Famous Quotes & Sayings

Tom Robbins

You know what the game of golf is, don't you? It's basketball for people who can't jump and chess for people who can't think.

Tom Landry

Perhaps the toughest call for a coach is weighing what is best for an individual against what is best for the team. Keeping a player on the roster just because I liked him personally, or even because of his great contributions to the team in the past, when I felt some one else could do more for the team would be a disservice to the team's goals.

Tom Landry

There's a misconception about teamwork. Teamwork is the ability to have different thoughts about things; it's the ability to argue and stand up and say loud and strong what you feel. But in the end, it's also the ability to adjust to what is the best for the team.

Tom Landry

Coaching is making men do what they don't want, so they can become what they want to be

Tony Gonzalez

Football comes naturally to me, but basketball is a challenge, that's why I like it so much.

Tony Gonzalez

Given a full summer to practice basketball, and especially my jump shot, I know that I could play in the NBA and do well.

Toni Kukoc

One score makes happy ONE player, one assist makes happy TWO.

Tommy Tune

I liked the choreography, but I didn't care for the costumes.

Steve Harvey

I don't have much of an attention span for TV - I nod off during the basketball playoffs - but when I watch 'Game of Thrones' on On Demand, I'm glued to the set. It's mystical and addictive. Tyrion Lannister, that's my man.

Steve Alford

I'm a Christian first. I'm a family guy second. As much as I like coaching, as much as I like basketball, it's third, fourth, or fifth down the line.

Steve Alford

We try to stress the little things because little things lead to big things.

Steve Alford

You create shots for yourself by what you do without the ball more than what you do after you get it

Stephon Marbury

Over the years, I'll admit, I lost the love for basketball a little bit.

Stephon Marbury

Don't get me wrong - I love Jason Kidd. He's a great point guard (But) how am I comparing myself to him when I think I'm the best point guard to play basketball? That doesn't make any sense. I mean, how can I sit here and compare myself to somebody if I already think I'm the best?I'm telling you what it is: I know I'm the best point guard in the NBA. I don't need anybody else to tell me that. When I go on the basketball court, if I think about what you're all saying, I'll lose my mind.

Stephen Dunn

Perhaps basketball and poetry have just a few things in common, but the most important is the possibility of transcendence. The opposite is labor. In writing, every writer knows when he or she is laboring to achieve an effect. You want to get from here to there, but find yourself willing it, forcing it. The equivalent in basketball is aiming your shot, a kind of strained and usually ineffective purposefulness. What you want is to be in some kind of flow, each next moment a discovery.

Stephan James

I grew up on basketball, volleyball, that sort of thing. For me, track and field was a whole 'nother beast.

Scottie Pippen

I probably should've listened to Michael a year ago when he said that Charles will never win a championship because he doesn't show any dedication.

Scottie Pippen

It's hard to put it in perspective right now. I'm starting to feel a little emotional about what's going to happen Friday night. Getting your number put in the rafters is always something that as a kid ... you dream of seeing happen to you.

Scottie Pippen

It's superb, definitely. Something that is new to me, that is shocking. I got the news last night about 3 in the morning, and I don't think I even went back to bed.

Scottie Pippen

It's going to be great. A lot of the players are coming. I wasn't here when they put (Jackson) up in the rafters. But to have him here as my number goes up, it brings back a lot of great memories.

Scottie Pippen

He's very knowledgeable. That's the one advantage that I see in Kobe Bryant's career compared to Michael Jordan. Ten years into Kobe Bryant's career, we're seeing a very polished 27-year-old player who's probably got another seven or eight great years ahead of him.

Scottie Pippen

It [would have] been very difficult. As I said, the rules ... but if the rules were put in place back when Michael Jordan was in his prime - no hand-checking, the game was more geared toward offense, wanting to promote scoring in the game - he could have probably got close. He did score 69.

Scottie Pippen

I've always led by example and I'm not that vocal.

Scottie Pippen

I visualize the game. I think about who I am guarding, the things he likes to do.

Scottie Pippen

Sometimes a player's greatest challenge is coming to grips with his role on the team.

Scottie Pippen

One of the hardest things for a ball player to do is to accept his role

Steven Chu

I also developed an interest in sports, and played in informal games at a nearby school yard where the neighborhood children met to play touch football, baseball, basketball and occasionally, ice hockey.

Sue Wicks

It's not to hurt anyone, but basketball can be rough.

Sue Wicks

I try to never lose sight of what a special time it is to be a women's basketball player.

Sue Wicks

Players should know that if you can't make the contribution of the winning shot, that your attitude every day when you come to practice, or the positive contribution you make through cheering and keeping up team morale, is just as important in the overall picture.

Sue Wicks

I was very pleased that the positive things about me and my game outshone the aggressive style of play I use. I would never tone that down, because I believe in that style of play, and I believe that you can play rough on the court and still be a good sport.

Sue Wicks

I think sportsmanship is knowing that it is a game, that we are only as a good as our opponents, and whether you win or lose, to always give 100 percent.

Stu Jackson

The hand check has always been a part of pro basketball.