Famous Quotes & Sayings

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Your mind is what makes everything else work.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I saw Islam as the correct way to live, and I chose to try to live that way.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I think Kwame will be an asset to the Lakers.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

When the line started to blur between the fans and the players, sometimes things can get ugly.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

The first time I shot the hook, I was in fourth grade, and I was about five feet eight inches tall. I put the ball up and felt totally at ease with the shot. I was completely confident it would go in. I've been shooting it ever since.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

As a parent, I have a job as a role model to my children, and by extension, to other young people.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

The extra pass and the extra effort on defense always get the job done.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I can do something else besides stuff a ball through a hoop. My biggest resource is my mind.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Center is a very tough position to play.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

One man cannot make a team.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

When you're a coach you've got to go up the ladder, you've got to be ready to travel. That's the nature of coaching

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I'm not comfortable being preachy, but more people need to start spending as much time in the library as they do on the basketball court.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

When we went up against teams that were better, I just hoped that we could steal the victories.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Great players are willing to give up their own personal achievement for the achievement of the group. It enhances everybody.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I think race has been a burden for black Americans. Being Muslim has also been a challenge because so many people do not understand Islam.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

You can't win unless you learn how to lose.

Knute Rockne

Boards, boards, boards.

Knute Rockne

The secret of winning is working more as a team, less as individuals.

Mike Thibault

The University of Houston has made an excellent choice by hiring Ron Hughey as its new women's basketball coach. Coach Hughey will bring an expertise and energy level to the program that will excite fans and put Houston Women's Basketball back on the map. Having watched him coach up close, I know his players will improve immensely and love learning from him. I look forward to following Houston Basketball in the years to come.

Mike D'Antoni

You know what's fun about basketball? It keeps evolving, and it keeps changing a little bit. And the older guys want to try to hold it back to how they grew up, and it's not the same. You've got to change with the times, and some of the guys you've got to drag across the finish line.

Nate Ruess

I'm not going to lie. I check the iTunes charts. It's all about the iTunes charts. I only go on the Internet for the iTunes charts and basketball blogs.

Kelvin Sampson

Our offensive philosophy is to simply find a way to get the ball into the hands of our team's best player.

Kemmons Wilson

A successful person realizes his personal responsibility for self-motivation. He starts with himself because he possesses the key to his own ignition switch.

Kris Humphries

I'm someone who always comes on the court no matter what's going on in my life. It's all about basketball and my teammates and my team. I don't let any distractions in, and I bring my best every night, regardless of what's going on or what people are talking about.

Kevin Nealon

Any time you do an Adam Sandler film, it's kind of like a boys' club, because you're hanging out and there are guitars around, and basketballs and footballs and electric bikes and scooters and different people dropping by.

Kevin Ollie

I'm not chasing championships. Championship's chasing us. I'm not doing that. I want my players to be better people once they leave campus because this is a life lesson. This is more than basketball. This is life lessons that we're trying to teach.

Kevin Ollie

You don't go through life, you grow through life

Michael Jordon may have been the best basketball player in history, but he couldn't have won six NBA titles without a team.

Nikki Blonsky

The only way you're going to get through life, happily, is being yourself.

Ndamukong Suh

Growing up, I always thought of Detroit as a basketball town because of the Pistons, but everyone says it's really, at its core, a football town.

Muhammad Ali

Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.

Muhammad Ali

Whether it's boxing, basketball, or badminton, one must be ready to succeed before entering the arena...long before the lights come up.