Famous Quotes & Sayings

Shaquille O'Neal

I take that as an insult, even at 36.

Shaquille O'Neal

I'm a mama's boy above all.

Shaquille O'Neal

If they want to play football, we can play football.

Shaquille O'Neal

But you can not compare Yao's stats to mine. You just can't compare it and I am playing everyone one-on-one.

Shaquille O'Neal

On paper, I think this is the best team I've been on.

Shaquille O'Neal

The only demise of Shaquille O'Neal will be his age.

Shaquille O'Neal

Kobe always tried to be a hero. But you know, as the saying goes, a hero ain't nothing but a sandwich.

Sheryl Swoopes

I never thought a basketball shoe would be named after a woman, let alone me.

Kobe Bryant

This is an award I couldn't have won on my own. I can't thank these guys enough. These are my guys, these are my brothers.

Kobe Bryant

I'm focused on the task that lies ahead for us.

Julius Erving

When handling the ball, I always would look for daylight, wherever there was daylight.

Patrick Ewing

I positively, positively, positively want to play. I've got everything else so why not a gold medal? I want to play.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I'm not going to disappear.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

The rivalry between the Lakers and Celtics endured for about eight years, and the interest grew each year.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

What I learned in my time isn't necessarily being taught now, and I'd like to help impart that knowledge to a new generation of players.

Jim Larranaga

Just remember, their fans think their players are supermen. We'll we're the kryptonite, and we're going to win.

Magic Johnson

Magic is crazy. He is that crazy wild guy on the basketball court that is very intense and very serious. He is the guy who lives and eats and breathes basketball.

The main products in the basket are still sugar, meats, ore, manufactured products, vehicles and agricultural machinery.

Holly Johnson

The great thing was my teammates really set some great screens to get me open. I just went out there and played basketball.

Corey Brewer

It's every kid's dream, to go to the Final Four. That's what you play college basketball for. But we have a chance to do something special now. We have a chance to win the first national championship in school history.

They push it to the basket hard, but they usually kick it to the shooters. So we were actually stopping threes first, and (then trying) not to give up any twos.

(Amanda Reimer) really did a number on us last year when they came up and played us and we weren't about to let that happen again. Our focus was to shut down their drives to the basket and make it as tough as possible for their post players to move.

A lot of the teams in your league that are averaging 3,000-to-5,000 fans would be a lot better off trying this league because of the expenses. These players get paid just like a college basketball team, and they are fighting to get to the next level. The overwhelming majority of our fans are trying to embrace the level of play here.

They don't trust George Bush. Why trust a 30-second advertisement during a basketball game?

Think of the basketball metaphor, ... He sees the whole court.

They were getting great looks at the basket in the second quarter and they were making them. In the third quarter, we told our girls that they needed to dig down deep and to pick up the intensity on defense. We were able to battle back in the game.

They're used to competition, and they love the competition. The pressure doesn't seem to make them want to back off. If anything it might make them step up to that next level, which is where you've got to be able to get, and hopefully these kids will be able to do that in basketball as the next few weeks unwind.

They're the type of kids that set the stage. These freshmen we have now, all they talk about is Sally and Sarah, Sally and Sarah, and the only thing they talk about in terms of basketball is how hard they play. They've set the stage high and, hopefully, we'll be able to keep that.

It is what it is. Guys were battling under the basket and I didn't see what happened. But their player, to his credit, stepped up and hit big free throws under pressure.

For four years, she's run our offense and we've never had to worry about that position. She's a complete basketball player.

You can't let a little incident like that mar a college basketball game.

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Ray Allen

I told Reggie he played a great game. He didn't respond. But I told him, 'Win or lose, man you played well.' Hopefully he feeds off that. He's young and has a lot of basketball left to play.