Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Updike

There was a beauty here bigger than the hurtling beauty of basketball, a beauty refined from country pastures, a game of solitariness, of waiting, waiting for the pitcher to complete his gaze toward first base and throw his lightning, a game whose very taste, of spit and dust and grass and sweat and leather and sun, was America.

Mark Teixeira

It's just about being in the zone, in any sport, be it football, basketball or baseball.

Peyton Manning

You can play pickup basketball, but you can't really re-create football.

Penny Marshall

I live in L.A., so I go to basketball games. But I love baseball.

Megan McCafferty

Hornergy' is Zen's term for the indomitable athletic edge powered by sexual restraint. The basketball, baseball and football teams haven't had a winning season in years. The table-tennis team, however, is undefeated.

Megan Fox

Well let me tell you what [High School Musical] is really about. High School Musical is about this group of boys who are all being molested by the basketball coach, who is Zac Efron's dad. It's about them struggling to cope with this molestation. And they have these little girlfriends, who are their beards. Oh, and somehow there's music involved. You have to get stoned to watch it.

Pat Summitt

You could put our entire basketball team and our entire coaching staff in one room, and she has more poise and more composure than any of us. It shows up on the court. I could be about to lose my mind and she's just calm.

You circle 'em up. That's the nature of the beast, especially in Baton Rouge. It starts with football, goes right through basketball and to baseball. You're expected to win every one. Until you experience it, with a lot of the younger guys, it happens too fast.

Pat Summitt

You can't win a basketball game in the first half, but you can lose one. We just dug ourselves too big a hole.

You can't teach 6-6 and good hands. Jason is 6-6 with good hands and long arms. The first time we shot a lot of threes and we were determined to go to the basket more. He changed a lot of our shots.

You can't play one half of basketball and expect to win. You can't spot a team a 20-point lead. I'm going to have to decide whether we want to play the same people. The team we put out there tonight didn't want to play. If they don't want to play, we have to put someone else out there that does.

You can practice and get ready for a team like this. They do so much well. You can scout and look at film and talk about it and practice . . . they are a quality basketball team. I think they could beat some college teams.

You can only blame yourself when you mess up. In basketball, it's a team effort. Everyone is together for a win or a loss. In swimming, you get to see how much you've improved.

Rick Barnes

The major reason for our score is we had four of our five seniors leave school early last year to chase their dream of playing professionally. I'm not sure the score is a true reflection to the commitment and success we've had when it comes to education in our basketball program.

The kids aren't quitting. They are not going to lay down for any reason. There is a lot of basketball to be played. We need to take one game at a time and don't look too far ahead.

The kid is playing at a phenomenal level. And they really don't know about him. I don't know if it's because if you're not at the top of the league or whatever. ... He is in my estimation the most underrated basketball player, not just guard but player, in the country.

Their athleticism was tremendous. We had no chance to rebound tonight. We forced 28 turnovers, but we weren't able to finish shots in transition. I think 76 points is enough to win a college basketball game, but we couldn't stop them.

The ingredients of a good basketball team are here. We have size, shooters and athletes. What people don't really see is the behind-the-scenes stuff. I don't think that we ever totally jelled as a group.

The two toughest things in high school basketball are handling backcourt pressure and getting the offense started. If you don't have a good point guard, you're going to have trouble with both.

These guys are professional guys and they're all professional basketball players so we should expect to play well and play hard.

Jay Wright

These guys - Allan, Randy, Kyle, Mike even - they're tough kids. They enjoy rebounding. They enjoy being basketball players, not just guards that stand out on the perimeter.

These girls are good athletes, not just good basketball players. We usually start slow in December. Things fell into place and we started to play good basketball.

These games are one last chance for us to entertain a crowd. It's a lot different than the serious basketball we played our whole careers at Kentucky. This is fun.

This is not a basketball issue. At this time in his life, being closer to home will hopefully enable Micah to resolve some of his issues.

This is national. . . . I think it makes a statement about what kind of basketball is played in this state. He's earned every penny.

This is my last season of basketball in high school and I didn't want to go down early in the playoffs. Each one of our teams has been different, and this year it's been more of a team effort.

Jim Calhoun

This is my favorite time of the year. I love it. I just hope we come out and play the best basketball possible. Win and advance: that's all we think about. It's one game at a time. We don't talk at all about Indianapolis or Washington, D.C.

This has been the toughest week of basketball since I have been here. It is hard to move forward knowing that we have these past couple of losses. We played a lot better today than we did at Baylor, but we just didn't finish the game.

Tim Thomas

This is a great situation. To come right in and play heavy minutes, and now we're trying to make this push in the playoffs, it's the best situation to be in. Basketball is definitely fun again.

This is a great opportunity for me, ... I'm fortunate to have an opportunity to learn more about the game and continue my basketball knowledge.

Nastia Liukin

If you are afraid of failure, you don't deserve success.

Miranda Kerr

As a child, I was very active. I was a gymnast, I played touch football, netball and basketball. When I was 16 years old, I started yoga. I started working out at an early age.

Mike McConathy

Building relationships is the key for being happy as a coach. Players must want to play for you. If they are comfortable with you, they will work hard for you.