Famous Quotes & Sayings

Dwight Howard

I know you can't please everybody; you can't make everybody happy, but just getting that perception that I don't care about basketball and what it brings is a lie.

Dwight Howard

When I'm smiling and having fun, that's when you should have a problem. If I'm out there frowning and looking mean, that's when you know you've beat me - because I'm not having fun. I've been playing basketball since I was three. Everybody since I was three tried to tell me to stop smiling. Even my dad. My dad apologized to me when I was ten.

Dwyane Wade

When I come home, I'm not a basketball player, but "dad". While everyone sees me as an NBA player, to my boys, I'm just "dad" and that's very important.

Dwyane Wade

I have two definitions of success - one on the basketball court and one in my personal life. In basketball, success means making my teammates better, winning basketball games and winning championships. In my personal life, success means being a good father to my sons and raising them to be strong men; taking care of my family and being a good friend; and using my influence to make a difference in the community.

Dwyane Wade

I have to give credit to the NBA, because they've done an unbelievable job of taking our game global and putting us in a position to be able to come here and other places in the world and see how big the game of basketball is. If you have never been here, you might not really understand how amazing and how big basketball is. These fans in China love the sport, and they have more players playing than we have people living in the US.

Dwyane Wade

As long as you put on a jersey, no matter what kind of jersey it is, as long as you're supporting the game of basketball, I enjoy it.

Dwyane Wade

My life is bigger than basketball.

Dwyane Wade

I'm going forward with my plans for life. I'm looking at things not only basketball-wise, but personal-wise.

Dwyane Wade

I understand that I'm not perfect. I made mistakes and I had a hand in everything that's happened to me, good and bad.

Dwyane Wade

No team works out teamwork.

Dwyane Wade

It's about taking advantage of the opportunities you have right now, and right now we're in a position where you call somebody and they're willing to pick up and take the call because they're a fan, you have to take advantage of that and have a chance to capitalize on your ideas.

Steve Francis

The play was actually called for me coming closer to the basket but they had three or four guys covering it.

The Philippines is not a basket case. But it's performing way below its potential.

John Brady

When you have a player like Tyrus Thomas to roam around a basket and protect some defensive errors that you may make in the perimeter, it allows you to do some things that other teams may not be able to do.

Rick Adelman

We always talk about basketball stuff, ... She'll talk to me about the practice, what she observed. She's very knowledgeable. She's been very good as a coach up there. They really do play hard, do the right thing.

We've got to get more out of them then we did last night. We've got to do a better job of finishing around the basket and getting in better position to score.

We've got to focus on two things: taking care of the basketball and getting out of the situation of letting our offense dictate our defense. Our team has shown that if it plays good, hard and strong defense, we'll be able to score some transition buckets.

We've got to finish quarters strong and in the fourth quarter we have to play our best basketball.

This summer I was feeling really good about what kind of basketball team that we could create,

Charlie Villanueva

When Chris went out, someone had to step up, and I stepped up to the challenge. It feels good. It feels real good. It feels like you can't be stopped. The basket feels bigger than it already is.

When Chris came back out from the locker room to watch us from the bench, it gave us lift. He's just really important to us emotionally as a basketball team, even from the bench.

We said in the beginning of the playoffs, it's a whole new season. It's always been like that for Vermont basketball and it worked out pretty well for us today.

Roy H. Williams

We saw a big-time basketball team play in a tough environment. Our guys in the second half, I love how hard we competed. ... It seemed like every time we'd get right there where I thought we could get over the hump, but we couldn't get a stop.

Corey Brewer

We said we played our worst basketball half of the year - and we're tied up.

We knew it would be a tough, physical basketball game and playing Central on its home floor would be a tough chore. We just kept telling the kids to stay calm and composed. Once we got the lead we were able to spread the floor and make them foul us. We didn't make a lot of free throws, but we made enough.

We think we're a pretty good basketball team. If we had everybody, we'd probably think we're a great basketball team, but right now we're a good basketball team turning into a great basketball team.

We're not ready at all. We're just not. I told those guys that defensively we're not ready. Offensively, I think we'll be able to score some points. Defensively, we're not ready for Big Ten basketball yet. In fairness, we haven't mixed things up and we've just played man-to-man defense.

Bruce Pearl

We're not playing our best basketball right now and haven't been. I think that for the first time the confidence has to be shook a little bit.

We were tired, physically and emotionally. But mostly emotionally. We were unable to make plays. It wasn't for a lack of effort. Just basketball luck.

This year Washington is playing outstanding basketball. We've continued to play well, so each year when we meet, they get bigger and bigger with more excitement. It's beginning to be a big rivalry.

We just have to rise to the occasion. This is college basketball as it is in the ACC. We still have two more games left. We still can realize some opportunities. And this team has had a history of bouncing back.

We just have to make sure we play good, fundamental basketball Friday night and see what happens. Northwest's not too bad, either.

Lisa Stone

We didn't get out to the shooters. We were switching things around and we did some things to disrupt them, but they're just a good basketball team.