Famous Quotes & Sayings

Chamique Holdsclaw

I just play basketball. I'm athletic. Skinny but strong, tall but quick.

Chamique Holdsclaw

My teammates know I'm down to earth. I'll joke with them. But when it comes to basketball, I try to be serious about it.

Chamique Holdsclaw

I just go out there and play basketball. God's given me the ability. The only thing I can do is go out and play.

Chamique Holdsclaw

I just like to win basketball games. That's what motivates me.

Chance The Rapper

The weird thing about rap is that you don't get compared in the same way that athletes do, even though it's probably the most competitive sport in music. In basketball, they look at a player and say: 'This guy was the best in his prime at this sport.' But in rap it's not until you're dead or retired that people think about it like that.

Edward Hirsch

A hook shot kisses the rim and hangs there, helplessly, but doesn't drop and for once our gangly starting center boxes out his man and times his jump perfectly, gathering the orange leather/from the air like a cherished possession.

Eddie Murphy

It is as big a mistake to turn down a good shot as it is to take a bad one

Eddie Murphy

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!

Ed Bradley

I had no experience with broadcasting basketball games, so I took a tape recorder and went to a playground where there was a summer league, and I stood up in the top of the stands and I called the game.

David Robinson

Defense is what matters. Scoring doesn't interest me.

David Robinson

Basketball is just something else to do, another facet of life. I'm going to be a success at whatever I choose because of my preparation. By the time the game starts, the outcome has been decided. I never think about having a bad game because I have prepared.

David Robinson

You're always going to face criticism, you're always going to face challenges, but those things are there to make you stronger and more committed.

David Brin

Indeed, the maligned American pastime of baseball may be by-far the greatest and best sport by one criterion, when it comes to emulating and training for genuinely useful Neolithic skills! Think about it. The game consists of lots of patient waiting and watching (stalking), throwing with incredible accuracy and speed, sprinting, dodging... and hitting moving objects real hard with clubs! And arguing. Hey, what else could you possibly need? Now, tell me, how do soccer or basketball prepare you to survive in the wild, hm?

Bengie Molina

We [ me and brother] wanted to win at things like basketball games or baseball games, but off the field we never felt like we had to compete with each other.

Benicio Del Toro

I used to play basketball and I was pretty competitive, but I was never a bad loser. I never got angry. For me it was always about doing my best and devoting myself to a challenge.

Baron Davis

I just stopped liking basketball. And then you dribbling down the court and having the owner like cuss at you and call you an idiot. I didnt even look forward to coming to the games, and if the owner [Donald Sterling] came to the game, I definitely was not gonna have a good game because it was just like, how do you play when the main heckler in the gym is the owner of the team, and hes telling you how much he hates you and calling out your name?

Baron Davis

For me this was never a money issue, it was about being rich in your heart. To come home, and to be in the place where your dream first started, 15 minutes away from where my grandfather built my first basketball court, is a dream come true.

Derek Fisher

Basketball used to be my top priority.

Derek Fisher

I don't feel like basketball is the only way to make a living.

Derek Fisher

Life for me outweighs the game of basketball.

Derek Fisher

Fatherhood will put a man through a lot, but it's a tremendous job, the best in the world - even better than playing basketball.

Sue Johanson

The other thing that helps a great deal in schools is if they have a sex-ed teacher who comes into the school. She's not the gym teacher, who teaches swimming and basketball and field hockey. I'd love it if it was a male-and-female team, but that seldom happens.

Chad Williams

The possibility is there, but I have a hard time thinking they'll do it in basketball.

The possibilities are really limitless. The key will be finding the betting opportunities that will suit the player, whether he?s watching hockey, basketball or golf.

The perception is that teams in the Southern Section play better basketball. We'd like to prove them wrong.

The point guard is the key part in the whole process of your team. Everything kind of runs through the point guard. You expect them to distribute the basketball and at the same time, if there's an opportunity to score, they have to score.

We are probably a mid-major conference in most of our other sports, but in men's basketball we are obviously a high-major conference. It's the sixth best conference in the country, and there should be talk of five teams going into the NCAA Tournament. Whether we get that or not, we deserve the attention.

We started three guys who haven't played a minute of Division I basketball in this type of environment, and I thought they showed a lot of poise right from the beginning. I thought we competed on every possession right to the end of the game, which was what we had hoped we would do.

We are a good team when we go to the basket but we missed a couple of easy ones.

Jim Calhoun

We are lucky to have him as a part of our staff and this promotion is a well-deserved acknowledgment of the part that he has played in the phenomenal success of our basketball program.

We are looking forward to getting basketball started. It should be a fun time now that we have our brand new gym.

We struggled a little tonight. We turned it over too many times and gave them too many chances. Other than that, I thought we did a good job playing defense inside and were strong on the boards.

(West Memphis) was 1-5 coming in and I knew they were going to beat people in our league. I was just hoping it wasn't going to be us. Taking nothing away from West Memphis, but I thought we set the game of basketball back a little bit. Our execution was horrible.