Famous Quotes & Sayings

Chad Anderson

He's the smartest basketball player I've certainly seen. He's multi-dimensional. There's not one, two or three, but four things he does really well.

He's the real deal. He's improved so much. He's going to be an NBA basketball player, that's for sure.

He's the only person we interviewed. He's an excellent, excellent basketball coach and a person of great integrity.

Bill Cowher

He's like the guy in basketball who wants the ball in his hands when the game is on the line. I would equate that to our quarterback at the end of a game.

Hughesville has had a decent basketball team once every five, six, or seven years. I think some people didn't even know we had a basketball program when I first took over.

He's a project. It's not going to happen overnight. Basketball teams are filled with great athletes. The question is, does he have the fortitude to play this sport, where you're getting hit in the mouth every play? It's going to depend on how hard he wants it and how hard he works.

Ernie Grunfeld

He's a program builder. He's an outstanding basketball coach. He's a basketball junkie.

He's a natural runner. He's just a natural athlete. He plays basketball and was our top runner in cross country.

He's a gym rat. Most college coaches know him from when he used to make the rounds in the shoe business. He's got involvement in basketball at every level. He's got the pulse on a lot of things, knows a lot of people.

He said that looks like an Oklahoma State basketball team. That was probably the best compliment he could have given me.

Franz Beckenbauer

For example, Michael Jordan earns $100million a year but continues to play basketball and remains a modest human being.

Jim Caviezel

I was a basketball player. I'm a gym rat. I'm always in the gym playing.

Jerry West

Basketball came to me and for some reason it gave me an opportunity to live a life that I didn't dream possible. But it did let me live my dreams.

Jerry West

[The NBA] used to be a small band of basketball groupies. Now there are a lot more corporate-type people working in the league.

Jerry West

I don't really want to go into my problems with the team at the time except to say that no one's ever had to pay me to play basketball.

Jerry West

Anything can happen with hard work and dedication

Jerry West

When time is running out and the score is close, most players are thinking, I don't want to be the one to lose the game, but I'm thinking, What do I have to do to win?

Jerry West

Confidence is a lot of this game or any game. If you don't think you can, you won't.

Jerry West

Don't let talent get in way of team performance. Great players do what's outstanding for team, not what makes them stand out

Jermaine O'Neal

In college you learn about college

Jerry Jones

Anybody involved in sports in Missouri knows it's a great sports state. It is a great sports state, particularly in basketball and baseball. Particularly. Not to demean football, but it's a baseball state and a basketball state.

Jeremy Lin

I get scared of a lot of attention. I get scared of the spotlight. And I'm not talking about on the basketball court.

Jeremy Lin

You don't get respect for being an Asian-American basketball player in the U.S.

Jeremy Lin

I was shocked cause I didn't even know that they made my jersey. I didn't know that they made it so fast, so when I saw it I was like, I had to look three times and I was like, 'Did they customize that?' And then I saw a couple of other ones and I was like, ok, they must've made them overnight or something.

Jeremy Lin

Faith, family, academics and then sports was the order of priorities in my family. My parents really stuck to these principles when raising me and my two brothers. As long as we took care of everything, they let us play as much basketball as we wanted.

Jeremy Lin

You have to be wired a certain way to be a professional basketball player, and the way my body grew, something happened genetically that allowed me to become a lot more explosive.

Jeremy Lin

God loves me, and that he has the perfect plan for me. His plan will take me through a lots of ups and downs, but if I stay faithful to him that in the end he will work everything for my good. Now when I play basketball, I don't play for anyone else, I only play for God. That's the type of purpose that he gave me, and once he gave me that purpose, is when I found my peace, and once I got my peace, that's when I got my joy.

Jeremy Lin

And when other people see me play basketball...the way I treat my teammates, the opponents, the refs, that's all a reflection of God's image and God's love so that's the stuff I try to focus on.

Jeremy Lin

My identity is in Christ, not in basketball.

Eric Williams

I played baseball, and thats pretty much it. Basketball came late, this was, basketball was the sport that I tried to master, I kind of mastered baseball, so basketball was one of those things where I wanted to master this game, so thats why I probably play it the way I do.

Harrison Ford

You have to remember that baseball really was the American pastime in the Forties, not football, basketball or any other sport.

Gregg Popovich

In Phil's case, I was personally thrilled he came back, because I think it's huge for the league. When you think about what he's done and how many championships he's won, there's always drama when he comes back in.

Gregg Popovich

Timmy, he's the beginning of it. He doesn't have to be the end all the time now.