Famous Quotes & Sayings

Morgan Wootten

True basketball coaches are great teachers and you do not humiliate, you do not physically go after, you do not push or shove, you do not berate, if you are a true coach. If you humiliate or curse them, that won't do it. Coaches like that are not coaches.

Morgan Wootten

Basketball is a game and their primary reason for participating in the sport is simply for the pleasure they experience while playing. Don't be afraid to lose. Have fun while you're busy playing hard and playing smart.

Lisa Leslie

I have 'the first' attached to my name in a whole lot of different aspects when it comes to the sport of basketball.

Lisa Leslie

When I watch kids play basketball, they don't know how to think the game. They know what it should look like, but they don't know why.

Lisa Leslie

The one thing I learned about myself going back and watching tapes of all the losses that we've had is that I'm physically capable of doing this and dominating the game, but the mental part was not there. I don't know if it comes with age, but I had to learn to be mentally tough.

Lisa Leslie

I'm a better and more educated person because of basketball.

John Updike

I once did something right. I played first-rate basketball. I really did. And after you're first-rate at something, no matter what, it kind of takes the kick out of being second-rate.

John Updike

There was a beauty here bigger than the hurtling beauty of basketball, a beauty refined from country pastures, a game of solitariness, of waiting, waiting for the pitcher to complete his gaze toward first base and throw his lightning, a game whose very taste, of spit and dust and grass and sweat and leather and sun, was America.

James Harden

Being named as a finalist for the USA Basketball National Team is an unbelievable feeling and an opportunity that is truly humbling. It is an honor to be included with such talented players and I look forward to the chance to represent my country this summer.

Lamorne Morris

I'm a big sports fan - mainly basketball.

LaMarcus Aldridge

I've always been a workout type guy. So if I'm feeling down or I'm not happy with something, I go to the gym and I get a shot of energy. If things don't go well in any aspect of my life, I'm going to the gym and I'm going to shoot. That's my one type of place that's a safe haven where I go and it's just me, the basketball and the hoop, and I'm just doing something I love to do.

Lamar Odom

There was a possibility I could have been out of the NBA. It's taught me something that was a little deeper than basketball. I'm talking about life decisions.

Lamar Odom

I'm just a basketball player, you know? Just put me where you need me.

Lamar Odom

I just try to focus on the basketball game and not get caught up in all the media.

Kyrie Irving

Basketball isn't a game; It's an art form. You master the fundamentals so you can forget 'em, so you can improvise and just concentrate on what really matters: getting buckets.

Harvey Mackay

Leadership does not mean getting people to do their job. It means getting people to do their best.

George Archer

Baseball players quit playing and they take up golf. Basketball players quit, take up golf. Football players quit, take up golf. What are we supposed to take up when we quit?

Geno Auriemma

The NBA is all about winning, but at this level (college basketball) winning doesn't make you happy. You can win, and play lousy, and in my program, feel lousy. To me it's about: How good can we be.

Geno Auriemma

I don't hire good coaches, I hire good people. If they turn out to be good coaches, too, that's a plus.

Geno Auriemma

Bottom line, you're either a risk taker, or your not, and if you don't take risks, you'll never win big.

Geno Auriemma

So, yeah, I'm going to try to win the national championship next year. But I'm not going to kill myself doing it. I'm not going to kill my players either. You really start to realize there's a lot more to what we're trying to do then winning games

The gyms were always filled. LaPorte basketball fans traveled to all of the ball games.

The Highland basketball program will move forward. And that's all I'm going to say about the issue.

The hard part is, you have to figure out which kids care about school. If they want to come and play basketball and get an education, they're the kind of kids you have a shot on.

The good thing is that we are improving every week, and that's what it's all about is to try and play your best basketball at the end of the year, and hopefully we are going to try to do that this year.

Billy Donovan

The greatest equalizer in college basketball -- it doesn't make a difference about talent or who's better than who -- is the three-point line.

The great thing about high school basketball is that everybody has a chance to win the state championship because everybody makes the playoffs. Unfortunately we got put in a regional with Seneca. But we'll come out Thursday and try to perform better than we did tonight.

The important thing for us, we are not playing the program, but a basketball team. We will work on the types of things we need to do to match up with a very good team.

The difference was our inability to take care of the basketball and guard their key players at critical times. They've got so much firepower.

Kobe Bryant

You want to come out here and play good basketball. The fans here know their basketball and want to see good basketball.

You want to be playing your best basketball at this time of the year.

Ben Howland

You want to be playing your best basketball at the end of the season. But not only are we playing good, we're getting better. This is truly a team.

Malcolm Gladwell

Basketball is an intricate, high-speed game filled with split-second, spontaneous decisions. But that spontaneity is possible only when everyone first engages in hours of highly repetitive and structured practice--perfecting their shooting, dribbling, and passing and running plays over and over again--and agrees to play a carefully defined role on the court. . . . spontaneity isn't random.