Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bill Walton

I couldn't imagine not playing basketball. To me, basketball is what life is all about.

Bill Walton

I lived to play basketball. Growing up as a kid, Bill Russell and the Boston Celtics were my favorite team. The way they played, the teamwork, the sacrifice, the commitment, the joy, the camaraderie, the relationship with the fans.

Bill Walton

Chick Hearn was my favorite broadcaster ever - he's the one who taught me to think basketball, how to love basketball.

Bill Walton

Tim Duncan's foot issue, I think, is a major factor in this year's playoffs. That's not the kind of injury that gets better over time playing NBA basketball.

Bill Walton

In basketball, you can be the greatest individual player in the world and still lose every game, because a team will always beat an individual.

Bill Walton

Bill Russell was my favorite player of all-time.

Bill Walton

We can never thank David Stern enough. His vision to use basketball to improve the quality of our lives to make this world a better and saner place, that guy, is the most important man in the history of basketball.

Bill Walton

No one missed more basketball in the history of NBA than I did. I played 14 seasons, on the roster for 14 years, and I missed more than nine-and-a-half full seasons.

Bill Walton

John Stockton is one of the true marvels, not just of basketball, or in America, but in the history of Western Civilization!

Bill Walton

That's what makes it so fun to be on a team. You're sitting at your house, thinking up this wild, crazy stuff as to how it's going to go, and the other guys are sitting at their houses doing the same thing.

Bill Walton

No matter how good you get, there's always something further out there.

Bill Walton

Basketball is one of those rare opportunities where you can make a difference, not only for yourself, but for other people as well.

Bill Foster

Negative thoughts are contagious and they get passed around like a disease. I inoculate myself against the fear of failure.

Bill Goldberg

Adam [Sandler] is a good basketball player, so he is a natural athlete, he worked with Sean Salisbury to make his footwork and delivery smooth, and he did a great job.

Bill Goldberg

Free agency screws everybody's allegiances up. Whether it be football, baseball, hockey, basketball, whatever it may be. It's really hard.

Bo Ryan

I recruit hungry kids who love the game and want to get better and feel they have more questions than answers

Bo Ryan

I'm still waiting for perfection. In the meantime, I'll settle for persistence

Bo Ryan

Shot fakes and ball fakes work. No one uses more than Wisconsin. It's amazing how many people don't use them

Bo Ryan

I didn't get into teaching and coaching for the number of wins or the money. It was a passion for trying to help young people

Bo Schembechler

Deep down, your players must know you care about them. This is the most important thing. I could never get away with what I do if the players feel I didn't care for them. They know, in the long run, I'm in their corner.

We are all frustrated. Mike is frustrated and I don't blame him. We are not playing the type of basketball to win a championship.

The referee made the call. It was up to him. I thought I made the basket and got fouled.

We found ourselves in the city on a basketball court.

Daniel Graham

We grew up playing everything together. We didn't play football until high school, that was the first time. We grew up playing basketball and baseball.

We felt like we had to bring in a scorer, and we really needed somebody who could play both with their back to the basket on the block and could also face at 15 feet and in that could score for us. Latoya is going to give us a very versatile style of scoring.

Mark Cuban

We both went to school at Indiana University and we were big basketball fans. Living in Dallas, there was no way to listen to our favorite Hoosiers.

W. S. Gilbert

We both really care about the kids, and we're both basketball junkies. And we're trying to teach the skills they can use throughout their life.

What makes her special is she can do it all. She rebounds, can handle the ball, plays with her back to the basket or facing the basket. She can defend somebody in the post or on the perimeter.

We're going to look in our back yard first. They'd have to have an understanding of the history of Weber State basketball and the Big Sky . . . it has to be a good fit for Weber State.

(USJ) showed us a lot of our weaknesses today. We've got some basketball players we're trying to turn into volleyball players, and we've got several freshman playing for us.

We're extremely disappointed that our institution has been cast in a negative light as a result of our men's basketball scheduling practices the past three years. I honestly believe that Iowa State University did not knowingly do anything wrong as it relates to scheduling these non-conference games.

Tommy Amaker

We're pleased - we're pleased for our school, pleased for our fans and our alums. I'm really pleased for our players. Thinking anything beyond that, it's a game for us right now. ... We have a game coming up here on Saturday (against Wisconsin). We always know a follow-up of an emotional win or loss is always critical. We're happy about the win tonight, but we certainly know there's a lot of basketball to be played.

Matt Harpring

We're fighting for a playoff spot. Coach Sloan says that playoff basketball is crunch time. We need to run a play, execute and get a good shot. It's frustrating to fight the whole game, have a lead and then all of a sudden, we stop doing what we did to get there.