Top 1200 Basketball Game Quotes & Sayings - Page 6

All the racial slurs I done heard. All the things I heard about my mom, and my basketball game and my kids, all this. It felt good to punch a fan one time.

I'm very good at watching basketball and wearing basketball shoes.

Playing basketball all my life, I've collected a lot of different basketball shoes. It's pretty much all I wear.

I was into basketball, but then once I found contact sports, it was over. I never played basketball again in my life.

I don't discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I'm not interested in philosophy classes.

I've played basketball, and I've stood at the free-throw line with a tie game and 0.2 seconds left. But there is no feeling in the world like being in that ring when they close it up and ask, 'Are you ready?'

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.

I'm a firm believer in young, old, tall, short, doesn't matter. Basketball is basketball. It's the way you approach it.

I just play basketball. That's me: all I know is basketball.

I felt that N.Y. is the mecca of basketball. The love that I have for basketball, I feel it here.

When I was young, I was sold on winning. I was always serious on the court. As I got older, I realized that it was just a basketball game. Just go out there and have fun.

I think basketball IQ, work ethic, competitiveness are probably the most important things in a basketball player.

I was a better basketball player growing up in high school than I was a swimmer. Basketball to this day is my favorite sport.

Every memory I had growing up was involving a basketball. I didn't go to the prom and stuff like that. It was always basketball for me.

I played street basketball for a while and wanted to play competitively, but I was so used to the street-style of game that I would have fouled out by the end of the first quarter.

I couldn't imagine not playing basketball. To me, basketball is what life is all about.

I went to school to Washburn to play basketball, and I always believed if basketball didn't work out I could fall back on golf.

Basketball is my main sport, which I got a lot of scholarships through, but I chose modeling over basketball, though.

When I watch kids play basketball, they don't know how to think the game. They know what it should look like, but they don't know why.

I am a big basketball fan. I have been watching basketball ever since I was a young boy.

It's not always about getting better on the basketball court. This game teaches you how to become a better person as well. It pushes you into the team concept.

I was very fortunate when I was little - I played basketball. You really absolutely learn how to be a team player, how to win a game, to accomplish things, not just for yourself.

I think basketball is a great way to have fun with the kids and teach some values through basketball.

I like basketball, but please don't ask me basketball questions because I've got a lot to learn.

We have 2,500 students and an 8,000-seat basketball arena. You do the math on how important basketball is in Aberdeen.

I don't have much of an attention span for TV - I nod off during the basketball playoffs - but when I watch 'Game of Thrones' on On Demand, I'm glued to the set. It's mystical and addictive. Tyrion Lannister, that's my man.

People see the scoring, and oftentimes, that's all they think about with me, but I try to get better at all aspects my the game and become a better basketball player.

I absolutely loved basketball. All I ever wanted to do was play basketball.

I love basketball. I mean, I watch basketball pretty intensely.

Canadians see the Americans as cousins. We love the same sports: Canadians are crazy about baseball and basketball, and our beloved game of hockey is played all over the U.S.

Basketball - you don't get hit in basketball. That's a nice life over there.

Coming onto the Jordan Brand absolutely gives more attention to women's basketball and basketball in general.

I know Steve Kerr well and his basketball IQ is really high. He knows everything about basketball.

Sure, there's a lot of negativity, but basketball is such a huge thing in my community. Flint has a very rich tradition in basketball.

Wherever I go, I have a basketball with me. I used to dribble a basketball down the street to the movie theater, to the mall.

In the game of basketball, I play first off because I love it. I love to have fun. I love to run up and down the court.

My grandchild has taught me what true love means. It means watching Scooby-Doo cartoons while the basketball game is on another channel.

I remember one time being told I could not play in a basketball game at the College of William and Mary because I was black, even though I was playing with a United States Army team.

In many ways, my job in soccer was like my job in basketball now. I had to protect the goal. That was the name of the game, not letting the other team score.

It's heavy duty to try to do everything and please everybody . . . My job was to go out there and play the game of basketball as best I can, ... People may not agree with that . . . I can't live with what everyone's impression of what I should or what I shouldn't do.

I just stopped liking basketball. And then you dribbling down the court and having the owner like cuss at you and call you an idiot. I didn't even look forward to coming to the games, and if the owner [Donald Sterling] came to the game, I definitely was not gonna have a good game because it was just like, how do you play when the main heckler in the gym is the owner of the team, and he's telling you how much he hates you and calling out your name?

And the question about if I ever dreamed of making the putt on the last hole of a U.S. Open when I was a kid, no, I didn't. But I hit a lot of game-winning shots on the basketball court when I was a kid.

I was definitely out of control, but I loved the game of basketball and I played to win and I didn't understand anything less than that. That's why I have a hard time with the young men who can't play because they went to the dentist this afternoon.

When the Japanese occupied Korea in the early 20th century, they brought their passion for baseball with them, and the game swiftly surpassed basketball and soccer as the nation's pre-eminent sport.

It's not just the cheerleading thing I have a problem with, it's the whole jock enchilada. I'm all for a good game of basketball in teh driveway or a killer bike ride. But when there's tackling and grunting involved-- no thanks.

Everybody plays basketball in D.C. Not on a team. Just around the way. Anywhere. I actually loved basketball.

Chick Hearn was my favorite broadcaster ever - he's the one who taught me to think basketball, how to love basketball.

I know I used to play basketball every day, whether it was for fun with my older brother or if it was organized basketball on teams.

I never knew what basketball was. I started playing on the playground. People used to laugh at me and joke at me because I was so tall and I didn't know the game and couldn't play it.

I love basketball, but playing basketball doesn't fully define who I am. I was always a good student, too.

First, I'm a basketball player and I try to have the most well-rounded game possible. But people forget when I was recruited out of high school, I was recruited as a passer.

I've always loved basketball. When you're playing pick-up basketball, you just kind of get used to being one of the guys.

There's hasn't been a day in my life since I was 9 years old that I haven't touched a basketball or done something connected with basketball.

Baseball is the biggest sport in Japan, then soccer, and basketball is... People don't really care about basketball.

People really don't care, in some ways, that you have a family. With a high profile job like I have, they just want you to win basketball games. You can do that and still keep your family together. I try the best I can to be at the basketball practices or tennis practices or recitals. In my first year at Dallas my (then 11-year old) son Avery Jr., said, "You know daddy, you're still the best coach in the NBA." I was like, "But I haven't won a playoff game yet." And he said, "That's okay. You're still my daddy." That makes you feel good.

I played volleyball, basketball, softball, and I started to love soccer the most around 7-8 years old because it was a physical game. I could use my speed and strength to my advantage.

I really want to start playing basketball. Basketball and ping-pong are my two forms of exercise.

I worked every day - Christmas Eve, birthdays - trying to become a great basketball player. Everywhere I went, I had a basketball.

The only way to condition for basketball is to actually play basketball.

I pray if I ever find out I have only about three minutes to live it's during a basketball game, because then I'll have, what, 10, 12 years to live?