Famous Quotes & Sayings

Tim Duncan

They say I have no emotions, but I'm excited even if you can't see it.

Tim Duncan

I don't try to change myself to impress anybody. I'm just who I am.

Tim Duncan

I'm going to try to fit in where I can and play the way I can.

Tim Duncan

I've never gotten too high or too low. It only messes you up.

Tim Duncan

Standing on the court and holding up that trophy - it's so great you want to keep doing it over and over again.

Tim Duncan

I'm just going to play whatever game is in front of me.

Tim Duncan

I am who I am because of the people who I grew up with and where I'm from.

Tim Duncan

If we win, I'm happy. The rest of it is just stuff.

Tim Duncan

Get your education. The number of guys who are blessed to be in the league is so small compared to the number of high school players [who want to play in the league]. But one thing you can do is get your college education. If you are blessed enough to get a scholarship to play college basketball, make sure you get your college degree, too, then move on from there.

Tim Duncan

I'm attacking the basket more. Because I'm more comfortable on the line, that's an area I want to get to.

Tim Duncan

We are unselfish and we trust each other

Tim Duncan

The time when there is no one there to feel sorry for you or to cheer for you is when a player is made.

Tim Duncan

I'm still learning. Hopefully I can keep getting better, and not stop where I am now.

Tim Duncan

You've got to stay ready, especially around here. That's what we preach, you'll get your opportunity whether it comes at the beginning or in the middle or in the end whenever it may be. When your time comes, you need to be ready to go because you're going to earn your minutes

Tim Duncan

Basketball's so much like life: if something's going great, you wait a minute, it will change. If something's going bad, you wait a minute, it will change. So I try to play things on such an even keel, knowing that things are going to change. You take the good with the bad; you don't get too excited, you don't get too down and sometimes that's the hardest thing in the world to do when you're in the midst of it, but that's the best way to handle it.

Sam Huff

Discipline is the whole key to being successful. We all get 24 hours each day. That's the only fair thing; it's the only thing that's equal. What we do with those 24 hours is up to us.

Ryne Sandberg

I was a baseball player at North Central High School in Spokane, Washington even though I was all-city in basketball, even when I signed a letter of intent to play quarterback at Washington State.

Russell Westbrook

I have a certain taste, and I might be like, 'I like this,' when other people are like, 'I can't wear that.' And in basketball, I might be able to do things other guys might not.

Russell Westbrook

I'm never satisfied. I'm always trying to get better and learn from my mistakes.

Russell Simmons

If you play basketball, you get into the zone. You can't miss. That's the expansive mindset we're all seeking. But that only comes when the mind is quiet and separate from the noise. And the greatest tool to eliminate the noise is meditation.

Ron Paul

Jury verdicts, basketball games, and even music are enough to set off black rage, it seems,

Suresh Raina

Celebration is big for me. From my younger days, when I used to win mementos while playing basketball, I have always believed in sharing my success. It has to be there. It lifts the energy levels of the entire side if you are positive and vocal when a wicket falls.

Sonny Vaccaro

One-and-done is the most damaging thing in college basketball. It brings money into the college game, because it kickstarts the bidding war. When you know a kid can't turn pro and is going to go to school for one year and then go pro, that's when you see everyone going to games and courting players.

Sonny Vaccaro

I was starting out in the business, there was only one path to playing professionally - graduate, or go four years. With the creation of the ABA [American Basketball Association] in the early 1970s, the sanctity of having to go to college was broken. The ABA took anyone, starting with Spencer Haywood.

Steve Kerr

Despite the amazing diversity we're blessed with in this country, schools are still in large part segregated because of economic disparity. Sports are one of the few areas where kids are really given the opportunity to interact with those of different races and religions.

Steve Kerr

I have always been very comfortable behind a microphone. I love talking about basketball, I love being around people, I love being around the game, the travel and the excitement around the arena.

Steve Kerr

Guarding LeBron James has to be the hardest job in basketball.

Steve Kerr

I learned that people everywhere are basically the same and have similar goals that we do. They want health and happiness and the opportunity to provide for their families.

Steve Kerr

I do believe that one way to bring cultures together, to develop trust between people and countries and religions, is through education. And through music and art and basketball and activities and joys that people share worldwide, regardless of ethnic background or religious orientation.

Vince Lombardi

I hold it more important to hold the player's confidence than their affection.

Vince Lombardi

To me, the big thing in being a successful team is repetition of what you're doing, either by word of mouth, blackboard, or specifically by work on the field. You repeat, repeat, repeat as a unit.

Vince Lombardi

Offensively, you do what you do best and you do it again and again. Defensively, you attack your opponent's strength.

Vince Lombardi

Regardless of what you do put in, every game boils down to doing the things you do best and doing them over and over again.