Famous Quotes & Sayings

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I'm not going to disappear.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

The rivalry between the Lakers and Celtics endured for about eight years, and the interest grew each year.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

What I learned in my time isn't necessarily being taught now, and I'd like to help impart that knowledge to a new generation of players.

Jim Larranaga

Just remember, their fans think their players are supermen. We'll we're the kryptonite, and we're going to win.

Magic Johnson

Magic is crazy. He is that crazy wild guy on the basketball court that is very intense and very serious. He is the guy who lives and eats and breathes basketball.

The main products in the basket are still sugar, meats, ore, manufactured products, vehicles and agricultural machinery.

Holly Johnson

The great thing was my teammates really set some great screens to get me open. I just went out there and played basketball.

Corey Brewer

It's every kid's dream, to go to the Final Four. That's what you play college basketball for. But we have a chance to do something special now. We have a chance to win the first national championship in school history.

They push it to the basket hard, but they usually kick it to the shooters. So we were actually stopping threes first, and (then trying) not to give up any twos.

(Amanda Reimer) really did a number on us last year when they came up and played us and we weren't about to let that happen again. Our focus was to shut down their drives to the basket and make it as tough as possible for their post players to move.

A lot of the teams in your league that are averaging 3,000-to-5,000 fans would be a lot better off trying this league because of the expenses. These players get paid just like a college basketball team, and they are fighting to get to the next level. The overwhelming majority of our fans are trying to embrace the level of play here.

They don't trust George Bush. Why trust a 30-second advertisement during a basketball game?

Think of the basketball metaphor, ... He sees the whole court.

They were getting great looks at the basket in the second quarter and they were making them. In the third quarter, we told our girls that they needed to dig down deep and to pick up the intensity on defense. We were able to battle back in the game.

They're used to competition, and they love the competition. The pressure doesn't seem to make them want to back off. If anything it might make them step up to that next level, which is where you've got to be able to get, and hopefully these kids will be able to do that in basketball as the next few weeks unwind.

They're the type of kids that set the stage. These freshmen we have now, all they talk about is Sally and Sarah, Sally and Sarah, and the only thing they talk about in terms of basketball is how hard they play. They've set the stage high and, hopefully, we'll be able to keep that.

It is what it is. Guys were battling under the basket and I didn't see what happened. But their player, to his credit, stepped up and hit big free throws under pressure.

For four years, she's run our offense and we've never had to worry about that position. She's a complete basketball player.

You can't let a little incident like that mar a college basketball game.

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Ray Allen

I told Reggie he played a great game. He didn't respond. But I told him, 'Win or lose, man you played well.' Hopefully he feeds off that. He's young and has a lot of basketball left to play.

It's a huge stepping stone for this program to get that elite level where Washington basketball is mentioned with everyone else in the country.

It's a little bit like that. As a basketball fan, it's fun to watch. He's a great player.

Brian Scalabrine

I told you. I told you a long time ago he was a winner. He's just a winning basketball player.

Karl Hobbs

They're an improved basketball team. They're really playing within themselves. I think Coach (John Giannini) has done a great job of not letting opponents get comfortable. They do different things depending on who they play. We're going to have to execute well and have to be able to think on our feet.

They're a good basketball team. It's always tough to play down at Calhoun.

It's a tremendous environment for a home team. It's a tremendous environment for a college basketball game, period.

Cuttino Mobley

It was fun in Sacramento, man. The way they played basketball was great. It's a great place for a family, a great place when it comes to unselfish team basketball. Those guys really pass the ball, really work with each other.

It was a tale of two halves. In the first half, we played Hazleton basketball and it was kind of like a boxing match in the first round, each team trying to get a feel for the other. Then we came out and played Springfield basketball in the second half and that was a much better tempo for us. We picked up the intensity on defense and got the ball inside on offense." ()

We played with composure and we controlled the clock. It was real basketball and it's taken us a long time to get here.

We know what happened the first 10 minutes, and we know what happened the last 30. I try to focus on the 30 because that's what makes us a good basketball team.

We know we've got a big challenge in front of us. But we're starting to play very good basketball as well.

Larry Brown

When I was a kid, they had six hockey teams, they had eight to 10 basketball teams. The teams played each other once, twice a week. Maybe we should stack (the schedule) a little in terms of conference games.