Quotes about basketball
basketball respect believe
I firmly believe that respect is a lot more important, and a lot greater, than popularity. Julius Erving
basketball kids people
What I can do is to go out and talk about the problems and solutions, make people aware of the scope of the problems, get them to become advocates for a turnaround, and convince them to develop an action plan, targeted to their community, to deal with young people. [They need to] find out what the kids want to do - dances, midnight-basketball leagues. Joycelyn Elders
basketball team school
I wanna make uniforms for my high school basketball team through brand Yeezy. Kanye West
basketball team school
It wasn't until late high school and early college that I gained enough size and skill to make me welcome on intramural basketball teams. Paul D. Boyer
basketball sports football
I'm truly passionate about basketball. I'm not as passionate about baseball as I am about basketball, but I watch baseball and I watch football. I love sports in general. Patrick Soon-Shiong
basketball soccer baseball
Baseball is like cricket, and I grew up in a country where they had cricket. So I understand cricket, soccer and basketball. I played basketball at the club level and a little bit in college, so thats why Im a basketball fanatic.
basketball games knows
Umm - it was - you know - umm - a good game. You know. Patrick Ewing
basketball pain body
Whenever my body heals and the pain and all the swelling goes away is when I'll be ready.
basketball fighting feels
We feel that we are fighting for our lives and our livelihoods.
basketball games play
I never knew what basketball was. I started playing on the playground. People used to laugh at me and joke at me because I was so tall and I didn't know the game and couldn't play it.
basketball play gold
I positively, positively, positively want to play. I've got everything else so why not a gold medal? I want to play.
basketball done surprise
Everybody keeps telling me how surprised they are with what I've done. But I'm telling you honestly that it doesn't surprise me. I knew I could do it.
basketball new-york thinking
I think the people here in New York appreciated what I brought to the table, and they showed it when I retired by the way they came out and supported me, and it meant a lot to me. It made me feel like I am a part of this city, and I will remain a part of this city.
basketball warfare human-nature
Alexander Hamilton realized that warfare was part and parcel of human nature, and it's something we had to prepare for. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
basketball memorable boston
My most memorable moment came in 1985 as we beat the Boston Celtics.
basketball athlete equality
Jackie Robinson, as an athlete and as someone who was trying to make a stand for equality, he was exemplary.
basketball player years
It's hard for young players to see the big picture. They just see three or four years down the road.
basketball careers games
The game has basically not changed since I ended my career.
basketball winning play
You can't win if you don't play as a unit.
basketball hard-work two
I've had enough success for two lifetimes, My success is talent put together with hard work and luck.
basketball stars hip-hop
We want to show how hip-hop, which kind of fuels today's basketball stars, is directly related to jazz.
basketball player thinking
He doesn't necessarily have to learn the sky hook. He just has to learn how to be an effective post player. I think I can help him do that.
basketball eye player
But people don't know if I can teach the game. I know I can. My experience in Oklahoma was positive. It opened my eyes to how the game is played - the interaction among players, fans and media, how all that works. You have to know about the business of the game and how the actions of players and coaches affect the business. I think I have it down now.
basketball athlete black
Either because I was an athlete or because I was black - probably both - there seemed to be a clear assumption that I wouldn't be up to the work.
basketball sports yoga
Basketball is an endurance sport, and you have to learn to control your breath; that's the essence of yoga, too. So, I consciously began using yoga techniques in my practice and playing. I think yoga helped reduce the number and severity of injuries I suffered. As preventative medicine, it's unequaled.
basketball children thinking
I'm still my parent's child, I'm still me, but I made a choice. I evolved into Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. I think it has to do with evolution.
basketball disappear
I'm not going to disappear.
basketball mother fifty
My mother had to send me to the movies with my birth certificate, so that I wouldn't have to pay the extra fifty cents that the adults had to pay.
basketball spiritual political
My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement.
basketball loyalty patriotic
I felt that a number of people might have questioned my loyalty, but I continue to be a patriotic American.
basketball ideas people
Black people don't have an accurate idea of their history, which has been either suppressed or distorted.
basketball boys race
I feel that there has been progress made since I was a boy on matters of race, but we have a long way to go.
basketball transition difficult
The transition was difficult. It's hard to stop something that you've enjoyed and that has been very rewarding.