Famous Quotes & Sayings

Denis Leary

I wanted to be a hockey player. Where I grew up, the basketball courts were rarely used. I was terrible in school and actually said, 'I'm going to be a hockey player.'

Denis Leary

Where I grew up, the basketball courts were rarely used.

DeForest Soaries

When I was growing up, we used to play basketball in a park that was never shoveled when it snowed. The basketball rims were never fixed. And we understood then that there was a relationship between public policy and our quality of life.

We all have various ways of dropping in and getting connected to ourselves. For one person it might be playing basketball. It's a good way to get in touch with how they feel. For somebody else, it might be taking a walk.

Dick Bennett

What does this program/team need this week?

Dick Bennett

What you specifically teach is what your players will do best.

Dick Bennett

We teach offense 5-0/5-5 (whole method) and defense by part (1-1/3-3).

Dick Bennett

For us to be successful on defense, we must get back and stop the basketball, eliminate easy baskets, keep the ball out of the lane, and bother the shooters.

Dick Bennett

Players who are committed to the team first will find a way to help when things are going bad, they will do whatever it takes. Kids that are more into themselves will not do that. They will take care of themselves and get more individual when things are tough.

Dick Bennett

Most of my learning and philosophy regarding coaching basketball was developed after great frustration.

Dick Bennett

I concluded some time ago that a major part of success of a team, or of an individual, has a great deal to do with the intangible qualities possessed. The real key is in how a person see himself (humility), how he feels about what he does (passion), how he works with others (unity), how he makes others better (servanthood), and how he deals with frustration and success, truly learning from each situations (thankfulness). I believe those concepts are the essence of a good player, team, coach, or individual in any capacity in life.

Dick Bennett

Practice to beat the best.

Dick Bennett

We cannot accept in victory what we would not accept in defeat.

Dick Ebersol

You want to do Olympics just like you do a pro football game or a basketball game? Be my guest. Watch it all fade away.

Earl Monroe

I started playing baseball and soccer. Those were my sports on the streets and in school when I was growing up. I didn't even start playing basketball until I was 14,

Earl Monroe

The game of basketball is one thing, but the image of the game is another thing.

Earl Monroe

Basketball for me has always been a matter of rhythm - what you do bouncing the ball, how you bounce the ball, how you run, how you receive the ball to be in rhythm.

Earl Monroe

When people ask me what I miss most about the game, it's being in the locker room and getting to know the guys. Back in those days, we had roommates. We had to talk basketball and that was a great way to understand the game itself and form those lasting relationships.

Earl Monroe

Play the game with a smile.

Edwin Moses

No one runs fast without an extreme amount of training. Like today, you see kids walking around dribbling a basketball. I had a bag with track shoes in it, and I used to go to the track every day.

Bobby Heenan

When The Phenoix Suns are missing two basketballs, they'll know where to look!

Bobby Jones

It is nothing new or original to say that golf is played one stroke at a time. But it took me many years to realize it.

Cam Gigandet

I grew up playing sports, football, basketball, baseball, everything, and acting was such a different environment and different world for me.

Dan Bailey

Champions have no off-season.

Coby Bell

I watch a lot of NBA basketball, especially with the playoffs.

Elgin Baylor

Not only do I admire Jordan's accomplishments and his phenomenal basketball ability, but also the way he has conducted himself on and off the court. I don't think there will ever be another player to have the same impact on the game of basketball as Michael Jordan.

Elgin Baylor

Coaching is easy. Winning is the hard part.

Elgin Baylor

If you look up the definition of greatness in the dictionary, it will say Michael Jordan.

Eli Manning

It was a great place to grow up. There were always kids around in our neighborhood. We had a basketball hoop in the back of our house, a little front yard where you could get touch football games going. I know you think of it as a big city, but it was fun for me to grow up in New Orleans. I remember it as a very normal childhood.

Eli Manning

I don't play basketball for the money. I don't play it for the crowd. When I didn't have a friend, when I was lonely, I always knew I could grab that orange pill and go hoop. I could go and dunk on somebody. If things weren't going right, I could make a basket and feel better.

Eli Manning

Chicago was big for me as far as developing as a person and as a basketball player.

B. C. Forbes

It is when things go hardest, when life becomes most trying, that there is greatest need for having a fixed goal.

B. C. Forbes

Diamonds are only lumps of coal that stuck to their jobs.