Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jerry Ferrara

I'm just a seasonal guy. Basketball, football, baseball, boxing, golf. Give it to me all the time.

Erin Wasson

I was a total jock growing up. I went to super-dorky basketball clinics and was handpicked to play on a state team called the Texas Heat.

Florence Griffith Joyner

I was always doing something physical. My brothers and I used to have handstand contests. We'd walk around the projects on our hands and see who could get the farthest. I was always playing football with them, basketball or racing in the street.

Ferran Adria

People wouldn't think of making avant-garde cuisine at home. When people play basketball at home, they can't play like Michael Jordan.

Harvey Penick

I compare the pressure of a golf shot with making an extra point in basketball. The player starts from a full stop, and that rim doesn't move.

Jalen Rose

Larry Bird is like a basketball god to me for what he's done for my career.

Jalen Rose

Name 12 players better than me.

Jalen Rose

I'm a GM in fantasy basketball and I'm a GM on PlayStation, so on PlayStation I probably would have got a little more, but this is real life, so I don't know.

Iyanla Vanzant

I think as men begin to see things that address them, they will feel that they can relate. They can't relate to 'Basketball Wives,' 'Housewives of Atlanta.' I am not judging or criticizing those shows at all; what I am saying is the perspective is not necessarily the male perspective. 'Iyanla: Fix My Life' is inclusive of everyone.

Ellen DeGeneres

I put a basketball in front of George Clooney's door and sprayed it with supermodel perfume to lure him out.

Jerry Jones

Anybody involved in sports in Missouri knows it's a great sports state. It is a great sports state, particularly in basketball and baseball. Particularly. Not to demean football, but it's a baseball state and a basketball state.

Jeremy Lin

I get scared of a lot of attention. I get scared of the spotlight. And I'm not talking about on the basketball court.

Jeremy Lin

You don't get respect for being an Asian-American basketball player in the U.S.

Jeremy Lin

I was shocked cause I didn't even know that they made my jersey. I didn't know that they made it so fast, so when I saw it I was like, I had to look three times and I was like, 'Did they customize that?' And then I saw a couple of other ones and I was like, ok, they must've made them overnight or something.

Jeremy Lin

Faith, family, academics and then sports was the order of priorities in my family. My parents really stuck to these principles when raising me and my two brothers. As long as we took care of everything, they let us play as much basketball as we wanted.

Jeremy Lin

You have to be wired a certain way to be a professional basketball player, and the way my body grew, something happened genetically that allowed me to become a lot more explosive.

Jeremy Lin

Just because I had a good game doesn't change who I am, my identity is in Christ and not in basketball, I love playing basketball and it's my job but at the same time I recognize that I'm a sinner and that's not gonna change regardless of how well I play on the court

Jeremy Lin

God loves me, and that he has the perfect plan for me. His plan will take me through a lots of ups and downs, but if I stay faithful to him that in the end he will work everything for my good. Now when I play basketball, I don't play for anyone else, I only play for God. That's the type of purpose that he gave me, and once he gave me that purpose, is when I found my peace, and once I got my peace, that's when I got my joy.

Jeremy Lin

And when other people see me play basketball...the way I treat my teammates, the opponents, the refs, that's all a reflection of God's image and God's love so that's the stuff I try to focus on.

Jeremy Lin

My identity is in Christ, not in basketball.

Jennifer Hudson

I love being outside and feeling free, so I jog or ride my bike. Some days I play basketball or tennis.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan

The only reason I went to college was to play basketball. I injured my knee and couldn't play.

Jean Paul

You prove your worth with your actions, not with your mouth.

Jim Harrick

I want to teach the post basic moves: turn and bank; drop-step and shoot a power layup; turn to the middle, pump-fake, one-bounce layup; and I want to teach five power moves. They are power layup straight up; pump-fake one bounce to the other side power layup; pogo when you catch it up high, keep it up high, and shoot it; and then the two-hand follow shot.

Jim Harrick

Praise your kids. Inspire and motivate your players with praise. Ten years from now it won't matter what your record was. Will your kids love you or hate you?

Jim Harrick

Your ability to communicate to your young people will determine your success.

Jim Gerlach

Not only is Rip Hamilton an outstanding basketball player, he is also known for giving back to his community.

Jerry Reinsdorf

Basketball is a game. Baseball is a religion. Baseball is American.

Jerry Sloan

I don't need my players to like me. I need them to play for me

Jerry Sloan

In 19 years Stockton never once lost a suicide drill in practice. Well, there was one day. He was sick. But he still ran it

Jennifer Lopez

I'm bad at a ton of things. I'm bad at sitting still. I'm bad at basketball. My worst habit is that while people are talking, I will already be thinking three other things. It's rude. Sometimes if the person is very in tune and they notice, they're like "Where are you right now?"

Jeff Foxworthy

You might be a redneck if... your high school basketball game got rained out.

Jackie Mason

Blacks can get into medical school with a lower grade ... If that's true, a Jew should be able to play basketball with a lower net.