Famous Quotes & Sayings

I don't know if anyone's ever had three brothers score in a game. Jonah will be a great player for Braham basketball someday.

I don't know if anybody's shocked. We felt they were going to be a pretty good basketball team and maybe were being undersold a little bit in the preseason.

Katie Smith

I don't know how you explain it other than to say that basketball is a funny game and sometimes a team just has another team's number. I'm sure you're going to see them come out and get after us pretty hard though. They've been playing great basketball all season.

I don't know if it's when they're young they don't know any better, and you hope they don't ever know any better. She is really mature in a basketball sense. She knows she needs to take it to the hole.

Jim Calhoun

I don't know if there is another player as complete or as poised all the time with the basketball. Bottom line is that he's a terrific basketball player.

I didn't even know the Armory had a basketball floor before this team. I went to a concert there and that was pretty cool. Maybe we can put on a show.

I didn't know how he would develop. He didn't really have a jump shot. He was efficient around the basket but was getting pushed around a lot.

Jason Richardson

I didn't realize how far I was from the basket when I got the ball. I was surprised that I was that wide open.

Jack LaLanne

I tell people that the scales lie. You may have played basketball and weighed 175 pounds, with a 30-inch waist, back when you were in college. And you may still weigh 175 at 55. But you probably have a 35-inch waist and you've probably lost 30 or 40 pounds of muscle -- and gained 30 or 40 pounds of fat. The tape measure doesn't lie. Get that tape measure out and put it on your hips and your waist. Keep checking it. And keep exercising and cutting those calories down until that tape measure gets close to where you were in your prime.

Ira Glass

I played no sports well. Because I was a boy in the United States Of America, I was forced into Little League and played horrible Little League baseball, and played football and basketball in school situations where I was forced to.

Jack Nicklaus

My workout was playing other sports and I always played tennis, football, basketball, threw a baseball - I was always doing something to keep me active. That's how I kept my body going.

Jack Nicklaus

I played in a basketball league until I was 40 years old. I played every Monday night and the guys would say, "You take him out, and you'll see us afterwards."

Jack Nicholson

I've always thought basketball was the best sport, although it wasn't the sport I was best at. It was just the most fun to watch.

J. Cole

I want people to follow their dreams, yes but I'm not interested in telling young black kids how to be rappers I want to show them that there's so many other paths you can take, besides a rapper or basketball player.

J. Cole

I begged my mom for a beat machine, she spent a crazy amount of money - so there were no more Christmases, no more basketball camps, no more birthday gifts. I always knew that's what I wanted to do.

J. Cole

I'm not gonna be bad at anything, and I want to actually be the best at anything I'm doing. So if I'm playing basketball, if I'm taking the SATs, like, there's a competitive spirit behind it. With production, it's the same thing.

J. B. Smoove

If a director brings a guy to their movie who does improv, they've got to let him do what he does - otherwise it's like bringing Michael Jordan to your basketball team and telling him to just pass the ball and don't shoot.

Harold Ford, Jr.

I either run or try to play basketball every day.

Gregg Popovich

In Phil's case, I was personally thrilled he came back, because I think it's huge for the league. When you think about what he's done and how many championships he's won, there's always drama when he comes back in.

Gregg Popovich

Timmy, he's the beginning of it. He doesn't have to be the end all the time now.

Gregg Popovich

You have to make shots to win basketball games and we didn't do that. You also have to get back on defense, so it was a double-whammy.

Gregg Popovich

A reporter started off: "I know a lot of this is kind of speculation." Popovich interupting: "You're going to ask me anyway." Reporter: "And you're going to shoot it down." Popovich replied: "Next question."

Gregg Popovich

I asked them if it wasn't too much trouble, if I wasn't being too pushy, if they could execute what we were trying to do. And if it didn't make them too angry, if they also wanted to play some defense on the other end, that would be great.

Gregg Popovich

Stop by stop by stop. Play aggressively. Sprint back on 'D' and pay attention to how we're supposed to guard as a team

Gregg Popovich

Basketball is a pretty simple game. What wins is consistency and competitiveness.

Gregg Popovich

'Play the right way' means play unselfishly, respect each other's achievements, play hard, fulfill your role

Gregg Popovich

We would have two less championships here if it was not for Manu Ginobili. In my eyes, he's the stud of the world.

Gregg Popovich

No one is bigger than the team. If you can't do things our way, you're not getting time here and we don't care who you are

Gregg Popovich

It's not about any one person. You've got to get over yourself and realize that it takes a group to get this thing done

Gregg Popovich

We believe in people executing their role and caring about the team more than anything individually

Gregg Popovich

I can't make every decision for you. I don't have 14 timeouts. You guys got to get together and talk

He's someone who can really pass the basketball and can score it and make his teammates better around him. We're really excited to finish the six recruits off with him being the last piece of the puzzle.

He's the best freshman basketball player in the state. He's our quiet storm. He just goes out there every game and gets the job done with a lot of fanfare.