Famous Quotes & Sayings

Chris Bosh

People in general misunderstand me. I'm very aware of the stereotype that comes with being a basketball player. But I'm well-rounded. I'm cultured. It's funny: When I speak, people are like, "Wow! You can really talk." I'm like, "What did you expect?"

Chris Bosh

We didnt come out with any energy. We know were not good enough to let the game come to us. We have to come with high energy, play hard team basketball and do everything the right way. Coming into the season, we all knew we didnt have too much room for error.

Chris Brown

My personal life is the same. At the end of the day, this is just a job. I love what I do, and it's a great job. But it's like my alter ego. There's Chris Brown the singer. And there's Christopher Brown, the down-home Tappahannock boy that plays video games and basketball and hangs out.

Dave Barry

I haven't been able to slam-dunk the basketball for the past five years. Or, for the thirty-eight years before that, either.

David Sanborn

My name is on the thing, but the reality of it is, when I get up there on stage, I'm part of a band. I'm part of a unit. It's like a basketball team.

David Morse

In my first film, I was a basketball player. Like every good actor, I lied when they asked me if I could play.

Chad Harbach

Baseball is a team game but, at the same time, it's a very lonely game: unlike in soccer or basketball, where players roam around, in baseball everyone has their little plot of the field to tend. When the action comes to you, the spotlight is on you but no one can help you.

Catherine Bell

I've always been like that. I was a tomboy when I was a kid, so I was always playing baseball and basketball and football and stuff as a kid with the boys.

David Brin

Indeed, the maligned American pastime of baseball may be by-far the greatest and best sport by one criterion, when it comes to emulating and training for genuinely useful Neolithic skills! Think about it. The game consists of lots of patient waiting and watching (stalking), throwing with incredible accuracy and speed, sprinting, dodging... and hitting moving objects real hard with clubs! And arguing. Hey, what else could you possibly need? Now, tell me, how do soccer or basketball prepare you to survive in the wild, hm?

Bengie Molina

We [ me and brother] wanted to win at things like basketball games or baseball games, but off the field we never felt like we had to compete with each other.

Benicio Del Toro

I used to play basketball and I was pretty competitive, but I was never a bad loser. I never got angry. For me it was always about doing my best and devoting myself to a challenge.

Baron Davis

I just stopped liking basketball. And then you dribbling down the court and having the owner like cuss at you and call you an idiot. I didnt even look forward to coming to the games, and if the owner [Donald Sterling] came to the game, I definitely was not gonna have a good game because it was just like, how do you play when the main heckler in the gym is the owner of the team, and hes telling you how much he hates you and calling out your name?

Baron Davis

For me this was never a money issue, it was about being rich in your heart. To come home, and to be in the place where your dream first started, 15 minutes away from where my grandfather built my first basketball court, is a dream come true.

Derek Fisher

Basketball used to be my top priority.

Derek Fisher

I don't feel like basketball is the only way to make a living.

Derek Fisher

Life for me outweighs the game of basketball.

Derek Fisher

Fatherhood will put a man through a lot, but it's a tremendous job, the best in the world - even better than playing basketball.

Denis Leary

I wanted to be a hockey player. Where I grew up, the basketball courts were rarely used. I was terrible in school and actually said, 'I'm going to be a hockey player.'

Denis Leary

Where I grew up, the basketball courts were rarely used.

DeForest Soaries

When I was growing up, we used to play basketball in a park that was never shoveled when it snowed. The basketball rims were never fixed. And we understood then that there was a relationship between public policy and our quality of life.

We all have various ways of dropping in and getting connected to ourselves. For one person it might be playing basketball. It's a good way to get in touch with how they feel. For somebody else, it might be taking a walk.

Dick Bennett

What does this program/team need this week?

Dick Bennett

What you specifically teach is what your players will do best.

Dick Bennett

We teach offense 5-0/5-5 (whole method) and defense by part (1-1/3-3).

Dick Bennett

For us to be successful on defense, we must get back and stop the basketball, eliminate easy baskets, keep the ball out of the lane, and bother the shooters.

Dick Bennett

Players who are committed to the team first will find a way to help when things are going bad, they will do whatever it takes. Kids that are more into themselves will not do that. They will take care of themselves and get more individual when things are tough.

Dick Bennett

Most of my learning and philosophy regarding coaching basketball was developed after great frustration.

Dick Bennett

I concluded some time ago that a major part of success of a team, or of an individual, has a great deal to do with the intangible qualities possessed. The real key is in how a person see himself (humility), how he feels about what he does (passion), how he works with others (unity), how he makes others better (servanthood), and how he deals with frustration and success, truly learning from each situations (thankfulness). I believe those concepts are the essence of a good player, team, coach, or individual in any capacity in life.

Dick Bennett

Practice to beat the best.

Dick Bennett

We cannot accept in victory what we would not accept in defeat.

Dick Ebersol

You want to do Olympics just like you do a pro football game or a basketball game? Be my guest. Watch it all fade away.

Chamique Holdsclaw

I just play basketball. I'm athletic. Skinny but strong, tall but quick.

Chamique Holdsclaw

My teammates know I'm down to earth. I'll joke with them. But when it comes to basketball, I try to be serious about it.