Basketball Quotes

What I wanted to do in talking about basketball in 'Hoop Roots' was retrieve the game as something to participate in, not to watch.

John Edgar Wideman

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I've always loved being active, and I used to do sports - basketball, soccer, volleyball - growing up.

Lily Collins

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My dad never really played basketball, but now he's my biggest critic. I come home, and he says: 'Why didn't you shoot there? Why didn't you drive?'

Dirk Nowitzki

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I played basketball when I was little because it was fun for me. It still is now. I just love it. I have a passion for it.

Kawhi Leonard

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When I was a kid, from 10 years old, I worked every day for my dad, huh? Never played basketball. I never played tennis - never did. We worked so that we could eat.

Melvin Van Peebles

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Then I went to UCLA - so of course I became a huge Bruin basketball fan... and later came to football.

Leigh Steinberg

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I played a little basketball, but basketball interfered with theater season. That's when we did our term plays and did nutshell versions of Shakespeare for English classes. And, believe me, I got a fair amount of looks from the guys on the team. 'You're in theater but you can play football?'

Dennis Haysbert

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On an awards-show day, I can play basketball, go in, take a shower and put on a tux - it takes me three minutes to put on a tux - and be out the door in 15 minutes.

George Clooney

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I've called all sports. I was a radio DJ, club DJ, talk show host, hockey, basketball, football; you name it, I've done it.

Mauro Ranallo

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The first day I got drafted, I felt the fans were really passionate about basketball, and there was going to be a lot of pressure.

Kristaps Porzingis

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I'm not going to lie; listen, I'm nice at basketball.

Drake

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Yeah, I like cars and basketball. But you know what I like more? Bananas.

Frankie Muniz

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

Jeff Van Gundy

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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.

Kimbal Musk

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I will not feel like I've made it until the day I retire from basketball because there's something that I can always get better at, and there's always somebody better, and that's what drives me.

Draymond Green

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I've always been like that. I was a tomboy when I was a kid, so I was always playing baseball and basketball and football and stuff as a kid with the boys.

Catherine Bell

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The only reason I went to college was to play basketball. I injured my knee and couldn't play.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan

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So you're dealing with a coach, and you're dealing with a guy who's actually experienced NBA basketball from a player's perspective and actually goes about it that way.

Kevin Garnett

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It's a parent's dream come true to watch your sons play at the highest level of college basketball.

Dell Curry

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The biggest scandal I was ever involved in was - in high school, at a basketball game, I shot and scored for the other team.

Darby Stanchfield

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Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love talked trash about the fact that I hooped. I once stopped to say 'Hi' before a show, and as I walked away, Courtney yelled, 'Go play basketball with Dave Grohl!'

Jeff Ament

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Only a handful of professional football athletes have had a signature shoe, unlike in basketball where there have been a number of guys.

Keyshawn Johnson

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My head was - I wasn't screwed up, but I feel like I was shifted away from my family a lot with this basketball stuff. You have people coming around you saying they are family or whatever. They try to keep you away from your real family. That kind of got me.

Deandre Ayton

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As a kid, I always idolized entrepreneurs. I thought they were cool people in the way that I thought basketball players were cool people. It's cool that some people get paid to dunk basketballs, but I'm not one of those people.

Ben Silbermann

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