Famous Quotes & Sayings

Tiger Woods

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.

Reggie Miller

I've always considered myself a crunch-time player. I just love having the ball in my hands. Everyone in the arena knows the ball is supposed to be in your hands and you still make it. It's the odds. I love the odds.

Tom Izzo

Today's society wants to skip the process. And I hate that

Tom Izzo

We want men here, not just players. Players are a dime a dozen

Tom Izzo

Discipline is the greatest form of love you can show someone. Great players crave discipline

Tom Izzo

We are in the trophy generation.Give them a trophy for 23rd place.That makes the parents happy

Tom Izzo

I haven't always recruited for the best talent. I've taken a few guys who would fit for different reasons. Leadership. Toughness

Rebecca Lobo

My goals have gone from being an all-star to just being able to play basketball. I always took for granted that I could play. Now I know what a gift it is.

Rebecca Lobo

Basketball is always a piece of my life, but never the centerpiece.

Vin Scully

We survive our way through basketball hoping the #‎ Lakers will survive and we hope for the #‎ Kings and for the #‎ Ducks and we want them all to succeed but if you are a true fan and especially if you are a #‎ Dodgers fan deep down inside you are saying please get out of the way, get off the stage, here come the DODGERS!

Vince Carter

Everybody is different. Everybody has different styles. Just do it the best way you know how.

Victor Cruz

Sometimes on the basketball court or on the football field, you enter this place called 'The Zone.' You're not supposed to acknowledge when you're in 'The Zone,' but when you are, you simply cannot be stopped.

Rick Majerus

I started wearing glasses last season but they're only for basketball games and dirty movies.

Rick Majerus

Most lay-ups and two foot jump shots around the goal are missed by not putting the ball up high enough on the backboard

Rick Majerus

Great shooters are one dribble guys.

Rick Majerus

Pro basketball is a very mercenary endeavor.

Rick Majerus

My players on defense must have a hand-up on every shot. If not, they run sprints.

Rick Majerus

Switch if you have to! It's not the mismatch that beats you, it's the open shot!

Rick Majerus

You must have a passion to coach.

Rick Majerus

If you want to have a lot of success, you need to have a lot of failure

Rick Majerus

The mismatch is not what gets you beat. What gets you beat is giving up the uncontested, open shot.

Rick Majerus

Blocking out is everyday, every drill, all the time. We run sprints every time someone does not blockout.

Rick Majerus

To win the big games you must get to the Free Throw line, and then you must make them.

Rick Majerus

One of the biggest reasons I like coaching college ball is the kids. I feel I can impact players lives

Rick Majerus

Those to whom defense is not important will have the best seat in the game

Tom Robbins

You know what the game of golf is, don't you? It's basketball for people who can't jump and chess for people who can't think.

Tom Landry

Perhaps the toughest call for a coach is weighing what is best for an individual against what is best for the team. Keeping a player on the roster just because I liked him personally, or even because of his great contributions to the team in the past, when I felt some one else could do more for the team would be a disservice to the team's goals.

Tom Landry

There's a misconception about teamwork. Teamwork is the ability to have different thoughts about things; it's the ability to argue and stand up and say loud and strong what you feel. But in the end, it's also the ability to adjust to what is the best for the team.

Tony Gonzalez

Football comes naturally to me, but basketball is a challenge, that's why I like it so much.

Tony Gonzalez

Given a full summer to practice basketball, and especially my jump shot, I know that I could play in the NBA and do well.

Toni Kukoc

One score makes happy ONE player, one assist makes happy TWO.

Tommy Tune

I liked the choreography, but I didn't care for the costumes.

Steve Harvey

I don't have much of an attention span for TV - I nod off during the basketball playoffs - but when I watch 'Game of Thrones' on On Demand, I'm glued to the set. It's mystical and addictive. Tyrion Lannister, that's my man.