Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jerry Sloan

Nelson did a great job keeping us off balance. I thought his play was terrific. He's strong ... he can score, he was able to get people the basketball and help them get the kinds of shots they wanted. That's one of the big things that hurt us.

One of things I think he showed today was his tremendous moxie. As good as he is with the ball, he made the plays to help us win this basketball game without it.

Kara Lawson

One player is not bigger than the team. A some point during the season, we've pretty much had every one of our starters miss time or miss games and we've been fine. It's unfortunate, the timing of some of our injuries but that's the way basketball goes. We have confidence in each other.

Skip Bertman

One of our short term goals is to begin a feasibility study for a new basketball practice facility for both our men's and women's basketball teams, and this move is the first step in making that happen.

One of our goals was to be league champs. We talked about playing our best basketball at the end of the season and they are playing their best basketball. Our depth has won us a lot of games.

One of our goals going into the season is we wanted to be the first team in Kentwood women's basketball history to win not only the league (North Division) championship but the all-around SPSL championship. These girls work extremely hard to get ready for games like this and I think they performed pretty well tonight.

Jason Richardson

One injury can change the course of a season. You lose a key player, you've got to change your offense, your defensive schemes. It hurts your team. You don't want that to happen to anybody, but that's the way basketball is.

Obviously we want to make sure that (emergency e-mails) reach everybody and, for those, the opt-out wouldn't apply. But obviously we don't want to deluge people with tons and tons of stuff, (like) basketball tickets.

Obviously, with the success of basketball and football, his imprint is apparent. But he's also done a lot with the non-revenue sports and has helped bring the budget under control. Finding the right leader is imperative right now.

Jim Calhoun

Of 1,100 basketball games I've been fortunate to be involved with, I've never been involved in anything like that.

Billy Donovan

No one likes losing, but it's great for our basketball team to go through this. It is great because they need this. I really believe the difference was our experience as a basketball team in relation to their experience.

One would be to work at getting myself in shape as hard as my team does getting ready for a basketball game.

One time he was yelling at his teammates, 'Pass me the ball. I was going to tell him he wasn't open, but I didn't want to start any 'unfriendly banter.' I was just doing my thing, trying to keep him from catching the ball. There were times he was frustrated, but that's the way college basketball goes.

We are not a selfish basketball team. And we played some selfish basketball.

James Worthy

The Hall of Fame has strong people.

James Worthy

I started getting letters from college in the tenth grade.

James Worthy

I played basketball to try to get my parents from working so hard.

Jason Behr

If you're playing basketball with someone who's better than you, you have to get better or else it's no fun

Jason Collins

Now I'm a free agent, literally and figuratively. I've reached that enviable state in life in which I can do pretty much what I want. And what I want is to continue to play basketball. I still love the game, and I still have something to offer. My coaches and teammates recognize that. At the same time, I want to be genuine and authentic and truthful.

Jason Collins

Some people insist they've never met a gay person. But Three Degrees of Jason Collins dictates that no NBA player can claim that anymore. Pro basketball is a family. And pretty much every family I know has a brother, sister or cousin who's gay. In the brotherhood of the NBA, I just happen to be the one who's out.

The only way we have a chance to win is taking care of the basketball and getting good looks at the basket.

I am so confused by this whole process that I think the best thing for me as a basketball coach to do is worry about the things I can control. And that's to make sure we get through today's practice and we're prepared for Wake Forest.

I am pursuing college basketball and it's going to take a toll (playing football) between the time and the (possibility of) injury,

Certainly, one of my main focuses was to try and get the basketball operations up and running and get all our gear here. It seems like we've got that going.

Certainly Louisiana Tech has a lot of tradition and history in women's basketball, but overall I think it is a very good draw for us. It's an opportunity, if we play our best, to advance.

(Catholic is) a good basketball team. They execute well and they've got three or four guards who are very good and a couple good post players. It'll be a good challenge for us.

Cecil you know, started off the first of the year a little rough but he came straight from basketball and he did the same thing last year. Kind of started out shaky but he ended up being one of our best pitchers if not the best.

But the Cahill family has played basketball since they were little, and we're reaping the rewards now.

Buffalo is playing really good basketball and it's not a fluke that they're 6-3 over their last nine games. One of the things that stands out about Buffalo is their shooting percentage. We came out with the big point of emphasis to keep them under 42-45 percent shooting and we did that. . . . We took away their first option and tried to make them look hard for their other options.

BC is a smart basketball team. They've got experience. They know how to play in those situations.

David Stern

Basketball without Borders is truly a global program that transcends all boundaries. It unites young people from diverse cultural, national and economic backgrounds on four continents.

Oscar Robertson

Basketball wasn't what it is today, ... Being brought up in the ghetto, my parents were told, long before I came along, that education was the way out.

Basketball was my favorite. Probably because I was better at it. It came more naturally for me than the other sports.