Famous Quotes & Sayings

Rick Barnes

I am obviously a better-looking guy than he is. If we play basketball he wasn't very good; but the reason he does all the loose-ball drills is because that's how he had to get on the court as a player. But if it got down to he and I playing, it won't be a rivalry. To have a rivalry you have got to split some games, and he would never win a game from me.

If Earl and Wayne have to go in and play I'm fine with that. Those two guys are good basketball players.

I feel he has good basketball character, or we wouldn't have done it. Basketball character is important, and basketball character starts with working and passing and caring about your teammates. I think he does those things. It wasn't an easy decision, but it was, I think, the right one for us.

Allen Iverson

I feel like everybody knows what is at stake. Everybody knows the importance of every game. We had a good meeting before the game in New York and I think it helped us out because it got us focusing on what we need to do as a basketball team.

James Dolan

I don't want to set a benchmark, but the great thing about sports and one thing I really like about basketball is, in the end, the truth comes out on the basketball floor, ... We shall see. I'll be right there with you guys watching the truth on the floor.

I don't want to go there. I can't look at that. They're good enough just by getting in passing lanes. We have a good basketball team, and we'll play another day.

I don't think we gambled as much as we normally do. Sometimes we try to make the home-run play, the special play, and tonight we just played a solid basketball game.

I don't think we can play anything less than perfect and expect to win this basketball game. Duke's a great team and it's a big challenge, but we're capable of doing it.

Richard Jefferson

He's one of the most intelligent basketball players I've been around. This was a great idea. It worked ? right in the nick of time. If he would have said it a minute-and-a-half later we would have lost the game.

He's one of the best shooters in college basketball and he's a clutch player. He rose to the occasion tonight like I knew he would.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Hes not a raw kind of talent. Hes got some sophistication to his basketball game, and I think he will progress quickly.

Hank Aaron

Consistency is what counts; you have to be able to do things over and over again.

Harvey Penick

I compare the pressure of a golf shot with making an extra point in basketball. The player starts from a full stop, and that rim doesn't move.

Jalen Rose

Larry Bird is like a basketball god to me for what he's done for my career.

Jalen Rose

Name 12 players better than me.

Jalen Rose

I'm a GM in fantasy basketball and I'm a GM on PlayStation, so on PlayStation I probably would have got a little more, but this is real life, so I don't know.

Iyanla Vanzant

I think as men begin to see things that address them, they will feel that they can relate. They can't relate to 'Basketball Wives,' 'Housewives of Atlanta.' I am not judging or criticizing those shows at all; what I am saying is the perspective is not necessarily the male perspective. 'Iyanla: Fix My Life' is inclusive of everyone.

Franz Beckenbauer

For example, Michael Jordan earns $100million a year but continues to play basketball and remains a modest human being.

Jim Caviezel

I was a basketball player. I'm a gym rat. I'm always in the gym playing.

Jerry West

Basketball came to me and for some reason it gave me an opportunity to live a life that I didn't dream possible. But it did let me live my dreams.

Jerry West

[The NBA] used to be a small band of basketball groupies. Now there are a lot more corporate-type people working in the league.

Jerry West

I don't really want to go into my problems with the team at the time except to say that no one's ever had to pay me to play basketball.

Jerry West

Anything can happen with hard work and dedication

Jerry West

When time is running out and the score is close, most players are thinking, I don't want to be the one to lose the game, but I'm thinking, What do I have to do to win?

Jerry West

Confidence is a lot of this game or any game. If you don't think you can, you won't.

Jerry West

Don't let talent get in way of team performance. Great players do what's outstanding for team, not what makes them stand out

Jermaine O'Neal

In college you learn about college

Jermaine O'Neal

If I can go to the U.S. Army and fight the war at 18 why can't you play basketball for 48 minutes?

Jermaine O'Neal

To represent the United States in international competition is special recognition that not many players receive and I am really looking forward to helping USA Basketball regain its status in international basketball.

Jermaine O'Neal

I know I'm a good person. I know I can play basketball.

Jerry Jones

Anybody involved in sports in Missouri knows it's a great sports state. It is a great sports state, particularly in basketball and baseball. Particularly. Not to demean football, but it's a baseball state and a basketball state.

Jeremy Lin

I get scared of a lot of attention. I get scared of the spotlight. And I'm not talking about on the basketball court.

Jeremy Lin

You don't get respect for being an Asian-American basketball player in the U.S.