Basketball Quotes

I've played basketball all of my life, and I've had things happen on the court that you eventually have to move on from. It's part of some of the obstacles that you meet in trying to reach your pinnacle.

Scottie Pippen

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When I was really young, the women's national team wasn't on a grand media stage, so my role models were male basketball and male American football players.

Abby Wambach

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I'm pretty athletic and I play basketball a lot.

Jay Hernandez

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Without my success in basketball, I'm nothing. My family, my daughter, my teammates, my foundation, my acting career - they all depend on that success.

Ray Allen

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Not only is Rip Hamilton an outstanding basketball player, he is also known for giving back to his community.

Jim Gerlach

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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.

Tyronn Lue

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I boxed. I did track and field; I did basketball, football, any sport I was able to sign up for.

Eddie Alvarez

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Who's to say because you're just a basketball player, or you are a basketball player, who's to say you can't chime in on other subjects or other important topics?

Jaylen Brown

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I've been talking basketball pretty much my whole life.

Paul Pierce

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Throughout my journey in basketball, I always have someone to talk to in my father. I know how hard he had to work as an athlete.

Joakim Noah

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A lot of times I blend in a little bit easier because I'm not like a basketball player who's going to stand out because of his height.

Tiger Woods

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The game of basketball is one thing, but the image of the game is another thing.

Earl Monroe

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If there wasn't any business and it was just strictly basketball, then there would be no issue, it would probably be done by now. But the team has to protect.

Jason Kidd

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When I was a young girl playing basketball, WNBA was a dream.

Nia Jax

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Dr. King used to meet me outside the basketball stadium and give me $20 bills to get by.

Jesse White

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He knew I enjoyed the relationships of college basketball. All along, he was the wise one.

Rick Pitino

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I plan to coach at University of Louisville for as long as I can maintain the passion I have for the game of basketball. I don't want to coach anywhere else. I don't believe in anything else as much as I believe in this university and this state. I want to coach as long as they will have me.

Rick Pitino

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I was a basketball player. And my mother even wanted me to quit because I hurt my leg. But I didn't know anything about football - from Pee-Wee on up, my friends would play, and I would never go with them.

Jason Pierre-Paul

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In a lot of the really impoverished areas of Johannesburg you see these packets of cheesy puffs which are like 6 feet long and the width of a basketball, and they're transparent and they have like 10,000 cheesy puffs in them, and you can buy that for like 50 cents. It's kind of a weird treat that you'd see people having in the townships.

Neill Blomkamp

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You have to be wired a certain way to be a professional basketball player, and the way my body grew, something happened genetically that allowed me to become a lot more explosive.

Jeremy Lin

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Football has end zones and goal posts; basketball has the hoop, and hockey the goal cage. Baseball is the only game with an imaginary box: the strike zone, which the umpire determines at his own discretion.

Richard Corliss

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I grew up in Westlake Villiage, a suburb of L.A. There was a guy there who was a fighter and was like, 'I'll teach you to box.' I started a little bit of boxing, then it crossed over into jiu-jitsu. I was into it for a little while, but then I started doing basketball, baseball, team sports.

Jonathan Lipnicki

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If you like playing basketball, you play basketball. If you like playing golf, you play golf.

Lee Haney

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I started playing basketball very late, and for me to make it to the league so fast... I've always said my life is a movie.

Joel Embiid

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