Top 1200 Encouraging Basketball Quotes & Sayings - Page 2

I grew up in a small town in Illinois, and my dad was a basketball coach. Thanks to him, I have excellent fundamentals in both basketball and baseball.

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.

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

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

Going to Kentucky... it's not really a college experience. You go there for basketball. You get your studies together, but then after that, it's all about basketball.

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

I wasn't going to let Jerry Sloan embarrass me, because basketball had a proper role in my life. I suspected my basketball philosophy wasn't the bottom line anyway.

If you like basketball, you enjoy watching good basketball. And if you don't like watching good basketball, go watch rowing.

Not only is there more to life than basketball, there's a lot more to basketball than basketball.

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

I played all kinds of sports when I was young: tennis, handball, basketball, some soccer. I focused on basketball when I was 16 or 17 and then came to the U.S. when I was 20.

I had a sketch called 'Fedora Basketball,' which was about basketball players having to wear hats; in addition to scoring points, they have to make sure their fedoras don't fall off.

I usually just speak in English when I'm on the basketball court. For some reason, my mind never even tried to cross any other language when I'm playing basketball.

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

When you think about basketball, and you watch someone like Michael Jordan play basketball - even if you're a baseball player, there's still a lot to learn from there.

I'm a basketball junkie. I watch basketball all the time.

My kids know who I am on the basketball court, but at the end of the day, it doesn't matter about the basketball. I am their dad, and that is all that matters.

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

I really do miss playing basketball. I don't play a lot of pick-up games. But I do like using basketball as a form of cross training.

Nothin' will ever jump over the Jumpman... Yeezys aren't even basketball shoes. You can play in 'em, but they're not basketball shoes.

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

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

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

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

Jeff Ament, the bass player, plays basketball. He ultimately wants to do music, but he's really good at basketball, too. We all want to do what we can't do, maybe.

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

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.

Who knows, maybe I'll be a basketball player one day? No, I'm definitely never going to be a basketball player. I have no hand-eye coordination.

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

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.

Prince never, ever mentioned it except to say he wished he was taller so he could play basketball. He was actually a really great basketball player.

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

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

I've always been a basketball player. My earliest memories are of playing basketball. I was born playing it. It's why I'm so comfortable on the floor.

What am I doing, just playing basketball? It was eating at me. Because basketball, you play, you retire, you're done. I wanted to do something more.

Chick Hearn taught me how to play basketball, how to think about basketball. He taught me how to love basketball.

Basketball has given me everything, but it has to be bigger than basketball. That was the first thing that I said to Under Armour, and they were behind it 100 percent. This isn't about a shoe deal.

Basketball was always my sport. It just took me until my second year of college for me to realize that I was a better baseball player than a basketball player. But basketball was always my number one love. Finally found out I was better at baseball and chose to pursue that route.

I mean, I miss basketball. I didn't get to play basketball as much as I may have wanted to, but yeah, I miss baseball for sure.

My dad was a basketball coach, and so I went to his games. But baseball was the sport I could enjoy with him, whereas with basketball, I wasn't with him.

Hard fouls are a part of playoff basketball, and I think that's how basketball should be. I don't take those fouls personally.

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

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

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

We've been prepared to make the arguments for lowering corporation tax, which is all about encouraging risk takers, encouraging entrepreneurs, and I observe that for the vast majority of the Labour government we had a top rate of 40 per cent income tax. It's now higher, and I think we should look to get to a simpler, lower tax system.

Basketball is basketball. You have to pass the ball, you have to score.

I began sports as a Basketball player but got into lifting weights after a recurring ankle problem that stopped me from competing in basketball despite having surgeries.

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.

The love of basketball, the time and effort I've put into it - I'd be doing a disservice to myself if I didn't see how far I could go in basketball before I tried to do anything in baseball.

I look at basketball as like a storm. But it's the eye of the storm. The calmest place of it is to be right in the eye of it. And that's what basketball is for me; it's my eye. And while everything else around me is going on,' he continued, 'the destruction and things like that, basketball keeps me calm.

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

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

A friend of mine has a house with a basketball court and a pool. The guys go over and play basketball; I lie by the pool and nap in the sun. That defines me. That's consistent with who I am. I don't pretend to play basketball because I wanna feel like one of the guys. I wanna lie in the sun and relax.

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

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

Once I grew from 6'1' to about 6'6', by that time I was going into 12th grade, and that's when I started wanting to play basketball, because, pretty much basketball players always got the girl.

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

People talk about the Spurs and how we do a decent job at playing basketball. But there is a deeper meaning to who we are, where we come from, and at the same time, why we play basketball.