Top 1200 Best Basketball Quotes & Sayings - Page 19

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.

Larry Bird is like a basketball god to me for what he's done for my career.

I always dreamt of being a basketball player. A dream that only I believed in.

I haven't been an athlete in school or college, though I have played basketball and football.

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

I was excited about going to the Lakers because they are probably the biggest brand in basketball.

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

Basketball has been my life and I worked at it so hard because I enjoyed it so much.

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

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

Football comes naturally to me, but basketball is a challenge, that's why I like it so much.

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

When my mom travelled, she would bring me basketball tapes.

Obviously, people feeling that their government is responsive to them is in the best interest of the United States. It's in the best interest of the U.K., it's in the best interest of countries all over the world.

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

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

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

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

I grew up playing piano and violin, and then basketball took over.

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

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

My favorite sport to watch is basketball. To play? golf, but I wish I was much better.

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

I play basketball probably four to five days a week when I'm back home.

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

Soccer was actually my first love, but eventually, basketball took that over.

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

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

Growing up, I was always into sports - basketball and volleyball - but I wasn't really a runner.

Even playing in China and with the Opals, basketball got really negative for me.

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

I played basketball, and I loved it. But I never thought of it seriously as being a professional.

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

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

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

The love of this game has been with me since I heard the word basketball itself.

Any time I can play basketball I enjoy being out on the court.

So basketball has always taken me places that I could have never imagined.

I don't like it when people say I was the best ever. It's silly. I am not the best ever. I was the best of my time.

Up until I was about 12, I was a ballet dancer and a basketball player.

I have owned and played a Steinway all my life. It's the best Beethoven piano. The best Chopin piano. And the best Ray Charles piano. I like it, too.

We're out playing ball in the gym, I put boogers on the basketball and pass it to him.

When you have that deep kind of hunger that is part longing, what's better to eat than the best apple pie? Or the best potato salad and guacamole? Or the best deviled eggs and crab cakes and white chocolate raspberry pie?

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

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

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

I'm just here to play basketball and have fun and try to win another championship.

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

What is America? Best brains in the world migrate to the U.S. If there are best brains, they will produce best results.

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.

For me, it's not about being the best designer. I'm interested in being the best partner. The best collaborator.

I leave everything in God's hands and continue to work on playing basketball.

Notre Dame was the first school to offer me basketball-wise.

Obviously I love playing the game of basketball. That's what God blessed me to do.

Movies principally require the best of everybody, all at the same time, being the best they can be. Not just like five people being the best they've ever been, and 10 people not being the best they could be. It's like if everybody is either doing their greatest work, or the whole house of cards falls apart.

It is a very humbling honor to be selected as a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame.

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

The melancholy have the best sense of the comic, the opulent often the best sense of the rustic, the dissolute often the best sense of the moral, and the doubter often the best sense of the religious.

Every basketball player wants to wear their team's throwback jerseys.

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