Famous Quotes & Sayings

We had some really good looks at the basket which just didn't fall for us. Fulton was very scrappy and quick.

Billy Taylor

We had some opportunities early in the game that we didn't convert, and I think that was also part of why we struggled early on. In the second half we went strong to the basket and didn't worry about fouls. We just went up strong and that's when good things happen.

We'd been working on going all the way through our offense. We tried to make the extra pass and we were able to get it to the right people.

The president's initiative ties an oil savings target to a basket of energy solutions for homes and businesses, which have nothing to do with our oil problem.

There has to be the natural gift. When I see her do her thing on the soccer field or on the basketball court, to be able to do what she does, I think there's just a natural gift.

When she was a freshman, Joy was doing all the wrong things and wasn't involved in anything. She was headed down the wrong path. I grabbed her in the middle of her freshman year and told her she needed to play basketball. Since then, it's been a complete turnaround. She didn't start playing basketball until the second semester of her sophomore year, but she's been doing all the right things since then.

When March Madness is in Indianapolis, there's probably no other place that can have this kind of basketball in a mile square area.

Financial independence in women's basketball is a goal of mine and should be a goal of all coaches. If any of us can guarantee the financial rewards that Hartford can, than we should talk about moving it. But until then, they've created it and we should all ride it.

(Fighting) is not high school basketball. Officials from Auburn and Carver, you need to get control of your kids or we'll clear this place out.

Finally. Brian, he's talented, but a lot of people don't know it because he never shows it. He stepped up real big. He hit some big threes and was going to the basket like a maniac. I've never seen that side of him. No one's ever seen him come out like that, but we've been waiting for that.

There are a lot of good, young talented basketball players in this conference. Wolff, being a freshman, she plays like a junior. You can tell she plays a lot of basketball.

Dirk Nowitzki

I never looked at basketball as work. I always enjoyed it as my hobby. I loved it. Once that love is gone, and I'm tired of working out every day and doing all the stuff to get me ready for games, and I'm tired of lifting and conditioning and doing all that other stuff around it, and I'd rather stay in bed, then it's time to go.

Dick Gephardt

My mother used to say, 'You gotta exercise.' She would really pound on me to exercise every day. She was very physically fit; she was on the basketball team in high school in St. Louis in the 1920s, when women didn't do that. And she taught me to play tennis, taught me to walk and run, and I ran for 30 years pretty religiously.

We came in and did what we wanted to do. If I was talking to you right now and the score was 70 or 80-something, then we didn't execute. But we held them to 53. They're a well-coached basketball team, their guards are very hard to guard. They all handle it well, they all shoot it very well and they're going to be tough to beat.

We build a big lead and we let it go. We definitely played scoreboard basketball tonight.

We picked tonight to play our worse game of basketball.

We'll just have to do a little bit of fund-raising. I think this shows the interest there is in high school basketball -- and it shows how much money there is out there in it.

Rafer Alston

When (Jalen) comes over here, Im going to give him a kiss. Not on his lips, though.

Benny Parsons

While our drivers are probably not nearly in the physical condition of the NBA's All-Stars, the Daytona 500 is going to have 43 of the top drivers in the country, trained to drive at speeds in excess of 180 mph. Now that's intense! The NBA only has like 20 or 25 basketball players playing.

Sheherazade Goldsmith

Putting even one thing in your shopping basket that's locally produced or organic makes all the difference. It's a vote for the future, for animal welfare, for the environment, for your children's children.

Darryl Dawkins

Well, you can certainly teach free-throwing. And you can teach the boys to pass at angles and run in curves. - University of Kansas Jayhawks head coach Phog Allen, reposting the contention of his Kansas predecessor and inventor of basketball James Naismith, pictured, that basketball could not be coached When I dunk, I put something on it. I want the ball to hit the floor before I do.

Darryl Dawkins

When I dunk, I put something on it. I want the ball to hit the floor before I do.

Condoleezza Rice

Education is of no value and talent is worthless - unless you have an unwavering aim. Never find yourself without a compass.

Fairfield had 20 wins and we were looking forward to a close game. But the kids played some of their best basketball and we really dominated.

But lots of my friends know I play college basketball and they're starting to think about coming here to the U.S. to play.

Both teams played hard, but at the same time, we kind of set basketball back a little bit. Neither team played very well and it was kind of ugly.

Steve Alford

We've been ranked three times coming in here. But it's a lot different than years ago. This is a very good basketball team that's only going to get better.

We've been playing great basketball of late. Tonight it wasn't there.

Chamique Holdsclaw

We've been playing better team basketball, ... It's just the little things. We have to cut down on some of our turnovers, play better defense.

We seem to make that turnover and don't get that bucket when we need it. ... It was a basketball game right down to the end.

We're thrilled to death because we just beat an excellent basketball team. This isn't the last time Benton Central's going to be here.

We're thrilled to be able to celebrate our boys basketball centennial by directly involving the fans, who have supported our tournament in great numbers throughout the years is a fun was to get folks interested in our rich history and set the table for a terrific celebration in 2007.

Sheryl Swoopes

We're talking about women's professional basketball here. We're still new at this. A lot of times people forget the NBA was once where we are now. We've got to go beyond the true diehard women's professional-sports fan.