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Basketball is sharing. -- Phil Jackson
Basketball is basketball. -- Oscar Robertson
Basketball isn't my job. -- Michael Jordan
Basketball is a pure invention, -- James Naismith
Basketball's a game of mistakes. -- Gregg Popovich
Young people need models, not critics. -- John Wooden
Criticize on defense and encourage on offense. -- John Brady
Basketball doesn't build character it reveals it. -- James Naismith
Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character. -- John Wooden
Don't give up. Don't ever give up. -- Jim Valvano
Basketball used to be my top priority. -- Derek Fisher
I'm like a superhero. Call me Basketball Man. -- LeBron James
Basketball is like Religion. Many attend but few understand. -- Scott Skiles
Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation. -- Michael Jordan
Basketball is what I do, it's not who I am. -- Jabari Parker
The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender. -- Vince Lombardi
Basketball is just a platform for me to inspire people. -- Kevin Durant
With 'Love And Basketball,' every studio turned it down. -- Gina Prince-Bythewood
Basketball is a game. Baseball is a religion. Baseball is American. -- Jerry Reinsdorf
Basketball was mine, and that's what's carried me to this point. -- Stephen Curry
These young guys are playing checkers. I'm out there playing chess. -- Kobe Bryant
Basketball is in my blood. It is my obligation to try. -- Hakeem Olajuwon
It's what you learn after you know it all that counts. -- John Wooden
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them. -- Michael Jordan
Basketball is always a piece of my life, but never the centerpiece. -- Rebecca Lobo
Basketball Rule #4If you missenough of life'sfree throwsyou will payin the end. -- Kwame Alexander
I want to do for rebounds what Michael Jordan did for dunks. -- Dennis Rodman
Basketball is a pretty simple game. What wins is consistency and competitiveness. -- Gregg Popovich
Get the fundamentals down and the level of everything you do will rise -- Michael Jordan
Basketball is my favorite sport, and I'm also a very passionate football fan. -- Abhishek Bachchan
Basketball has so much showboating you'd think it was invented by Jerome Kern. -- Art Spander
Basketball was always something I felt I could dominate, something I could control. -- Metta World Peace
Basketball may have been invented in Massachusetts, but it was made for Indiana. -- Bobby Knight
Basketball really had its origin in Indiana, which remains the center of the sport. -- James Naismith
Basketball is a full court game, so every drill must be done full court. -- Bobby Knight
Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds. -- Larry Bird
I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying. -- Michael Jordan
Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen. -- Michael Jordan
Basketball is the worst sport. They need to raise the basket at least two feet. -- W. P. Kinsella
Basketball is not played simply with X's and O's. It's played with both trust and confidence. -- Isiah Thomas
Basketball is a beautiful game when the five players on the court play with one heartbeat. -- Dean Smith
Analytics only goes so far. Basketball, more than baseball, for example, is really a team sport. -- Steve Ballmer
Basketball. I love it. I can't believe these giants move like kids. They are so flexible. -- Jurgen Klopp
The secret is to have eight great players and four others who will cheer like crazy. -- Jerry Tarkanian
My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me. -- Jim Valvano
Basketball isn't just a sport. It is an art, one that must be mastered to succeed. -- Stephen Curry
If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome. -- Michael Jordan
I'm just a seasonal guy. Basketball, football, baseball, boxing, golf. Give it to me all the time. -- Jerry Ferrara
Not only is there more to life than basketball, there's a lot more to basketball than basketball. -- Phil Jackson
Basketball was not my main sport in grade school, or even the first year of high school. -- Mike Krzyzewski
Basketball is a business. Pure and simple. If you want to have fun, go to the YMCA. -- Pat Riley
Basketball is not just a game its a way of living if you apply it to everyday life. -- Alcurtis Turner
I lost all feeling a long time ago. Basketball is basketball. It doesn't matter what floor I'm on. -- Gilbert Arenas
Basketball has been my life and I worked at it so hard because I enjoyed it so much. -- Larry Bird
Basketball is a team game. But that doesn't mean all five players should have the same amount of shots. -- Dean Smith
Basketball, like all sports, is predicated on the execution of fundamentals. The coach is a teacher. His subject: fundamentals -- Jack Ramsay
Just imagine what would have happened if Michael Jordan quit after getting cut from his High School Basketball team? -- John A. Passaro
Basketball made me happy to be tall. And more secure about myself than I ever would have been without it. -- Matthew Emmons
Basketball is great; no one in Europe seems to believe just how close the spectators can sit to the players. -- Michael Douglas
I hate it. It looks like a stickup at 7-Eleven. Five guys standing there with their hands in the air. -- Norm Sloan
Basketball is a game of conditioning and fatigue. That's why I believe in practicing a team to train when it's exhausted. -- Pat Riley
Basketball, a game which won't be fit for people until they set the basket umbilicus-high and return the giraffes to the zoo. -- Ogden Nash
Cooper was my road roommate, and also happened to be the first African American player drafted by a National Basketball Association team. -- Bob Cousy
Basketball isn't as popular in Canada as it is in the US. Hockey is by far the most popular sport in Canada. -- Steve Nash
I collect different game hats, like Syracuse Women's Volleyball; I have a Navy Basketball hat. They're all vintage but in new condition. -- Theophilus London
Basketball is a game of sacrificing yourself for the next guy, being a team that takes good shots, and taking the right shots -- David Blatt
Basketball is like war in that offensive weapons are developed first, and it always takes a while for the defense to catch up. -- Red Auerbach
Dear Basketball, From the moment I started rolling my dad's tube socks and shooting imaginary game-winning shots ... I fell in love with you. -- Kobe Bryant
Basketball is one of those rare opportunities where you can make a difference, not only for yourself, but for other people as well. -- Bill Walton
Basketball is my refuge, my sanctuary. I go back to being a kid on the playground. When I get here, it's all good. -- Kobe Bryant
I know fear is an obstacle for some people, but it is an illusion to me . . . Failure always made me try harder next time. -- Michael Jordan
Basketball has brought me a lot of joy, brought me a lot of good things. Just that side of it has really affected me. -- Dwight Howard
I was a better basketball player growing up in high school than I was a swimmer. Basketball to this day is my favorite sport. -- Ryan Lochte
Basketball is a sport that involves the subtle interweaving of players at full speed to the point where they are thinking and moving as one. -- Phil Jackson
Hockey is a sport for white men. Basketball is a sport for black men. Golf is a sport for white men dressed like black pimps. -- Tiger Woods
Basketball really is a metaphor for life - the intangible skills I have learned on the court, have helped shape the person I am today. -- Ashley Graham
I don't really have anything to say. Basketball is not a game that you can play with your mouth. It needs action to prove yourself. -- Yao Ming
Basketball allowed me to revere my father without him knowing what I was up to. I took up basketball as a form of homage and mimicry. -- Pat Conroy
Basketball is my passion, and I love it, and I love to see my players succeed. I'm here for them and my children. That's my passion. -- Rick Pitino
My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength. -- Michael Jordan
Basketball was always my first love, but once I had a good year as a senior, I figured the next step was to play college football. -- Ben Roethlisberger
Basketball teams, after the perfunctory lay-up drill, fall into the crowded isolation and personal style of 10 city kids shooting at the same basket or playing one-on-one. -- Ted Solotaroff
I don't know how tall I am or how much I weigh. Because I don't want anybody to know my identity. I'm like a superhero. Call me Basketball Man. -- LeBron James
But try if you can to support, whether it's AIDS or the cancer foundation, so that someone else might survive, might prosper, and might actually be cured of this dreaded disease. -- Jim Valvano
You can practice shooting eight hours a day, but if your technique is wrong, then all you become is very good at shooting the wrong way. Get the fundamentals down and the level of everything you do will rise. -- Michael Jordan
If my primary purpose here at Indiana is to go out and win ballgames, I can probably do that as well as anybody can. I would just cheat, get some money from a lot of people around Indianapolis who want to run the operation that way, and just go out and get the best basketball players I can. Then we'd beat everybody. -- Bobby Knight
I'm the basketball version of a gravedigger. -- Dennis Rodman
When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball. -- Larry Bird
You don't play against opponents, you play against the game of basketball. -- Bobby Knight
Trying to take money out of politics is like trying to take jumping out of basketball. -- Bill Bradley
I'm not a role model... Just because I dunk a basketball doesn't mean I should raise your kids. -- Charles Barkley
I like to get in passing lanes and use my hands, and kind of be a pest out there. -- Stephen Curry
Everyone needs a coach. It doesn't matter whether you're a basketball player, a tennis player, a gymnast or a bridge player. -- Bill Gates
The invention of basketball was not an accident. It was developed to meet a need. Those boys simply would not play 'Drop the Handkerchief.' -- James Naismith
I was a total jock growing up. I went to super-dorky basketball clinics and was handpicked to play on a state team called the Texas Heat. -- Erin Wasson
When I lose the sense of motivation and the sense to prove something as a basketball player, it's time for me to move away from the game. -- Michael Jordan
I'm a basketball player. That's what I do and what I love but that's just not all who I am. I'm talented in a lot of different areas. -- Kevin Durant
As long as you put on a jersey, no matter what kind of jersey it is, as long as you're supporting the game of basketball, I enjoy it. -- Dwyane Wade
Joy comes from places you least expect it. It's usually the simple things, like watching my son play basketball or going through Central Park when the blossoms are blooming. -- Dave Gahan
Michael Jordan changed so much in basketball, he took his power to make a difference. It's so much going on in music right now and somebody has to make a difference. -- Kanye West
That's the awesome part. Little girls now have a chance to look up and see women playing soccer, basketball, softball and now hockey - and know they can win a gold medal, too. -- Angela Ruggiero
I like low-maintenance girls, but at the same time, classy. She needs to take care of herself. But also be a girl who isn't afraid to get sweaty and play basketball, so it's cool if she's a tomboy. -- Chris Brown
In an individual sport, yes, you have to win titles. Baseball's different. But basketball, hockey? One person can control the tempo of a game, can completely alter the momentum of a series. There's a lot of great individual talent. -- Kobe Bryant
I'm not gonna be bad at anything, and I want to actually be the best at anything I'm doing. So if I'm playing basketball, if I'm taking the SATs, like, there's a competitive spirit behind it. With production, it's the same thing. -- J. Cole
A lot of late nights in the gym, a lot of early mornings, especially when your friends are going out, you're going to the gym, those are the sacrifices that you have to make if you want to be an NBA basketball player. -- Jason Kidd
I have to tell you, I'm proudest of my life off the court. There will always be great basketball players who bounce that little round ball, but my proudest moments are affecting people's lives, effecting change, being a role model in the community. -- Magic Johnson
Faith, family, academics and then sports was the order of priorities in my family. My parents really stuck to these principles when raising me and my two brothers. As long as we took care of everything, they let us play as much basketball as we wanted. -- Jeremy Lin
I think the most important thing about coaching is that you have to have a sense of confidence about what you're doing. You have to be a salesman, and you have to get your players, particularly your leaders, to believe in what you're trying to accomplish on the basketball floor. -- Phil Jackson
If we can take young people who excel at the highest levels, put them on the same kind of pedestal as the all-state basketball player and the all-state football player, and begin to get the same kind of recognition, it will have a profound effect, and we are finding that it does. -- Benjamin Carson
My personal life is the same. At the end of the day, this is just a job. I love what I do, and it's a great job. But it's like my alter ego. There's Chris Brown the singer. And there's Christopher Brown, the down-home Tappahannock boy that plays video games and basketball and hangs out. -- Chris Brown
I was not athletically inclined. I was very quiet, introverted, non-confrontational. My three older brothers were athletes - basketball, football - but I was kind of a momma's boy. Then one day, my brother Roger encouraged me to go to the boxing gym with him. I tried the gloves on, and it just felt so natural. -- Sugar Ray Leonard
The game of basketball has been everything to me. My place of refuge, place I've always gone where I needed comfort and peace. It's been the site of intense pain and the most intense feelings of joy and satisfaction. It's a relationship that has evolved over time, given me the greatest respect and love for the game. -- Michael Jordan
I can't palm a basketball. -- Carmelo Anthony
My first love was basketball. -- Stan Smith
I play a lot of basketball. -- Josh Peck
I'm not into no basketball beef. -- Kevin Durant
My life is bigger than basketball. -- Dwyane Wade
We've got to play better basketball. -- Tim Buckley
I caught an elbow playing basketball -- Michael Scofield
Good basketball always starts with good defense! -- Bobby Knight

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