Quotes about basketball
basketball simple simplicity
My life is very simple. I like simplicity and for my time to be my own, so that I have the freedom to devote the majority of it to Islam. Hakeem Olajuwon
basketball blessed player
When I look at the system here and look at my position - not just as a basketball player, but when I look around me at the values of the people and the culture and compare them with the values of where I came from - I feel so blessed to be from Africa.
basketball country home
I've now been in this country for thirteen years, since I was seventeen. So this is my second home.
basketball space type
My type of basketball is about how to create space, how to maneuver, how to get your shot off.
basketball fashion joy
I love fashion as much as I love basketball! It is a great joy for me to express myself through designing my own collection.
basketball soccer jobs
In many ways, my job in soccer was like my job in basketball now. I had to protect the goal. That was the name of the game, not letting the other team score.
basketball home childhood
Being from Africa is the best thing that could have ever, ever happened to me. I cannot see it any other way. All of my fundamental principles that were instilled in me in my home, from my childhood, are still with me.
basketball player color
Allah says in the Qur'an not to despise one another. So the criterion in Islam is not color or social status. It's who is most righteous. If I go to a mosque - and I'm a basketball player with money and prestige - if I go to a mosque and see an imam, I feel inferior. He's better than me. It's about knowledge.
basketball blood trying
Basketball is in my blood. It is my obligation to try.
basketball smart player
When you get to that level, it's not a matter of talent anymore - because all the players are so talented - it's about preparation, about playing smart and making good decisions.
basketball art hard-work
Setting goals for your game is an art. The trick is in setting them at the right level - neither too low nor too high. A good goal should be lofty enough to inspire hard work, yet realistic enough to provide solid hope of attainment. Greg Norman
basketball mistake mean
We feel that the 2-2-1 press is a very effective means of controlling tempo and providing us with opportunities to capitalize on the mistakes of our opponents. At the same time we feel it is a very safe press because we work very hard at the necessary rotations. Jim Calhoun
basketball block player
We stop practice every time we see one of our players not blocking out.
basketball humility winning
...Basketball doesn't care what color your skin is. It doesn't care what language you speak or what religion you practice. It doesn't care if you're big or small, fast or slow. It just asks you to play, to complete, to lose with dignity, to win humility.
basketball running football
I could run 200 yards at a stretch, I could duck between players, I felt free to make plays that suited me best. It wasn't like football then and basketball today, where coaches tell you what foot to put down. Jim Brown
basketball stars games
I've got a basketball signed by all the greats from Julius Irving to Oscar Robinson. It was at an All Star game I got them all to sign it. So that ain't going nowhere. I'm going to die with that in my casket. Ice Cube
basketball sports baseball
The '80s was brand new. It was AIDS. It was gangbanging. It was starting to become big dope-dealing, and crack was starting to flood the neighborhoods. And then you had hip hop, which was something new, other than what we were doing, which was sports, playing football, basketball, baseball. And I was excited.
basketball football school
Everybody thinks the grass is greener on the other side. If you talk to most artists, they think they can play something, you know, "If I had stayed playing football in high school, if I had been doing basketball..." Everybody's got their fantasies and thinks the grass is greener. It's not. It's not.
basketball creative dunk
He can dunk the basketball. You have to be a little creative out there. I think he'll do fine. Maurice Cheeks
basketball bring community deal enthusiasm game good great involved knowledge levels played
He can bring a great deal of knowledge of the game of basketball, having played for so many years at so many different levels and for so many good coaches. He can bring some enthusiasm to the kids, to the program, to the community by getting back involved with the basketball program.
basketball best broke foot jogging scenario starting versus
He broke a foot in basketball and he's not even jogging yet. He would be my starting left-fielder. The best scenario is he is back versus Heath.
basketball cool game players
He allows his players to play in up-tempo situations, and he's cool off the court. The team's game is up, and he makes basketball look fun. Brandon Roy
basketball coached college marriage perfect played son technology
He played college basketball, coached in college, son of an engineer. It's the perfect marriage of the technology and the person.
basketball gets guard pushes team
He really pushes the basketball and gets into gaps. No one person can guard him. It has to be a team effort.
basketball good guys impatient movement needed percent played player second shot similar tale
For our basketball team, it was a tale of two halves. In the first half, our guys were very, very impatient on offense. We didn't have the ball movement and the player movement we needed to have. We had good ball movement and player movement and we shot 57 percent in the second half. If we would have played similar to that and rebounded like we did in the first half, it would have been a different game. We couldn't put it all together. Billy Donovan
basketball both complete ends past played weeks
For the past two weeks she has played the most complete basketball for us at both ends of the court.
basketball best played since stop
For the first 17 minutes, we played probably the best basketball that we've played since I've been here. They're just too good. They made a run, we couldn't stop them.
basketball nba
Basketball is not played simply with X's and O's. It's played with both trust and confidence. Isiah Thomas
basketball mind woods
The Chasers throw the Quaffle and put it through the hoops to score,” Harry recited. “So — that’s sort of like basketball on broomsticks with six hoops, isn’t it?” “What’s basketball?” said Wood curiously. “Never mind,” said Harry quickly. J. K. Rowling
basketball games everyday
I've done a lot of basketball drills, not a whole lot of competitive stuff. I have basically been in the gym everyday working on my game, working on the time off that I've had from the game, just getting myself prepared mentally and physically for the season. Grant Hill
basketball certainly needed team
If ever a team needed a win, it was certainly this basketball team. Ernie Kent
basketball favorite played players
He's one of my favorite basketball players that's ever played this game. Michael Cooper
basketball came good options played possibilities since womb
I came out of the womb a basketball player. That's what I played since I was 2 or 3 years old, but she wanted me to have versatility in my life, to be good at more than one thing. The more options you have, the better possibilities you have.