to keep improving our passing game. Our receivers are going to have to be ready. I just think everybody, tight ends, backs, you can't be one dimensional in this league.