Famous Quotes & Sayings

Dick Bennett

I love good basketball and I haven't been seeing it in my team. If I am to end it this year, I just want my team to go out playing good ball.

Sanaa Lathan

I love making movies. I love the fact that movies are forever. When I'm 80, my grandkids can see me in Love and Basketball and in Brown Sugar.

I'm sure Xavier wants another shot at us, too. I think it's going to be a great basketball game and a great atmosphere.

I'm thrilled and excited and at the same time very proud to represent Duquesne University as the head basketball coach. Having grown up in this area, I am very familiar with Duquesne and its tradition of success.

Bill Russell

I had signed a letter of intent to go to a college near by home in Pittsburg, Kan., on a basketball scholarship, but Monty and scout John Keenan convinced me to sign with the Dodgers. It was the right move, for sure,

I never had had a basketball in my hand.

I never had a doubt she would go. I know how much she loves this team and how much basketball means to her so I just can't imagine she would ever go.

I never really thought about coaching when I was playing with him. He prepared me for what laid ahead. I found myself in the gym with the girls, running through some of the same drills. The principles he taught me about basketball helped me greatly.

I'm very proud of all of them. They helped put Harlan (girls) basketball back on the map ... a place it hasn't been in a while.

I'm very pleased with how we've started the season and how the girls are playing. But our next four games are going to tell us a lot. We're going to run into some very good basketball teams. I think we'll know more about our future by the end of next week. But so far, I couldn't be happier how the girls are playing.

I'm very proud of our basketball team. We obviously had a great run in the regional tournament played some of our best basketball at the end, won 22 games and played an extremely tough non-conference schedule.

I'm very proud of our basketball team. We did a lot of things that gave us a chance to win the basketball game. We just got beat by a great team on a great shot.

I'm very happy and proud for them because they've been model citizens. They keep our 100 percent graduation rate intact. But more than anything they're fine people. They're good basketball players, but I'm most proud of the fact that they have helped us move our program forward. Their last home game will be something to remember.

I'm very fired up about Greg beginning to get it. When Greg plays with confidence, he is a very good basketball player.

I'm used to basketball being a rough sport. This year it did get more difficult and I had more girls coming at me. It's something that you get used to and you have to deal with, and there's nothing you can do about it.

I never dreamed we'd have a basketball score. We knew (East St. Louis) had athletes, but their speed makes them big-time people. We were trying not to let the game become a track meet, but that's what it turned into.

I'm thankful that both of these guys are going to graduate. It's been a blessing to have each of them ? Deke for two years and Kellen for four ? in our basketball program.

Eddie Jordan

I'm not surprised at all. He's a basketball junkie. He loves to play and he loves to hit you with daggers. That's what he is.

I'm not sure we were all focused and on the same page. That's not Bears basketball we played tonight. I think this was just an off night.

Phil Jackson

I'm not the panacea for this basketball club, ... It's going to take plenty of hard work and dedication over the course of the summer to change the face of this team.

Chris Paul

I'm not surprised. Charlie has been this great of a basketball player since we were in high school. He can dribble the ball up the court, pass, shoot -- everything.

Sarunas Jasikevicius

I'm not worried; it's something everybody goes through. I'll be fine. It's not the first time that I've been in this situation. The thing that matters to me is that the team is playing good basketball and we're turning things around now.

Bruce Williams

I'm hopeful for Gabi to have either in- or out-of-state college basketball opportunities. It would be a shame if other coaches don't get to see what she has to offer.

I'm happy with that. But we're a good basketball team. It never should have gotten to 20. It should have been four and then when we make our run, we get ahead.

Billy Donovan

I'm happy for Jordan. He's gotten a lot better as a basketball player, as I knew he would. He's a hard-working kid.

Curtis Brown

I love football, but basketball is my favorite sport. All the scholarship offers I received were for football, so I decided I am gonna have to try to walk-on and be a two-sport athlete.

James Jones

I like the way they play. They get up and down the floor, which is something I like. But more importantly, I feel like I can play anywhere. I consider myself a basketball player that can do a number of different things.

I like the way she is around basketball players, men or women.

I'm blown away by 19 assists on 20 baskets. That's basketball the way it was meant to be played.

I'm beginning to understand it more and more watching her and talking to the coaches. There are a lot of similarities to basketball as far as setting screens and getting open. Paris really likes playing lacrosse.

Bernie Bickerstaff

If there's something worthy and makes a difference in your basketball team, you have to have the flexibility to do it. That's where we are.

Jay Wright

I know that wasn't a pretty game, but it was a great basketball game. That was two teams playing with a lot of heart.

I know that this announcement in the college basketball world is shocking. But I know, and I have all the confidence, that it is the right decision. I know it's the right decision for me.