Famous Quotes & Sayings

James Naismith

The invention of basketball was not an accident. It was developed to meet a need.

James Naismith

Basketball is a pure invention,

James Naismith

Basketball doesn't build character it reveals it.

James Naismith

Basketball really had its origin in Indiana, which remains the center of the sport.

James Lafferty

The cast gets along pretty well, it's a good work environment. I hang out a lot with Brett Claywell, he plays Tim Smith on the show. We play plenty of basketball

Joe Gibbs

I had a basketball net that my dad had put up outside. I went out there and dribbled all day long. I wanted to play basketball. Then Id go baseball, and then Id go to football. I remember playing football in a plowed field. I grew up going from one thing to the next wanting to play something.

Joe Gibbs

Look for players with character and ability. But remember, character comes first.

Joe Gibbs

People who enjoy what they do, invariably do it well.

Jim Larranaga

Just remember, their fans think their players are supermen. We'll we're the kryptonite, and we're going to win.

Eric Snow

I haven't seen one guy beat five people yet. It needs to be done collectively.

Eric Musselman

At the end of the day, no matter how well you score, you've got to be able to stop people

Eric Davis

I could've played basketball, but my mind was on baseball. I didn't know what I was in for. In high school it was a matter of talent. No one told you what to do.

Heidi Klum

I like basketball, and I've been to three games, which is so much more fun than seeing it on TV, I think.

Heidi Klum

Nowadays children look at everyone in the magazines and they want to be a basketball star or on a television show, but there is only so many people who can do those things and not that you shouldn't aim or dream for these things, but there are so many other fantastic jobs. So it's good to talk about how to get there and how difficult it is to get there.

Jimmy Connors

It was okay for Wayne Gretzky's dad, for instance, to give him a hockey stick, or Joe Montana's dad to give him a football, or Larry Bird's dad to give him a basketball, but it wasn't okay for Gloria Connors to give her son a tennis racquet.

Jimmy Connors

Back in East St. Louis, tennis wasn't the real thing. If you weren't playing baseball, basketball, football, you were kind of on the outside.

Jimmy Connors

Tennis was always there for me, which was lucky. I would go play baseball, basketball, football, hang with my brother, do whatever, and at the end of the day I'd come back and say, 'Hey, Mom, would you hit 15 minutes worth of balls with me?'

Jim Nantz

The 'mecca of college basketball is in Storrs, Connecticut.

Jim Sensenbrenner

Football, basketball, and the Olympic sports all have their problems with banned substances.

George Lucas

If America is the pursuit of happiness, the best way to pursue happiness is to help other people.

George Karl

Just because we play in the NBA or coach in the NBA doesn't mean we are not human. We are supermen. For me, getting shot is scary.

George Karl

When your best player puts it on the line every day, the other guys can't cut corners

George Karl

Everyday we are going to fight lazy and soft. It's completely unacceptable. You have to be demanding

George Karl

I would never predict a run like that. Last season, that's beyond reality. I think we can go 25-14. I think we can play 10 games over .500, even more than (that) over .500, and that would be a great run. Any time you go 30-15 or something like that, that's pretty incredible basketball.

Emily Rios

I would love to have a conversation with you when we're working, and if I'm at a basketball game, I'll probably talk to everyone there. That's different. But on the outside world, if I don't know you and you don't know me, I probably cannot sit there and have a conversation.

Jimmy Fallon

After Michael Jordan recently criticized President Obama's golf game, Obama responded by saying that Jordan should spend more time thinking about his basketball team, the Charlotte Hornets. Then Jordan said, 'Do you really want to talk about whose team got crushed this week?'

John Cullum

I sing the Star Spangled Banner, so I can get into football, basketball and baseball games for free.

Joel Osteen

I like sports, and I enjoy playing basketball and lifting weights.

Linda Ellerbee

It's not just the cheerleading thing I have a problem with, it's the whole jock enchilada. I'm all for a good game of basketball in teh driveway or a killer bike ride. But when there's tackling and grunting involved-- no thanks.

Lil Wayne

They say I couldn't play football, I was too small. They say I couldn't play basketball, I wasn't tall. They say I couldn't play baseball at all and now everyday of my life, I ball.

Leslie Nielsen

I like my sex the way I play basketball, one on one with as little dribbling as possible.

Lee Trevino

Michael Jordan was a tremendous basketball player.

Lauren Jackson

I can't even begin to explain how important it is to all the people who have been involved in our program, and built it to where it is today. I can't believe we won. I can't believe we have the gold medal.