Top 1200 Basketball Training Quotes & Sayings - Page 20

Driveway basketball, playing against the boys, watching Magic and Michael.

I keep all my trash talk to basketball. I don't ever go after anybody.

I loved baseball, and I was the best at basketball. Golf was sort of third on my list.

Basketball has consumed me since the age of 7 or 8. I don't know what I would do without it.

Anytime you're playing basketball, and you have a coach who you have to respect, you've got to be very disciplined.

I'm the only black man you ever met who couldn't dribble a basketball.

I had 30 years of playing basketball and I came through it unscathed.

Everywhere I've gone, basketball-wise, I've been the underdog and underrated guy.

I love the game of basketball. I don't know if I like it better than competing.

My father really put that in my head that defense is one of the key things in basketball.

You can't simulate playing basketball no matter how much working out you do.

That's the thing about basketball - you do good things and you start to get recognition.

Basketball is just a game, and it's great. We're lucky to play it for our jobs.

Blending the talents of your team members is crucial to basketball success.

Like you might love watching basketball, but that don't mean that you'll get on the court.

I don't play basketball for the money; it was the last thing I thought of when I was a little kid.

To be honest with you, I just want to be true to the game of basketball, and that's what I've always tried to do.

Since I left basketball, and my wife, it's been a glorious feast of lovemaking.

Over the years, I'll admit, I lost the love for basketball a little bit.

I know how hard it is to shoot the basketball, so I've got great appreciation for it.

My dad was a soccer player. He didn't know anything about basketball - nothing.

I played baseball, football, basketball my whole life growing up.

I just put my anger and resentment into basketball. Even the stuff from my childhood.

The last great unknown, in terms of physiological training, is the optimum length of a piece. Is three minutes enough? Is ten minutes too much? No one knows. Perhaps someday the question will be answered-we'll find out that thirteen minutes is the perfect length for a training piece when preparing for a 2000 meter race. Until then, coaches will continue exploring the whole scale, up and down, from thirty seconds to sixty minutes and more, in hopes of capturing the optimum time.

Basketball is a business. Pure and simple. If you want to have fun, go to the YMCA.

You don't get respect for being an Asian-American basketball player in the U.S.

New York basketball's been pretty good over the years.

I don't know about any others, but coaching basketball is the only thing I can do.

We Latinos are in a growing stage in the NBA. It's all part of the international basketball boom.

I'm very lucky what basketball has given me, so I'd love to give back.

I learned so much from Sue about the Xs and Os of the game of basketball.

When I was playing basketball, players weren't thinking about themselves as being a brand.

My son goes around shooting the basketball saying, 'Isaiah Thomas!'

I'm just trying to be the best basketball player I can be, you know, move the ball.

Once I argue with somebody, I'm cool; I let it pass. I'm back to playing basketball.

I'd probably have to leave home in order to become a basketball player of any note.

I just try to go out there and win, and play good basketball.

Nobody cared about swimming. You could draw a crowd for basketball.

I gravitate toward the team thing. I'm not a golfer - I much prefer basketball.

One thing about being a great ball handler is not looking at the basketball.

I've always wanted to be the best at anything I've ever done, and basketball's no different.

I can get better. I haven't reached my ceiling yet on how well I can shoot the basketball.

I liked football a lot, too, but basketball clearly is my first love.

I just like watching good basketball being played.

I train harder than anyone else in the world. Last year I was supposed to take a month off and I took three days off because I was afraid somebody out there was training harder. That's the feeling I go through every day - Am I not doing what somebody else is doing? Is someone out there training harder than I am? I can't live with myself if someone is.

I love playing basketball, but the most important thing to me is my family.

I was born to be a basketball player, not to be a guy who succeeds inside Goldman Sachs.

I have a son and daughter and wife that need me not in basketball mode when I'm home.

My own basketball background was ripping up my ACL in a lawyer's league.

I think I have the skills. I'm a great judge of talent. I just know basketball.

The D-League has helped me to get better and develop as a basketball player.

Bobby Cremins really knows basketball, and he is a good man, too.

I don't think the demographic for skating really entails a lot of basketball watching.

I'm just a basketball player going out there and trying to get wins.

Basketball is a beautiful game when the five players on the court play with one heartbeat.

Everybody was pressuring me to play basketball, so I was like, 'OK, I'll do it.'

The first time I played basketball was with my dad and my older brother Thanasis.

I think Damian Lillard is the best lyricist to be in the NBA or play basketball.

I played volleyball and basketball and would also take part in dramatics.

If every basketball player worked as hard as I did, I'd be out of a job