Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bill Parcells

You can easily separate 'team guys' from 'me guys' by how they accept coaching. The guys that accept it are about winning

Bill Parcells

A team divided against itself can break down at any moment. The least bit of pressure or adversity will crack it apart

Bill Laimbeer

I don't play them a lot of minutes. I have great starters. I have All-Stars, world champions.

Bill Laimbeer

I played in Joe Louis in a playoff game. I played there when the roof caved in for half a season. The facility is great for basketball because it goes straight up, so you feel like the fans are on top of you.

Bill Laimbeer

I thought we were aggressive across the board defensively, and you could just see it grow. As the game went along, you could see the confidence grow. It showed in the fourth quarter.

Bill Laimbeer

It's not tough at all as long as the fans are yelling, screaming and hollering.

Bill Laimbeer

There was nothing magical that the coaching staff did. This is about the players.

Bill Laimbeer

They scored 26 points in three quarters. That's solid defense.

Bill Laimbeer

We came in today with a chip on our shoulder to prove who we are.

Bill Laimbeer

We joke around a lot with our ballclub.

Bill Laimbeer

We were able to get after the rebounds. We were able to control the paint. We were able to be physical down there.

Bill Laimbeer

What I've talked about the entire series and throughout this playoffs is about intensity and effort, desire and will of our players.

Bill Laimbeer

The players have to come and play. Today we did.

Bill Laimbeer

That's how we like to play basketball, is be physical down there in the paint and force teams to the perimeter.

Bill Laimbeer

The Finals are about a test of wills.

Edward Hirsch

A hook shot kisses the rim and hangs there, helplessly, but doesn't drop and for once our gangly starting center boxes out his man and times his jump perfectly, gathering the orange leather/from the air like a cherished possession.

Eddie Murphy

It is as big a mistake to turn down a good shot as it is to take a bad one

Eddie Murphy

In the original script, my character was a basketball player rather than a boxer. I didn't think I could pull that off. I'm a little short to be a basketball player!

Ed Bradley

I had no experience with broadcasting basketball games, so I took a tape recorder and went to a playground where there was a summer league, and I stood up in the top of the stands and I called the game.

David Robinson

Defense is what matters. Scoring doesn't interest me.

David Robinson

Basketball is just something else to do, another facet of life. I'm going to be a success at whatever I choose because of my preparation. By the time the game starts, the outcome has been decided. I never think about having a bad game because I have prepared.

David Robinson

You're always going to face criticism, you're always going to face challenges, but those things are there to make you stronger and more committed.

She can score, she can rebound, she can play the point. Literally, she could play any position. ... She brings that element off the bench that can do all the dirty work, and she's got a lot of basketball smarts.

She has a lot of basketball knowledge. She played pretty decent defense early, but by the end of the year she was pretty solid defensively. It's nice to know that we have someone that is a true point guard.

She has just been a blessing to the program. Not only is she a fine basketball player, she's also a tremendous person in the sense that she's a team player, an outstanding student, and someone who is important to the program because of the example she sets for the younger players.

She beat me pretty good. That was the first time I saw her with a basketball in her hands. I quickly learned how well she could shoot the ball.

Kevin Anderson

Six or seven months ago, I didn't think I'd be up here talking about a new basketball coach.

Chris Walker

Six months of basketball for this opportunity. You can't even put words on how it feels.

Since she and coach (Bert) McLaughlin got there, they have been a basketball program. Before, you never had to scout them. In the last four years, they have turned into a force you had to worry about. She showed the way for the rest of them.

Sir-Lee was the difference. When he gets hot shooting the basketball like that, he's an awfully good basketball player.

She's a hard worker. She's playing basketball all the time. I see great things coming from her next year. Next year the challenge is that they will be keying on her.

She's a great player. She's a great basketball player, too.

She's a great kid. She played an important role for us. She'll still play a role, it just won't be with the basketball in her hands on the floor. It's really unfortunate.