Quotes about basketball
basketball player winning
You don't win games as a coach during games. You win games as a coach before games. Players win during games, not coaches Red Auerbach
basketball team boston
The Boston Celtics are not a basketball team, they are a way of life.
basketball winning player
They said you have to use your five best players but I found you win with the five who fit together the best.
basketball stupid thinking
A lot of people think that since I'm drunk in my stories, I must be drunk 24 hours a day. What kind of stupid logic is that? It'd be like if you saw Michael Jordan at a restaurant and were like, "Why aren't you in your basketball uniform?" I leave out way more than I put in. Tucker Max
basketball careers dumb-sports
[My] career was sputtering until [I] did a 360 and got headed in the right direction. Tracy McGrady
basketball dad past
Hey, think fast!' I just looked at Fave as he chucked the basketball at me with possibly the worst overhand throw I'd ever seen. It landed to my far right, then bounced past me, banging against my dad's truck. 'Do you have a vision problem of something?' I asked him. 'Just keeping you on your toes,' he replied Sarah Dessen
basketball greatness boston
If we played Boston four-on-four, without Russell, we probably would have won every series. That guy killed us. He's the one who prevented us from achieving true greatness. Rod Hundley
basketball night garden
My biggest thrill came the night Elgin Baylor and I combined for 73 points at Madison Square Garden. Elgin had 71 of them.
basketball teaching ballet
I had never picked up a basketball before. I went through a grueling audition process. It was almost as if I was learning to walk. It would be like teaching somebody to dance ballet for a role. Sanaa Lathan
basketball volleyball team
I was captain of the volleyball team and the basketball team, and I ran track. Sarah Shahi
basketball heart important
No matter what...ball made my heart beat faster, made me want to jump up and down and be Superman. That's what life was about anyway, being Superman and living like life itself was important. Basketball made my life important. Walter Dean Myers
basketball baseball father
"And my father didn't have money for me to go to college. And at that particular time they didn't have black quarterbacks, and I don't think I could have made it in basketball, because I was only 5′ 11". So I just picked baseball." Willie Mays
basketball character men
Picking an assistant coach, the first thing I was interested in was the man's character. Woody Hayes
basketball winning differences
The only thing even in this world is the number of hours in a day. The difference in winning or losing is what you do with those hours.
basketball thinking play
I made my first mix tape when I was 14. I used to play basketball and ride bikes, but I think I just latched onto music because I figured I could be really good at it on my own. Wiz Khalifa
basketball selfish views
When you go out there and do the things you're supposed to do, people view you as selfish. Wilt Chamberlain
basketball jobs 80s-and-90s
It was a different sexual situation going on than it is in the '80s and '90s, and I did a very poor job of describing that.
basketball pain play
All of the sudden, my right leg caved in. I crumpled to the floor in pain. The doctor weren't sure I'd ever be able to play again...and even if I did recover physically, the psychological scars of so traumatic an injury might never heal.
basketball men needs
The man who won't loan money isn't going to have many friends - or need them.
basketball player incredibles
Meadowlark was the most sensational, awesome, incredible basketball player I've ever seen.
basketball challenges teammate
It was a challenge to my teammates to help me.
basketball way balls
It just wasn't right the way they were behind by 25 points and then they're told to hold the ball.
basketball games careers
I get constant reminders from fans who equate that game and my career as one and the same.
basketball teammate want
I couldn't have come close without my teammates' help because the Knicks didn't want me to make 100.
basketball faults quarters
He fouled out in the fourth quarter, and that's when I really started getting points. He was no more at fault than anyone.
basketball clever giving-up
They were so clever finding ways to get me the ball. They had to do more than just give up open shots. They had to avoid fouls and pass me the ball in traffic.
basketball willing
They were willing to do anything to stop me.
basketball thinking people
People say my ego is grand. I think it's in proportion to me.
basketball tag
That's my tag, whether I like it or not.
basketball numbers fascinated
We're all fascinated by the numbers, as we were about the 100 points.
basketball couple dad
And I remember leaving my place in L.A. and - my father is a big fight fan - and I said, 'Dad, I got a couple of days off and I'm getting ready to go to Houston to sign to fight Muhammad Ali.
basketball straight-up ifs
Scoring 100 points is a lot, but I maybe could have scored 140 if they had played straight-up basketball.
basketball stars kids
You must understand as a kid of color in those days, the Harlem Globetrotters were like being movie stars.