Top 1200 Basketball Game Quotes & Sayings - Page 5

Basketball has changed, and the way the game is played has changed.

Thank God there was no yellow card in basketball because I would get a red card every game.

The game of basketball is not played with throwing punches, throwing elbows.

Since I've been a part of this league, I can't recall when they've actually made rules that have actually helped to improve the game of basketball.

I originally was more into baseball and football, but being in Los Angeles, you just couldn't help but to fall in love with the game of basketball because they had such a winning tradition.

I was 'Little Ty,' 'Little Tyrone.' I always got this negative feedback from the game of basketball.

When I lose the sense of motivation and the sense to prove something as a basketball player, it's time for me to move away from the game.

I love the game of basketball; I love coaching. The attention, being on TV, all that stuff, that's not what it's about for me.

I lost all feeling a long time ago. Basketball is basketball. It doesn't matter what floor I'm on.

My father was a soccer player. All my friends played basketball though, so I stuck with basketball.

To see a player dunk in women's college basketball is just amazing. It's great to see that the game has reached that level now.

Momentum is a whole lot in the game of basketball. People dwell on momentum, but that really does matter.

Look, I have no qualms about having played basketball. The game has done so much for me. Look at the places I've been, for one thing.

Basketball is basketball, so from a strategic standpoint, having a players' perspective is valuable.

You look at all other sports, basketball, you think basketball, they're always looking at their target.

I love basketball because it's social, and you're not even thinking about working out - you're just playing a game and getting great exercise at the same time.

Basketball is a game of sacrificing yourself for the next guy, being a team that takes good shots, and taking the right shots

I love basketball and I'm committed to it, but if I have to lock up my spirit because of basketball, it ain't worth it.

I'm a basketball player first and foremost. So I want to put basketball above everything else.

Honestly, I hated Dirk growing up. As I got older and wiser, obviously I was really able to appreciate his greatness as I learned the game of basketball.

Baseball is the only game left for people. To play basketball, you have to be 7 feet 6 inches. To play football, you have to be the same width.

The caliber of play suffered and attendance declined year by year. Interest in college football was exploding, and there was this new game called basketball.

Maybe it’s my own fault. Maybe I led you to believe it was easy when it wasn’t. Maybe I made you think my highlights started at the free throw line, and not in the gym. Maybe I made you think that every shot I took was a game winner. That my game was built on flash, and not fire. Maybe it’s my fault that you didn’t see that failure gave me strength; that my pain was my motivation. Maybe I led you to believe that basketball was a God given gift, and not something I worked for every single day of my life. Maybe I destroyed the game. Or maybe you’re just making excuses.

I enjoy playing at the heart of it is just a kid who really loves playing the game of basketball.

That's what people don't understand, that in the NBA these are the best 450 players in the world, in the game of basketball, are in the NBA.

To be honest, I never thought I'd be famous for baseball. I want to play basketball, and I could also do both basketball and baseball - but I really want to play basketball.

Basketball is a game. Baseball is a religion. Baseball is American.

I had no experience with broadcasting basketball games, so I took a tape recorder and went to a playground where there was a summer league, and I stood up in the top of the stands and I called the game.

Why is UCLA and Georgia Tech in China to play a basketball game? Missing all that school, and then force-feeding their fans the idea of 'student-athletes.'

I cherish being on the court, and I really love watching basketball, women's basketball, whatever it is.

You never want to see anybody get hurt... but if you've ever played basketball before you've probably sprained your ankle so that stuff happens. It's part of the game.

Remember that basketball is a game of habits. If you make the other guy deviate from his habits, you've got him

Everybody knows the NBA is the top of basketball in the world. The game here is more hard, more physical, faster than in Europe.

My faith in Islam is not unlike my faith in the game of basketball: Both require immense determination, focus, passion and discipline.

I'd never seen my father stand up. As far as I can remember, my father was always in a wheelchair. I always remembered that. And I remember my first basketball game, ever, he rolls into the gym, he stays by the door and he watches me play. And that was the only game he ever saw me play because he passed away shortly after that.

In practice, don't just run basketball drills, teach the players how to play basketball.

Please don't misunderstand, I actually enjoyed the hecticness and the opportunity to cover women's college basketball. But the reality is as a young broadcaster the vast majority of my games came in men's college basketball and my viewership as a fan came in men's college basketball because that was what was available to me.

Isolation basketball will always be part of the game. But the system has to be predicated on ball movement and, more importantly, player movement.

First and foremost, I loved basketball. My dad introduced me to basketball when I was a baby.

When I go see a basketball game, I'm always in the front row. I always have a table at a restaurant; I never have trouble getting a taxi.

I feel like basketball is my outlet. Basketball is an opportunity for me to get all my emotions out.

In basketball, you can be the greatest individual player in the world and still lose every game, because a team will always beat an individual.

Basketball is the opposite of selfishness, basketball is solely about giving and sharing and caring for one another.

I'm a competitive type of person, whether it's playing a game of basketball or playing business games.

You know, I'm just 6'9" and 260. And just so happen to be very good at playing the game of basketball.

I love to play the game of basketball so to sit there and not be able to play, it gets kind of frustrating.

People like to have fun, and what better way to have fun than go to a football or baseball or basketball game in Vegas?

My first baby toy was a basketball and ever since, I've had a basketball in my hands.

I really want to start playing basketball. I actually bought a new basketball.

I think the basketball gods will get you every time if you start trying to mess with the game. You've got to take what the schedule gives you, or who the standings give you.

I'm a huge fan of basketball. Any time you get a chance to watch basketball, I do it.

To see a player dunk in women's college basketball is just amazing. It's great to see that the game has reached that level now

Basketball is the axis that allows me to do the things that I do. I have so much love for the game, and it gives me to the option to be able to jump into fashion.

I had a toothache during the first game. In the second game I had a headache. In the third game it was an attack of rheumatism. In the fourth game, I wasn't feeling well. And in the fifth game? Well, must one have to win every game?

At the end of the day, basketball is basketball. You've got a whole life to live.

I love the game of basketball. I want to get better, I want to improve.

When I was a little kid, I looked at my mom, stepdad and said, 'I want to be an NBA player,' just because I love to play the game of basketball like 24/7.

Basketball is therapeutic for a lot of us. We all love, live and breathe basketball.

Basketball is a game of streaks. Sometimes a guy will be cold for a month and then get hot for a month.

I think Basketball Without Borders is huge just because of the platform that basketball is.