Quotes about basketball
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 morning doctors
Life is tough and it's tough whether you're famous or not famous. And in the end it's probably better to be famous because the perks are better. You get better seats at the basketball game, and you get better tables and reservations places. If I call a doctor on Saturday morning I can get him. There's a lot of things, indulgences that you don't get, if you're not famous. Now I'm not saying it's fair. But I can't say that I don't enjoy it. Woody Allen
basketball baseball sleep
I never knew what Amazon was. I've never seen any of those series, even on cable. I've never seen The Sopranos, or Mad Men. I'm out every night and when I come home, I watch the end of the baseball or basketball game, and there's Charlie Rose and I go to sleep.
basketball dream perseverance
Give your dreams all you've got, and you'll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you. William James
basketball soccer regret
I still regret that I never played soccer in high school. I chose basketball over soccer. Will Ferrell
basketball sports team
Let me go back to a comfortable analogy for me - sports... basketball. I use it because you're naive if you don't see the national full-court press picking away right now: A good point guard drives through a full court press, protecting the ball, keeping her eye on the basket... and she knows exactly when to pass the ball so that the team can WIN. Sarah Palin
basketball play shopping
I play basketball, I surf and swim and go to the cinema and listen to music and read. I like shopping. Saoirse Ronan
basketball sports football
I've always been quite an active person especially when I was younger. When I was in primary school, I used to play lots of sports. I was a sprinter and I did basketball and swimming and Gaelic football and things like that. So I always thought, I guess, that it would be fun to incorporate that much physical activity and work into a dramatic piece.
basketball player size
I love basketball players for what they do for their size - so graceful. Warren Moon
basketball football makeup
Basketball players want contact to get a foul called. Slaps on the wrist and bumps on the shoulder are big time to them, and they don't like that. In football, you get that all the time. The whole mental makeup is different.
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.
basketball boston games
I guarantee you, if you could give me 10 points in all those seventh games against the Boston Celtics, instead of Bill Russell having 11 rings, I could've at least had nine or eight.
basketball dream play
Bill Russell helped make my dream a better dream because when you play with the best, you know you have to play your best.