Quotes about basketball
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Education is of no value and talent is worthless - unless you have an unwavering aim. Never find yourself without a compass. Condoleezza Rice
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I don't pay attention to what others are doing. I feel strongly that if I have correct goals and the determination to keep pursuing them the best way I know how, everything else falls into line. Dan Dierdorf
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Wrestling... what men do during boys basketball season. Dan Gable
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We didn't execute they way we had been preparing to. Basketball is about effort and execution. The effort was there at times, the execution wasn't. I just felt like we were playing not to lose instead of playing to win. We didn't stick to our game plan. We didn't play like we practiced the last week.
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We did not play our style of basketball and we need to rebound and play defense. Things just spiraled out of control the third period and we weren't able to get back in the game. On top of that, Hollidaysburg is a good basketball team. David Jones
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We had 40 signed up this morning, and thought some may not show up because of the basketball tournament, but more have come in and it is just wonderful.
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We had 15 turnovers in the first half and a lot of those were unforced. We just didn't handle the basketball well.
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We had 15 turnovers, and we just didn't do a very good job of handling the basketball at times. Early in the game, Matt tried to do too much. But to those who much have been given, much is expected. And that is the way it is for Matt. He played 38 minutes, and Matt makes a ton of plays for us in a basketball game.
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We are so excited to be here and so excited to be in the NCAA tournament, but you're not just satisfied with going and making the trip and staying in a nice hotel. You're down here for one reason and that's to win basketball games.
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We are shocked and saddened by the tragic news we received this morning. Danny was loved and respected by not only everyone in the basketball program, but by many people in the Western community. Our thoughts and prayers are with Danny's family.
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Trying to get national consistency, especially in basketball officiating.
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To the general public and to our fans, it is obvious what a great job that Greg and his staff have done to put UNI basketball on the national map. I think he is the best young basketball coach in the country and I am overwhelmed with the fact that we can keep him here at UNI.
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There are serious concerns about our guard play. Good guard play is such a pivotal factor in good basketball teams. Geno Auriemma
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I never looked at basketball as work. I always enjoyed it as my hobby. I loved it. Once that love is gone, and I'm tired of working out every day and doing all the stuff to get me ready for games, and I'm tired of lifting and conditioning and doing all that other stuff around it, and I'd rather stay in bed, then it's time to go. Dirk Nowitzki
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My mother used to say, 'You gotta exercise.' She would really pound on me to exercise every day. She was very physically fit; she was on the basketball team in high school in St. Louis in the 1920s, when women didn't do that. And she taught me to play tennis, taught me to walk and run, and I ran for 30 years pretty religiously. Dick Gephardt
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We came in and did what we wanted to do. If I was talking to you right now and the score was 70 or 80-something, then we didn't execute. But we held them to 53. They're a well-coached basketball team, their guards are very hard to guard. They all handle it well, they all shoot it very well and they're going to be tough to beat.
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We build a big lead and we let it go. We definitely played scoreboard basketball tonight.
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We picked tonight to play our worse game of basketball.
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We'll just have to do a little bit of fund-raising. I think this shows the interest there is in high school basketball -- and it shows how much money there is out there in it.
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When (Jalen) comes over here, Im going to give him a kiss. Not on his lips, though. Rafer Alston
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While our drivers are probably not nearly in the physical condition of the NBA's All-Stars, the Daytona 500 is going to have 43 of the top drivers in the country, trained to drive at speeds in excess of 180 mph. Now that's intense! The NBA only has like 20 or 25 basketball players playing. Benny Parsons
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When March Madness is in Indianapolis, there's probably no other place that can have this kind of basketball in a mile square area.
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Financial independence in women's basketball is a goal of mine and should be a goal of all coaches. If any of us can guarantee the financial rewards that Hartford can, than we should talk about moving it. But until then, they've created it and we should all ride it.
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(Fighting) is not high school basketball. Officials from Auburn and Carver, you need to get control of your kids or we'll clear this place out.
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Fairfield had 20 wins and we were looking forward to a close game. But the kids played some of their best basketball and we really dominated.
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But lots of my friends know I play college basketball and they're starting to think about coming here to the U.S. to play.
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Both teams played hard, but at the same time, we kind of set basketball back a little bit. Neither team played very well and it was kind of ugly.
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We had our chances. We just would get a run and then make mental mistakes. But (Clinton's) a well-coached basketball team with some good players. Jimmy Smith
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We had our best half of basketball all year. Our defense was outstanding. We started to go a little individual in the second half.
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We had opportunities to win the game tonight, we just didn't capitalize. It wasn't one opportunity. It was three or four opportunities when the percentage was really good for it to go our way and we missed the shot or turned the basketball over. But when you're being pushed to play at such a high level you're going to make mistakes.
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We had one of those nights in basketball where we went stone cold for three-quarters of the game, and we couldn't really score ... we just couldn't score. I don't really want to say we played that horribly without giving Miami's defense credit, because they played pretty good. It was just one of those nights. It happens to you now and then in coaching, but give Miami's zone defense credit.
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We have the utmost respect for Penn State. When you beat Texas Tech, you are a pretty good basketball team.
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We were getting beat by scores like 126-9 and 117-11, so we were probably the worst basketball team in the state of Ohio and I wasn't good enough to start for that team. I figured it was time to try another sport.