Famous Quotes & Sayings

Kevin Ollie

I'm not chasing championships. Championship's chasing us. I'm not doing that. I want my players to be better people once they leave campus because this is a life lesson. This is more than basketball. This is life lessons that we're trying to teach.

Kevin Ollie

You don't go through life, you grow through life

Kay Yow

This is a mind over matter thing. We have to find it within ourselves to play for two hours. We love the game, so it's not like we're doing something we hate. We're doing something we love.

For the first game, we really came ready to play. After a great football season and then a great basketball season, these guys really know how to step up.

For the first 17 minutes, we played probably the best basketball that we've played since I've been here. They're just too good. They made a run, we couldn't stop them.

For some of the girls that cheer on their middle school squads, all they know is the small basketball games. Cheering in front of that many people at nationals is going to be one of the highlights of their lives.

Isiah Thomas

Basketball is not played simply with X's and O's. It's played with both trust and confidence.

Isiah Thomas

It was important to me to believe, because if I don't believe, how can I expect them to believe?

Godfrey Gao

My childhood dream was to play basketball, actually.

Giorgio Armani

The interesting thing about basketball is that it is played recreationally all over the world in playgrounds where people shoot hoops. Perhaps it is because of this that the look of the game seems to have been able to cross over into streetwear more easily than that of some sports that are confined to more specialist arenas.

J. K. Rowling

The Chasers throw the Quaffle and put it through the hoops to score,” Harry recited. “So — that’s sort of like basketball on broomsticks with six hoops, isn’t it?” “What’s basketball?” said Wood curiously. “Never mind,” said Harry quickly.

Grace Jones

My mother was a champion high-jumper. My three brothers are basketball players. We've all been very athletic.

Michael Jordon may have been the best basketball player in history, but he couldn't have won six NBA titles without a team.

Nikki Blonsky

The only way you're going to get through life, happily, is being yourself.

Ndamukong Suh

Growing up, I always thought of Detroit as a basketball town because of the Pistons, but everyone says it's really, at its core, a football town.

Muhammad Ali

Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.

Muhammad Ali

Whether it's boxing, basketball, or badminton, one must be ready to succeed before entering the arena...long before the lights come up.

George Halas

What makes a good coach? Complete dedication.

Hakeem Olajuwon

I don't think Michael had to retire for us to get the spotlight, because when you win, it commands attention.

Hakeem Olajuwon

My life is very simple. I like simplicity and for my time to be my own, so that I have the freedom to devote the majority of it to Islam.

Hakeem Olajuwon

When I look at the system here and look at my position - not just as a basketball player, but when I look around me at the values of the people and the culture and compare them with the values of where I came from - I feel so blessed to be from Africa.

Hakeem Olajuwon

I've now been in this country for thirteen years, since I was seventeen. So this is my second home.

Hakeem Olajuwon

My type of basketball is about how to create space, how to maneuver, how to get your shot off.

Hakeem Olajuwon

I love fashion as much as I love basketball! It is a great joy for me to express myself through designing my own collection.

Hakeem Olajuwon

In many ways, my job in soccer was like my job in basketball now. I had to protect the goal. That was the name of the game, not letting the other team score.

Hakeem Olajuwon

Being from Africa is the best thing that could have ever, ever happened to me. I cannot see it any other way. All of my fundamental principles that were instilled in me in my home, from my childhood, are still with me.

Hakeem Olajuwon

Allah says in the Qur'an not to despise one another. So the criterion in Islam is not color or social status. It's who is most righteous. If I go to a mosque - and I'm a basketball player with money and prestige - if I go to a mosque and see an imam, I feel inferior. He's better than me. It's about knowledge.

Hakeem Olajuwon

Basketball is in my blood. It is my obligation to try.

Hakeem Olajuwon

When you get to that level, it's not a matter of talent anymore - because all the players are so talented - it's about preparation, about playing smart and making good decisions.

Greg Norman

Setting goals for your game is an art. The trick is in setting them at the right level - neither too low nor too high. A good goal should be lofty enough to inspire hard work, yet realistic enough to provide solid hope of attainment.

Jim Calhoun

We feel that the 2-2-1 press is a very effective means of controlling tempo and providing us with opportunities to capitalize on the mistakes of our opponents. At the same time we feel it is a very safe press because we work very hard at the necessary rotations.

Jim Calhoun

We stop practice every time we see one of our players not blocking out.

Jim Calhoun

...Basketball doesn't care what color your skin is. It doesn't care what language you speak or what religion you practice. It doesn't care if you're big or small, fast or slow. It just asks you to play, to complete, to lose with dignity, to win humility.