Famous Quotes & Sayings

We hope to keep improving, which is what we have done since the break. We feel like we still have a ways to go which is good. We have not played our best basketball yet.

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We didn't want to go that kind of pace. An 80-point basketball game was not one that we were going to win and we couldn't figure out how to slow it down.

We didn't think the game was out of hand at all. We put pressure on the basketball, denying lanes. The front line was trying to do a great job defensively and it all worked.

Michael Grant

We didn't take care of the basketball and we didn't concentrate on knocking down our free throws. I think if we made our free throws in the first half, it would have trickled down to the second half.

We have had a lot of those kinds of games, but I thought we played good basketball. We stayed under control, played good defense and didn't get rattled.

The fact that Marsha took a program like Texas Tech that wasn't even on the college basketball map, took it to a national title and maintained that excellence says a lot about her.

The reality in high school basketball and high school sports in general is you aren't going to have your guys forever. It's time for them to move on. They've gotten everything they could out of their high school careers.

There is a lot of basketball. We try to separate it, but invariably we talk basketball pretty much all year 'round.

There is no doubt that this facility will put our two basketball programs on a par with any Division I school in the country. We couldn't be more pleased.

We used to have the gym rocking. Kids couldn't wait to get in there. You had to get in there early to get seats. In those days, the basketball team was making more money than the football team.

We set the game of basketball back 100 years tonight. We got guys doing one-on-one's. Urbandale played like a team tonight. We certainly didn't do what I taught them to do.

Tom Watson

I played team sport as a kid and loved it. I played basketball and football throughout high school into college in the intramurals and I loved it. There was nothing like a team.

Ben Casnocha

I really focused on three things in high school - my company, basketball and my school work.

Diana Taurasi

Whether it's college or WNBA, its basketball and the more you play the less you need to adjust.

Derrick Rose

If i'm not trying my best, I might as well retire.

Derrick Rose

I think a lot of people don't understand that when I sit out it's not because of this year. I'm thinking about long term. I'm thinking about after I'm done with basketball.

Derrick Rose

I love playing basketball because you could be having a rough day in your life, and while you're on the court it gives you a clear mind. I'm not worried about anything. I'm there just playing freely and I go out there all and I have fun.

Demetri Martin

When I was younger, I'd get very empirical with myself. "I have a hypothesis about myself. I'll put myself in a situation, see what happens, then I'll draw a conclusion based on the empirical evidence. Hypothesis: I can play basketball." So I'd try. "Conclusion: I cannot play basketball."

Billy Bush

Dinner, basketball game, four guys - classic.

Bridgette Wilson

I played varsity on all of them for four years. I'm 5'9 and that's not that tall for a center so I was a forward. I loved playing volleyball and basketball and track I was good at, but it stressed me out.

Brad Stevens

The game honors toughness

Brad Stevens

The difference between a good defensive team and a bad defensive team is as little as three possessions

Brad Stevens

The key is to maintain an evenness. Try to play one possession at a time, regardless of what happened on the last possession

Brad Stevens

How good can we expect to be if our best player is not our best teammate

Brad Stevens

You have to earn your right to win the game with effort and togetherness

Brad Stevens

You have a choice to make when you're not playing. Either you're invested and a great teammate, or your not

Brad Stevens

My goal is to win the next game one possession at a time. That's it. I don't have any other goals

Brad Stevens

We're building a culture of accountability, trust, and togetherness. Entitlement will not be tolerated

Barry Goldwater

I've played everything - baseball, football, basketball. I can still swim a mile a day. That's why I can't walk.

Barbara Bush

If human beings are perceived as potentials rather than problems, as possessing strengths instead of weaknesses, as unlimited rather that dull and unresponsive, then they thrive and grow to their capabilities.

Antonio Gates

In basketball, I always had a first step. A separation step. That works now, too.

Antonio Gates

Play more than one sport in high school. If you play, say, football and basketball, you can learn to be physical and you can take those physical aspects of both sports and become better in both sports. Basketball players use some of the same skills football players do and vice versa.