Quotes about basketball
basketball stars people
Now, I guess, people want stars. People are trying to invent stars. Oscar Robertson
basketball thinking nba
People say that, but I think the NBA was bigger than Larry Bird and Magic Johnson.
basketball couple moving
When you go into a game on offense, you make a couple moves and see what the defender is going to do. Then you pretty much can figure out what he is going to do against you - whether he carries his hands low or high, whether he is bumping or pushing, those type of things.
basketball thinking might
Who do I think was the greatest? This might shock you: Elgin Baylor. He did so many great things. Nobody could guard him, playing in the forward spot. I'd love to see some of today's greats playing against Elgin. They couldn't guard him. Nobody could.
basketball games looks
You look at today, it's a different situation. You have a game that has been transformed into a game where almost every shot is either an outside shot - a three-point shot - or a dunk.
basketball teaching games
You need a teaching coach who understands the game of basketball, not just some guy coming on the court talking about Xs and Os.
basketball school college
You see what happens in college and high school games today - a three-point shot or a dunk. I think that's the reason that you see a lot of that in the pros today.
basketball way coaches
The thing about it is almost everyone could pass that way, but we were kept from doing it by our coaches.
basketball block play
When you play guard, you're not going to block a lot of shots. Inside, you're going to block shots.
basketball fashion self-esteem
The players have no real self-esteem when it comes to putting the best image out there in a real competitive fashion.
basketball terrible
When I started playing, I wasn't fast, I was gangly, my jumpshot was terrible.
basketball team games
The Olympics were great, because you had to make the team, and then go to the games. Now, I don't know, these guys today don't want to do anything like that.
basketball team clothes
When I came into the league, once a team drafted you, they owned you forever. If they didn't like the clothes you wore, or the car you drove, they could blackball you.
basketball tests ability
The triple-double is just a stat. It's a test of your strength and stamina and playing ability, really.
basketball team magic
We're all Americans trying to compete. Magic was competing for his team and Larry for his team.
basketball player land
This is where young players today want to land. They want to be NBA players because of the money.
basketball play fundamentals
There's so many young peoople who start to play basketball and never learn the fundamentals.
basketball sports school
They should have a rule: in order to be a sportswriter, you have to have played that sport, at some level; high school, college, junior college, somewhere. Or, you should have had to have been around the game for a long time.
basketball team player
People will think there are no other great ballplayers. Look at Garnett. Look at Duncan, Shaq, Kobe. Look at the players with Sacramento. The have a really good basketball team.
basketball player games
I don't know hardly any of the players who have the in-between game like me, who can go to any position on the court.
basketball player college
College coaches want to power the ball inside, they want (their post players) to power the ball up, but no one can shoot from that 15-foot area anymore.
basketball player want
I don't blame David Stern because a player gets on the court and he doesn't put out competitively. No one can make you play if you don't want to play.
basketball school player
I don't think that players learn how to play any other aspect of the game in high school or college.
basketball cutting games
You don't cut anywhere, don't pick down anywhere, don't double screen, no weak side picking. All these things that should happen in a game of basketball don't happen anymore.
basketball thinking player
I played when I played, and played, I think, against the greatest players in the greatest time in the history of basketball.
basketball thinking able
I think that everyone should be able to dribble. Everyone should be able to pass. Otherwise, why are you out there?
basketball player people
When you play against different people from all walks of life you can't do the same thing against every player defensively or offensively. You have to change up the way you go at a player.
basketball guy want
It's like all guys want to do is make a dunk, grab their shirt and yell out and scream - they could be down 30 points but that's what they do. Okay, so you made a dunk. Get back down the floor on defense!
basketball player world
You've got to learn the footwork, the positioning, how to box out, how to pass, how to shoot your free throws. All these things are necessary, not to be the No. 1 player in the world, but maybe you can play against him.
basketball football home
It's easier to date a football player for sure. Football players have one game a week, and they practice every day, but they're all at home. In basketball, they're on the road all the time. Khloe Kardashian
basketball sports opportunity
I think we all have great opportunities individually but collectively our unit is so much bigger. Collectively our unit is something I've never seen on television. I don't look at our show as a basketball show. I look at our show as a sports and entertainment show. Kenny Smith
basketball destroyed good jumps player
Smalley destroyed us inside. He's a good basketball player with a good feel down in the post. He jumps out of the gym.
basketball product stand winner
At the end of the season, (university president) Dr. (Charles) Dougherty and I will take a look at where we are and where we stand for the future. ... We need to put an established product and winner on the men's basketball court.