Quotes about basketball
basketball wise sports
I think that my God-given physical attributes, big hands, and big feet, the way that I'm built, proportion-wise, just made basketball the most inviting sport for me to play. Julius Erving
basketball careers games
The first professional game that I ever played remains, to me, the most exciting moment of my professional career.
basketball nba games
If you do things with a certain type of result and cause a certain type of reaction or effect, then you increase your market value. It's very much a competition for the entertainment dollar, and that's never been more clearly evident than in today's NBA game.
basketball team wings
My role models in the business were the older guys on my team when I first got there: Gray Scott, Adrian Smith, Roland Taylor. These were the guys who took me under their wing, and really schooled me in terms of what the business was about.
basketball sports mind
One of the things in the back of my mind is that, after my sports experience, I never want to be, totally consumed by any one endeavor, other than my family life.
basketball years careers
When I went to Philadelphia I was 26 years old and really sitting on top of the world. Family life, a professional career, plenty of friends and associates, and a good reputation, a wish list that could be the envy of many.
basketball eight age
And from the first time I picked up a basketball at age eight - I had a lot of difficulty when I first picked up a basketball, because I was a scrub - there were things that I liked about it.
basketball daylight balls
When handling the ball, I always would look for daylight, wherever there was daylight.
basketball play your-side
With the crowds on your side, it's easier to play up to your potential.
basketball teacher effort
Teachers are sort of faced with a thankless task, because no matter how good they are, unless they find a way to personally rationalize the rewards of their effort, nobody else is really going to do it for them en masse.
basketball might pisces
Being a typical Pisces, I might have experienced mood shifts, but I don't remember any depression, or needing to do anything, or to have someone bring me out of being depressed.
basketball want moments
That was just my own personal program: I didn't want to get too high over the good moments because I didn't want to be saddened and depressed when things didn't go as I had planned.
basketball sports years
And I continued to grow until I was 25 years old.
basketball team captains
Every team that I've played on, I've either been the captain or co-captain.
basketball exit plugs
I pulled the plug on it at a time that I thought was right for me to exit.
basketball commitment buying
One of the commitments that I personally have now is to a diverse approach to buying businesses, and the operation of those businesses.
basketball age retired
Right up until the time I retired at age 37, I felt like there were still things that I could do better.
basketball challenges daring-to-be-great
I wanted to undertake the challenge of daring to be great.
basketball wrestling helping
The biggest thing that I felt basketball could do for me was help me get a good education.
basketball mom children
My mom is one of 14 children. She's a great lady. She's a Taurus. Has been a profound influence in my life, still is to this day. Born in meager surroundings in rural South Carolina.
basketball athlete skills
So much of becoming a good athlete involves bringing other things to the table, other than physical skills. It involves intelligence, it involves many of the things that you learn during the process of being educated. How to analyze, how to assess, how to equate, how to reason.
basketball baby steps
They are taking steps, but they are baby steps.
basketball sports stars
Many people think sports are totally physical, that you don't have to think, everything is done for you and you're catered to, I found that to be so far removed from the truth that it's almost a joke. The ones who become stars are the ones who have a head on their shoulders and know how to use it.
basketball want position
If you've experienced having control, you don't want to be moved to a subordinate position, if you have your druthers.
basketball champion honor
I am very proud to be featured, especially when you consider the outstanding champions who have had this honor. It is great company to be in.
basketball long
It's better to stay too long than to leave too soon.
basketball real games
I grabbed 19 rebounds in my first professional game, and somehow found a way to score 20 points. I felt real good about it. I felt that this was the beginning of something good.
basketball sports games
I liked the game, I enjoyed the game, and the game fed me enough, and gave me enough rewards to reinforce that this is something that I should spend time doing, and that I could possibly make a priority in my life, versus other sports
basketball thinking appreciate
When the crowd appreciates you, it encourages you to be a little more daring, I think.
basketball home thinking
I think I started learning lessons about being a good person long before I ever knew what basketball was. And that starts in the home, it starts with the parental influence.
basketball trying conservative
I always try to keep a pretty conservative demeanor on the court.
basketball attitude
Attitude is altitude.
basketball eye men
I keep both eyes on my man. The basket hasn't moved on me yet.