Quotes about basketball
basketball successful opportunity
When problems confront successful leaders, they get excited about the opportunity. John C. Maxwell
basketball attitude giving-up
When I was 17, I made the decision to have a good attitude. I was a junior in high school; the coach said I was going to be the captain of my basketball team. I thought - that surprised me because I wasn't the best player. And I kept thinking, "Why am I going to be the captain?" I think everybody else was thinking that too. And the coach then answered, "The reason John is going to be the captain is he has the best attitude on the team. He encourages others, he believes we can win, he never gives up."
basketball temper persons
If a person doesn't govern his temper, his temper will govern him.
basketball fall rise-and-fall
Everything rises and falls on leadership.
basketball best game hands nice played
Andrei was sensational. He probably played the best basketball game that he's played in a long time. He had the basketball in his hands and did some nice things when he had it. Jerry Sloan
basketball game giving good life next playing ready seniors
All we can do is take it one game at a time. We are playing good basketball right now. Our sophomores are giving us a life and our seniors are giving us leadership. We'll be ready for next week.
basketball foul good job reed tempo three trouble until weather
All three were in foul trouble in the first half, but we managed to weather that. We were controlling tempo and doing a good job until Reed got hot.
basketball class dakota five girls good says south teams three
All three teams are about as good as you can get. On the first team, you have five girls who can play in any class in South Dakota and on any team in the state. That says a lot about Class B basketball in our state.
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All that's good, but we're here to play basketball tomorrow.
basketball call hearing kept negative player staying summer supposed sure talk teach wants
All summer I kept hearing negative talk about him. I think he's staying because this is his passion. He focuses on basketball. He doesn't travel. He just wants to teach basketball. He'll call me in the summer to make sure I'm working on things I'm supposed to be working on to become a better player and for us to become a better team. Basketball is his life. All he does is talk basketball, basketball, basketball.
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All my shots were within probably five feet of the basket, so I really didn't have to do anything. I hadn't really played much basketball since the school year started, so it was nice to go out and just play for fun with no one taking the games too seriously.
basketball changed game last position remained
A lot has changed in the last year, but the game of basketball has remained the same. I put myself in a position where I'm very happy, very comfortable. I'm just going out there and playing. Michael Finley
basketball came dropping girls job needed passing running understood
The girls that came in understood what I needed from them. They got up in the passing lanes, were dropping back and trapping the basketball and doing a better job of just running one set.
basketball best care girls good people
The girls know that they've been overlooked. But they play big when they need to play big. I don't care how people look at us, as long as when we're finished, we know that we did the best we could, and that we're a good basketball team.
basketball best dreams focused girls goals playing tested year
The girls have been very focused this year on what their goals and dreams are. I feel that we've been tested at the right times, and we've been playing our best basketball at the right time.
basketball conference cuts game georgia obviously physical point prepare rest schedule screens state tech work
The Georgia Tech game was physical but I think the rest of our conference schedule is going to be the same way. NC State comes in a very physical basketball team. We're going to have to really work to get to the point of screens even and make our cuts like we want to be able to do. Obviously the ACC is a conference that really does prepare you for March.
basketball game within
The game of basketball is a game of runs. They got within 11, but we were able to keep on coming.
basketball finally game knew plan
The game of basketball is 40 minutes, we knew we still had time. Once we finally got to our game plan we were able to come out on top.
basketball defend game goes high hope leaving runs timing
The game of basketball goes in runs, and you hope your runs are better than their runs. It's kind of bittersweet because we won't be able to come back and defend our title. The timing is unfortunate, but we're leaving on a high note.
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The frustrating part is we're right there. We're in every game going down to the last two or three minutes. we've just got to do a better job as far as showing some poise and some leadership to make sure guys are all of one accord. Of late, it just hasn't been there. It's fun basketball to be in a game that comes down to the last three or four minutes, but it's not fun when you're not winning. We just have to find a way to close them out. Antawn Jamison
basketball battles four middle played players playing reminisce west
The four of us will reminisce about West Portal Avenue, playing basketball at West Portal Middle School, the St. Ignatius-Lincoln battles and all the All-City players we played against.
basketball closeness help helped pick students
The closeness our students have helped us to pick each other up. It's more than just basketball, but everyone has been there to help out.
basketball care felt good guard kids played
The first thing we told the kids when we went in was that we hadn't played very well at all and only trailed by two points. We felt like we could take better care of the basketball and felt like we could guard better. ... We felt like we were in pretty good shape.
basketball character credit extremely four goes high mark players talked team time touched turned year
The first time I talked about that, we went out and turned it over the first four times we touched the ball. That mark I credit to players who are extremely disciplined and players who know their roles. They don't play out of character and that goes back to what I've talked about all year -- this team has a very high basketball intelligence. Flip Saunders
basketball casey face kid medal named skills smile time won
The first time I coached, a kid named Casey Adkins won his first-ever medal in the basketball skills competition. The smile on his face when he won was just amazing. It made me want to do this even more. Chuck D.
basketball closer enable home hopefully resolve time
This is not a basketball issue. At this time in his life, being closer to home will hopefully enable Micah to resolve some of his issues.
basketball earned played statement
This is national. . . . I think it makes a statement about what kind of basketball is played in this state. He's earned every penny.
basketball early high last school season teams year
This is my last season of basketball in high school and I didn't want to go down early in the playoffs. Each one of our teams has been different, and this year it's been more of a team effort.
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This is my favorite time of the year. I love it. I just hope we come out and play the best basketball possible. Win and advance: that's all we think about. It's one game at a time. We don't talk at all about Indianapolis or Washington, D.C. Jim Calhoun
basketball couple finish forward hard knowing move past played since today toughest week
This has been the toughest week of basketball since I have been here. It is hard to move forward knowing that we have these past couple of losses. We played a lot better today than we did at Baylor, but we just didn't finish the game.
basketball best definitely fun great heavy push situation trying
This is a great situation. To come right in and play heavy minutes, and now we're trying to make this push in the playoffs, it's the best situation to be in. Basketball is definitely fun again. Tim Thomas
basketball continue fortunate game great learn opportunity
This is a great opportunity for me, ... I'm fortunate to have an opportunity to learn more about the game and continue my basketball knowledge.
basketball coach coaching forward left looking year
All I know is that I'm the basketball coach here at ASU. I have a contract. I have a year left on my contract. I'm looking forward to going and coaching this week.