Quotes about basket
basketball home play
I play basketball probably four to five days a week when I'm back home. Josh Hutcherson
basketball warfare human-nature
Alexander Hamilton realized that warfare was part and parcel of human nature, and it's something we had to prepare for. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
basketball memorable boston
My most memorable moment came in 1985 as we beat the Boston Celtics.
basketball athlete equality
Jackie Robinson, as an athlete and as someone who was trying to make a stand for equality, he was exemplary.
basketball player years
It's hard for young players to see the big picture. They just see three or four years down the road.
basketball careers games
The game has basically not changed since I ended my career.
basketball winning play
You can't win if you don't play as a unit.
basketball hard-work two
I've had enough success for two lifetimes, My success is talent put together with hard work and luck.
basketball stars hip-hop
We want to show how hip-hop, which kind of fuels today's basketball stars, is directly related to jazz.
basketball player thinking
He doesn't necessarily have to learn the sky hook. He just has to learn how to be an effective post player. I think I can help him do that.
basketball eye player
But people don't know if I can teach the game. I know I can. My experience in Oklahoma was positive. It opened my eyes to how the game is played - the interaction among players, fans and media, how all that works. You have to know about the business of the game and how the actions of players and coaches affect the business. I think I have it down now.
basketball athlete black
Either because I was an athlete or because I was black - probably both - there seemed to be a clear assumption that I wouldn't be up to the work.
basketball sports yoga
Basketball is an endurance sport, and you have to learn to control your breath; that's the essence of yoga, too. So, I consciously began using yoga techniques in my practice and playing. I think yoga helped reduce the number and severity of injuries I suffered. As preventative medicine, it's unequaled.
basketball children thinking
I'm still my parent's child, I'm still me, but I made a choice. I evolved into Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. I think it has to do with evolution.
basketball disappear
I'm not going to disappear.
basketball mother fifty
My mother had to send me to the movies with my birth certificate, so that I wouldn't have to pay the extra fifty cents that the adults had to pay.
basketball spiritual political
My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement.
basketball loyalty patriotic
I felt that a number of people might have questioned my loyalty, but I continue to be a patriotic American.
basketball ideas people
Black people don't have an accurate idea of their history, which has been either suppressed or distorted.
basketball boys race
I feel that there has been progress made since I was a boy on matters of race, but we have a long way to go.
basketball transition difficult
The transition was difficult. It's hard to stop something that you've enjoyed and that has been very rewarding.
basketball cheating thinking
In athletics there's always been a willingness to cheat if it looks like you're not cheating. I think that's just a quirk of human nature.
basketball thinking nba
I think the NBA will certainly survive without Michael Jordan.
basketball player thinking
I think the NBA players have to be held accountable in a reasonable way, just like any other professionals.
basketball thinking black
I think black Americans expect too much from individual black Americans in terms of changing the status quo.
basketball jazz mainstream
I listen to jazz mainly. Mainstream jazz.
basketball successful scripts
I hope to be involved in a successful movie script.
basketball school opportunity
I have been coaching recently. I coached high school basketball in Arizona, and I hope that more opportunities become available.
basketball lakers fans
The Lakers fans have been great, even folks in the supermarket are welcoming me back!
basketball games expansion
The constant expansion has diluted the talent. Other than that, it's still the same game.
basketball thinking ideas
The disconnect lasted too long. I think people got the idea I was sullen and couldn't communicate, which wasn't true.
basketball sports people
The Lakers were able to maintain a certain level of talent and success, and so were the Celtics. It became part of people's sports lore.
basketball years eight
The rivalry between the Lakers and Celtics endured for about eight years, and the interest grew each year.