Quotes about basketball
basketball skilled stars
My stars were stars. They are skilled basketball players, and there's a lot of them, which makes it kind of nice. John Calipari
basketball becoming boot chance dream life serve son turn
My son will never serve his time. He will never get out of the boot camp, never get the chance to turn his life around, and never see his dream of becoming a basketball player.
basketball coach court deal favorite group helping high homework kids late marty office players pool practice school son time trip until walk
My son and Marty's son (assistant coach Marty Luc) come to every practice. My son Tommy is 9 and Marty's son L.J. is 7. They can't come on the court until their homework is done. Sometimes, when we have a late practice I'll walk into my office and our players will be helping them with their homework. When we went on a trip to Pennsylvania over the holidays, our players would play with the kids in the pool or take them to the mall. Most high school kids don't want to deal with that, but this group is special. My son's favorite basketball player of all time is Desmond Wade.
basketball follow good needed sisters talk time
My sisters were really good basketball players. A lot of time when I needed to talk to somebody, I could talk to my sisters. I wanted to follow in their footsteps, but I also wanted to do my own thing, too.
basketball efforts enthusiasm focus passion
My only focus is on our team. All my efforts and passion and enthusiasm are on this Hawkeye basketball team. Steve Alford
basketball keeping looking
Nah. I'm not looking to do that. I'm keeping the same perception.
basketball both exercise fan good love promote says short sports wife word
My wife says the word fan is short for fanatic. But it's just that I love basketball and baseball, sports which promote both good exercise and teamwork.
basketball care dedicating family hours love priorities program school second week whatever work
My priorities are family first, work second and basketball third. I really care about the program and I really love the school and I will do whatever I can for the team. But I know that dedicating that many hours a day and in a week will just be impossible.
basketball definitely game pride school
It is definitely a game we have circled on our calendar. We take a lot of pride in our basketball and we have a lot of school pride.
basketball road statement tough toughness
I think this is a statement that we are improving. We are a tough basketball team. We have to take that toughness on the road as well as home.
basketball confidence fun gaining playing shots starting
I'm starting to get a lot more confidence in my game. I'm playing a lot more and I'm gaining more confidence and getting more comfortable on the court. Everyone was making their shots and it was fun playing basketball tonight.
basketball beats early jordan maybe michael players realize slow starting time
Maybe I'm a slow learner. But he doesn't make it easy. I'm starting to feel like one of those basketball players in the early '90s. You feel like you make Michael Jordan play well, but then every time he comes up and beats you and makes you realize why he's the best. James Blake
basketball bay bring celebrate guys hurt maybe reason together
Maybe I got hurt for a reason - to bring these guys here and we all celebrate together over on Biscayne Bay one day, Dwyane Wade
basketball great playing team
Man, it's been fun. Right now this team is playing great basketball and we just want to keep that rolling.
basketball good great happy hard hire last school took worker
I'm happy for him. He's a good dude. He's a hard worker and he has a great basketball mind. He took his last school to the dance. I think it's a good hire for Oklahoma. Shane Battier
basketball coach continuing current excitement forward growth head high honored humbled level northern panther pieces players recruiting returning university
I'm humbled and honored to be the head coach at the University of Northern Iowa. The excitement level for Panther basketball is at an all-time high and I look forward to continuing the growth of our program. With the players we have returning and the current recruiting class, I know we have the pieces in place to be successful.
basketball reality people
If people are well paid for reality television and cotton candy and dunking a basketball, why can't they be well paid for changing young minds? B. J. Novak
basketball defense offense playing slowing style talked terms watch
We've talked more about defense in practice. When we watch film, that's all we watch is defense -- we don't even watch our offense right now. (Defense) has just been our focus. We're playing a different style of basketball right now in terms of slowing it down. We're playing well. Kyle Korver
basketball deserve final people players talked
We've talked a lot about this being a basketball state. People said they wanted a team, and now we're here. We're one of the final four. These players deserve it (fan support), not only for what they've done on the court, but off the court, especially.
basketball entitled feels game good needed offensive players rebound shot somebody win wire worry
We need one. We're entitled to one, I think. We've been going down to the wire a lot of games. Sometimes it feels good for the players and myself to play a game where you don't have to worry about somebody getting an offensive rebound or making a last-second shot to win a basketball game. For us, we needed that. Maurice Cheeks
basketball competition display fortunate fought games gave gone incredible involved possibly quite teams
Well, 1,100 basketball games I've been fortunate to be involved with (and) I've never been quite involved with something like that. It was just an incredible game fought by two teams who gave it everything they possibly have. And I don't know if the teams could have gone another minute. I thought it was an incredible display of what competition is all about. Jim Calhoun
basketball best four games playing straight won
We live to play another day. We've won four straight games and are playing or best basketball now.
basketball football kids
I had concussions as a kid playing football and basketball, and know what it feels like and to have someone say 'Just rub some dirt on it, and get back in there.' Billy Corgan
basketball glasses desire
Desire outweighs footwork when it comes to crashing the glass Bill Self
basketball games play
But that's the thing about basketball: you don't play games on paper. Bill Simmons
basketball favorites-things my-favorite
One of my favorite things about basketball is that you can't break it down into some sort of science that makes total sense.
basketball soccer teamwork
There's a tipping point that happens with soccer in which you just kinda get it. I was drawn to it because the best soccer teams play similarly to my favorite basketball teams - like the eighties Lakers or eighties Celtics - teams that emphasized teamwork over individualism and relied on passing as their biggest ongoing edge.
basketball beautiful cities
THESE ARE BEAUTIFUL PROPERTIES with basketball courts, bathroom facilities, toilet facilities. Many young people would love to get the hell out of cities Carl Paladino
basketball ocean cities
I call Los Angeles the city of alternatives. If you don't like mountains, we got the ocean. If you don't like Knott's Berry Farm, we've got Disneyland. If you don't like basketball, we've got the Clippers. Arsenio Hall
basketball stars growing-up
Any American boy can be a basketball star if he grows up, up, up. Bill Vaughan
basketball jumping trying
Trying to take money out of politics is like trying to take jumping out of basketball. Bill Bradley
basketball keys presidential
How should we Democrats select the next presidential nominee? Smoke filled rooms? Brokered convention? National primary? Personally, I prefer jump shots from the top of the key.
basketball sports selfish
Basketball can serve as a kind of metaphor for ultimate cooperation. It is a sport where success, as symbolized by the championship, requires that the dictates of community prevail over selfish impulses.