Famous Quotes & Sayings

We have had to redefine some roles. At the same time we wanted to make sure they didn't to do anything special. Every time they touch the basketball they have to make sure to make the right decision. It puts more pressure on every possession.

Brian McKnight

Every little kid that steps on the court or the field has aspirations to go pro. I think being a pro basketball player is the best job. The thing I had to realize was that I can't do every dream that I have.

Antoine Walker

Because there are no fours.

Barbara Kingsolver

Height isn't something you can have and just let be, like nice teeth or naturally curly hair. People have this idea you have to put it to use, playing basketball, for example, or observing the weather up there. If you are a girl, they feel a particular need to point your height out to you, as if you might not have noticed.

We're looking to make Cyclone basketball the center of the state, the Midwest and the NCAA.

Jamal Crawford

We're having a lot of fun playing basketball now. When you win it's always fun, but it's the way we're winning.

We're happy about the win. But nobody is walking out of here thinking that's what Marquette basketball is all about.

This puts us on the youth basketball map. There's all-star games, but this is the all-star game. It's the one everybody knows. There's lots of All-America teams, but when you say McDonald's All American, that's special. That game and those kids, to be playing here in San Diego, we're the basketball capital of the world for three or four days.

There are things that are more important than just a basketball game, and there's no way our team wouldn't go to that wake.

Ben Roethlisberger

Basketball was always my first love, but once I had a good year as a senior, I figured the next step was to play college football.

Ben Silbermann

As a kid, I always idolized entrepreneurs. I thought they were cool people in the way that I thought basketball players were cool people. It's cool that some people get paid to dunk basketballs, but I'm not one of those people.

Avery Johnson

I was really fortunate. I don't believe in luck so I was really fortunate. God really blessed me in terms of my health. I was really healthy. But I tried to do my part in terms of preparation, in terms of perseverance, to make sure that I was always ready to play and try to stay ahead of the game, to beat people with my mind. I wasn't the biggest or the one that jumped the highest, but I had a real high basketball IQ and I knew it. I was a student of game and tried to prepare and be professional and have a good attitude. All of those things helped me have a long career.

Avery Johnson

People really don't care, in some ways, that you have a family. With a high profile job like I have, they just want you to win basketball games. You can do that and still keep your family together. I try the best I can to be at the basketball practices or tennis practices or recitals. In my first year at Dallas my (then 11-year old) son Avery Jr., said, "You know daddy, you're still the best coach in the NBA." I was like, "But I haven't won a playoff game yet." And he said, "That's okay. You're still my daddy." That makes you feel good.

Ashley Judd

And it blew my mind when I started to get wind of the fact that they actually liked me being around. That was humbling, because Kentucky basketball is a big deal, and I am not the biggest fan - I am just the most notorious one.

Brian Tracy

There's only one direction you can coast-downhill.

Jamie Foxx

My homies that are around me never give me that 'star pass.' I've hung out with some stars who are playing basketball and everyone let's them score all the baskets. Shooting pool, they let them make all the shots. My homies don't let me get away with that.

Kenyon Martin

Basketball is what got me out of the projects. It got my momma the house she never had, the car she never had. Nobody is going to get the best of me. You might score more points than me, but you're going to know you were in a dogfight.

Ron Hunter

We've been in close games and I think we are 6-1 in them and that is the difference in the two basketball teams. Our kids know how to finish games.

We've been here (playing a top seed) before, but it was always in the first or second round. The kids have to be able to focus and still enjoy it. One-and-out basketball is still one-and-out basketball, whether it is the first game or the third.

Jerry Stackhouse

We've been here a long time. We seem to tighten things up on the road. We've been experiencing a little bit of a lull. But we played good basketball for a lot longer stretch than we've been playing not-so-good basketball.

We really had a slow start tonight. But we kept our composure and we finally started playing Gorman basketball in the fourth.

Tayshaun Prince

We really got off to a slow start, but once we got going, we started taking better shots. We drove to the basket a little bit, penetrated and kicked and made some plays. Everybody knows when Rip and Chauncey are making shots, it makes it easier for the other players.

We really focused on controlling the basketball and making them work on defense. To make the separation we had to do the grunt work.

Karl Hobbs

We're a different basketball team with Pops in the lineup. It makes a world of difference.

We're a better basketball team than we were at the start of the season. But we were a pretty good team when we started the season.

We're a basketball team that understands it limitations. We understand that we don't have all the cards to play that many of the other teams have. At the same time, we're a basketball team that has some very good cards to play. Shuffling those cards and dealing them in the right manner - playing with each other and playing with each others' strengths - has in fact become our team's strength.

We're 0-0. Right now, this game doesn't mean anything to us. We surely didn't want to lose it, but the nature of the game of basketball is you get to play the next game. Hopefully we keep on playing.

Robert Griffin

We ran the floor and scrapped and played hard that whole first half. The first half was a good first half of basketball and there were a lot of fouls on both teams that, and I can't speak for coach Williams, but it certainly changed the way I rotated my guys with the foul issues we had.

Jay Wright

We ran into a team that played better basketball today. We're going to suck up this hurt tonight but I want to make sure my guys feel great about themselves. They gave everything they had.

Jay Wright

We ran into a team that played better basketball than us. I think we can play a lot better and we can shoot a lot better, and the other team had a lot to do with that. They were really good.

We're a pretty good basketball team but we've got some things we need to work on. We need to eliminate second chances. With our size, we've got to do a better job of blocking out.

We're a much better shooting team than that. It's frustrating not to be able to show how we got here, and that's by sharing the basketball and setting good screens and knocking down shots.

We're a much better basketball team when she stays on the floor, obviously. She's just so well-rounded at both ends of the floor. I think she's one of the top players in the conference. It's exciting to see her numbers reflect that.