A Quote by Bob Cousy
Indiana gets credit for having the most rabid basketball fans in the union, but Maine is a very, very active basketball state.
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Before I joined the Clippers I played basketball at the University of Kentucky. There the game of basketball is very important. It is important for the fans. There is not a lot to do there so they really support the team. It is hard to describe. The fans, the coaching staff, the basketball program is everything and the kids who go there love it.
Indiana is a state dedicated to basketball. Basketball, soybeans, hogs and basketball. Berkeley, needless to say, is not nearly as athletic. Berkeley is dedicated to coffee, angst, potholes and coffee.
It's humbling to know that you have fans all over America and all over the world and they want you to play on their respective basketball team. It's very humbling that they respect the way I play the game of basketball. I can't discredit that. I can't say I don't enjoy it because you put in a lot of hard work to have fans. And for me to be a role model and for me to have fans all over is great. It's very humbling.
I have an incredible amount of basketball knowledge, and I think a lot of that is derived from having a Hall of Fame college basketball coach who was very knowledgeable of the game and I had a great high school coach who was also very knowledgeable.
If you have a kid that loves basketball - that eats, sleeps, drinks, and thinks basketball, and all he knows is basketball - and he gets hurt, and he's your franchise player, you need to hold him back from himself.
I'm from the Midwest, so I know what Indiana basketball is all about and I'm very blessed to be a part of it.
I was a mediocre basketball player. But I was there, and I could remember the plays. And my basketball coach, after he retired from teaching, would come to my performances all the time. And I was very happy about that, because I was not memorable as a basketball player.
I've said it before and I'll say it again: Portland basketball fans are the best basketball fans in the world.
First and foremost, Indiana will always be a basketball state.
In Indiana, we don't have an official state religion, but if we did, it would be basketball.
Just basketball in general in Indiana is just huge, so that's everybody's getaway. That's our main thing, to think about the history. Obviously, Larry Bird is a very, very big part of that.
It's very rare to find a basketball coach that gets both: that gets the Xs and Os and also gets life.
I loved the fans here in Charlotte. They were very basketball-educated, very supportive of the team.
I have made the very difficult decision to leave my position as head coach of the men's basketball team at Indiana University.
What I made clear to our front office is we're going to be judged by wins and losses. It isn't about having a marquee star player and coming in last place. That's not what Lakers basketball is. Lakers basketball is winning basketball.
I'm very good at watching basketball and wearing basketball shoes.
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