Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bill Simmons

But that's the thing about basketball: you don't play games on paper.

Bill Simmons

One of my favorite things about basketball is that you can't break it down into some sort of science that makes total sense.

Bill Simmons

There's a tipping point that happens with soccer in which you just kinda get it. I was drawn to it because the best soccer teams play similarly to my favorite basketball teams - like the eighties Lakers or eighties Celtics - teams that emphasized teamwork over individualism and relied on passing as their biggest ongoing edge.

Carl Paladino

THESE ARE BEAUTIFUL PROPERTIES with basketball courts, bathroom facilities, toilet facilities. Many young people would love to get the hell out of cities

Arsenio Hall

I call Los Angeles the city of alternatives. If you don't like mountains, we got the ocean. If you don't like Knott's Berry Farm, we've got Disneyland. If you don't like basketball, we've got the Clippers.

Marcus Camby

I was actually underneath the basket looking up at it. It was 50-50.

Ashley Smith

I want to thank Texas Lutheran for the opportunity to coach the women's basketball program. I will miss the players, the coaches and the many people that make TLU a special place.

Jerry Stackhouse

I was able to get him (Davis) off balance. I think he might of thought I was going to raise up and I was able to get a good pull-up. I knew I didn't have enough time probably to get all the way to the basket because I kind of squared him up but it came right in the nick of time.

I want Tyson to do well. He's worked hard (in basketball). He deserves to have success. We miss him, but we understand.

I will not comment on the specifics of the ongoing search for the next Temple head men's basketball coach, but I can state emphatically that no candidate has been offered the position at this time.

Roy H. Williams

I will be surprised to see that because I think he's got a chance to play basketball for a long time. So unless he wants to try football at 35 or something like that ...

(I) Went to St. Paul Lutheran and started playing. I always had a basketball hoop in my room. When I got to where I could be on a team, I got on it right away.

Vince Carter

I was just trying to get to the basket and have the referees make the call,

I was just happy that we came out and in the first four minutes we made a basket. Last year we didn't make a basket for the first three minutes. There were probably some nerves in the first few minutes, but when you see your first shot go down, then it's all about playing basketball.

I was just glad we were able to hold onto the basketball as well as we did.

Vince Carter

I was just trying to take what the defense gave me and mix it up a little bit. If (the defender) was playing up on me, just trying to make him pay and go to the basket and get to the line.

Dick Vitale

I think they are a very dangerous basketball team, a team that could create a lot of problems.

I think the sky is the limit for him. He'll work harder this summer than he ever has worked because that's just the type of kid he is. He'll play more basketball this summer than he ever has.

Bo Ryan

I think the way people are talking about how we're going to be is very exciting, ... And If you're a basketball fan you want to ask, 'How's this guy going to look?'

I think the school became interested in building an all-around girls program. They had won only about three to five basketball games each season the previous three years.

I thought we were a soft basketball team tonight. Virginia was physically tougher than we were. When we had guys take the ball out of our hands, well, that's toughness. And that No. 11 kid, he played hard.

Just because we don't have a football team doesn't mean we don't have a good basketball team. I don't think you measure basketball teams the way you measure programs that have football teams. We've been able to measure up.

Just because they (Woodside) beat Hampton and we beat them doesn't mean that we beat Hampton. Tonight let us know there's a lot of basketball left to play.

Just a win feels great. We played a quality second-place team. This is the second second-place team we beat this year. Kaukauna was the other. The 400 wins just mean that I have had many hard working kids. I like to think that our kids are more of a blue-collar type. They may not be the best basketball players, but they give you 100 percent.

Jennifer ruled supreme under the basket tonight, which was where we called most of our plays. I thought that getting inside and clearing the boards were key.

Hubie Brown

Jason Williams is one of the most intelligent basketball guys I've ever seen,

John Jay

Jason needs to reaffirm his commitment to the Oregon State basketball program.

Scott Parker

Jarrod hit his stride the second time around in the league season. He definitely played his best basketball at the end of the season.

James makes us go. He's the triggerman on offense. He's a basketball junkie, and he plays extremely hard.

Jim Boyle gave me an opportunity to enter college basketball in 1985 and I will be forever grateful.

Kyle's a guy who doesn't get a lot of notoriety, but he does the little things that make a solid basketball team.

Steve Fisher

Kyle has been suspended for conduct detrimental to the team. He continues to be a member of our basketball program.

Largo has the toughest seven-girl basketball team I've seen this year. We knew we were going to have some problems, especially inside.