Famous Quotes & Sayings

He played basketball last year and moves well for a guy his size. He's not playing this year but that doesn't mean he's just laying around. He's a hard worker.

He really stepped up. Julius has gotten much more mature as a basketball player. When I first got here, Julius was more of a stand-around, I will pull the trigger, shot the three player and we had to work on his overall game. Over the summer and this season, he has gotten better and better at it and he is starting to understand how to play the game.

He really pushes the basketball and gets into gaps. No one person can guard him. It has to be a team effort.

He really didn't get going until late in the game when we were just trading baskets. He is a good player. This was a tough basketball team we played and we had to play well to get a win.

Geno Auriemma

Her conditioning is so-so. I think the rest was really good. But the rest kind of hurts you conditioning-wise because I don't care how long you ride the bike or are in the training room working out or in the pool, you've got to (get in) basketball shape playing basketball. We'll see how many (minutes) she can go and the same thing New Year's Eve (against Army) and then go from there.

Herb inherited a program in 1996 that was in need of consistent success, and he brought that back to N.C. State basketball ... .

Goose Creek has never been there. Hey, I told our guys I've been in basketball a long time and never had this experience. I thanked them for giving me this opportunity to be in this position.

Great basketball teams are great during crunch time. I don't think we gave them the game. They stepped up and took it from us.

Billy Donovan

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.

For the past two weeks she has played the most complete basketball for us at both ends of the court.

For the first game, we really came ready to play. After a great football season and then a great basketball season, these guys really know how to step up.

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.

For some of the girls that cheer on their middle school squads, all they know is the small basketball games. Cheering in front of that many people at nationals is going to be one of the highlights of their lives.

Isiah Thomas

Basketball is not played simply with X's and O's. It's played with both trust and confidence.

Isiah Thomas

It was important to me to believe, because if I don't believe, how can I expect them to believe?

Godfrey Gao

My childhood dream was to play basketball, actually.

Iyanla Vanzant

I think as men begin to see things that address them, they will feel that they can relate. They can't relate to 'Basketball Wives,' 'Housewives of Atlanta.' I am not judging or criticizing those shows at all; what I am saying is the perspective is not necessarily the male perspective. 'Iyanla: Fix My Life' is inclusive of everyone.

Ellen DeGeneres

I put a basketball in front of George Clooney's door and sprayed it with supermodel perfume to lure him out.

I figured it will keep me in shape for basketball,

I figured if we could hold them to 49 we would have a chance. I think our kids played a tough basketball game in the second half.

If he were here, he would have loved this. He loved basketball and basketball loved him. I wish he could be here tonight.

Giorgio Armani

The interesting thing about basketball is that it is played recreationally all over the world in playgrounds where people shoot hoops. Perhaps it is because of this that the look of the game seems to have been able to cross over into streetwear more easily than that of some sports that are confined to more specialist arenas.

J. K. Rowling

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.

Grace Jones

My mother was a champion high-jumper. My three brothers are basketball players. We've all been very athletic.

Grant Hill

I expect us to be good; very good. I expect us to first and foremost be better than we were last year and get back to having this franchise as one of the premier franchises on and off the court, and I think we have the opportunity to do that this upcoming season. I really believe that.

Grant Hill

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

People don't realize the amount of stress you put on your body both physically and mentally from just the wear and tear of a season.

Grant Hill

The accomplishments in college and even in the pros are more in my mind because you constantly see Duke on TV during basketball season. You constantly see the NBA.

Grant Hill

I tried to make a point of doing things outside the box, of not having basketball consume me.

Gene Hackman

Five players on the floor functioning as a single unit: team, team, team-no one more important than the other.

I felt we had a good basketball team. To win 23 of our last 25 says a lot about the kids. They're not a team that quits.

Ernie Kent

If ever a team needed a win, it was certainly this basketball team.

Jim Calhoun

If I haven?t changed, then I know I wouldn?t be sitting here today, ... You don?t coach college basketball in the 70s, 80s, 90s, and now the 2000s, unless you make changes. The outside wrapper is probably a little different, but the values are the same.