Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jason Kidd

I'm a football guy at heart; maybe I should have played football for a living instead, because I play a lot of football videogames, I'm really into them.

Jason Kidd

If there wasn't any business and it was just strictly basketball, then there would be no issue, it would probably be done by now. But the team has to protect.

Jason Kidd

I think that realistically we can shoot for the title this year. If we stay healthy and be persistent throughout the season, I think we have good chance to go all the way.

Jason Kidd

I also play a little bit of Tiger Woods once in awhile. Get on the golf course there, and pretend that I'm beating him.

Jason Kidd

Winning is the best deodorant.

Jason Kidd

...and that's what separates the professionals from the taxpayers

Jason Kidd

I've got to play free agency out, and I've got to look at all of my options.

Jason Kidd

I think we're going in the right direction.

Jason Kidd

When I was a little kid I used to play with guys twice my age, so, I was the last one picked, so if I picked I knew that I had to get the ball to the scorer if I wanted to stay on the court, so that was pretty much my job.

Jason Kidd

There are many really good teams in our conference this season. Miami, Indiana and Detroit will be our fiercest opponents this year. But we just have to focus on our game and be patient with the realistic hope that we'll be on top after all is said and done.

Jason Kidd

There's always room for improvement. We have a nucleus that's pretty good. You want players that will help.

Jason Kidd

Yeah, I play a lot of their games. Going way back to Bulls vs. Lakers to the later Live stuff, I go at it quite a bit. More than anything tough, I play Madden.

Jason Kidd

I have had some bad shooting games but that doesn't stop me from getting the ball to my teammates

Jason Kidd

Yeah, I'm excited about it, my teammates are telling me to look at the basket, so that's what I'm trying to do.

Jason Kidd

Hard work does pay, and you just have to continue to work, and you got two guys, when you're talking about Gary and myself, we have a God-given talent, but we worked at it and we're happy to be where we are today.

Jason Kidd

Championship teams are built on being prepared, playing unselfishly and being held accountable

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.

Rudy Carpenter

Before the game, I just felt good. I was getting off the bus and told the coaches that if this was a basketball game, I could score 50 points.

Chase has really just come into his own this year. If it's possible, he even got a step faster this year. Chase is one of the more natural basketball players I've coached.

Championship-level players play big in big games. And you can't go 20-0 without a great group of basketball players.

Chamberlain is a great team with intelligent basketball players. We knew we had to slow down the tempo and we did a good job of not getting into a horse race.

Charlie's been a guy all year long who has made plays for us. Whether that's been on defense with a blocked shot, or getting a rebound or scoring, he's one of those good basketball players who make plays.

Jerry Colangelo

By selecting Rudy, we are getting someone who brings impressive credentials. His accomplishments as a NBA player, NBA head coach and as a USA Basketball head coach are tremendous.

Hopefully it does. I don't think it's going to hurt because if you are a basketball player or in the family of a basketball player, you will go and see these kind of movies.

Hopefully, he'll get out there and find out it can be a basketball town. He should have an announcement by Wednesday.

Holy Cross outplayed us and they deserved to beat us. Until we prove we can play a full 32 minutes of basketball I don't think anything is a certainty.