Famous Quotes & Sayings

He broke a foot in basketball and he's not even jogging yet. He would be my starting left-fielder. The best scenario is he is back versus Heath.

Brandon Roy

He allows his players to play in up-tempo situations, and he's cool off the court. The team's game is up, and he makes basketball look fun.

He played college basketball, coached in college, son of an engineer. It's the perfect marriage of the technology and the person.

He played basketball last year and moves well for a guy his size. He's not playing this year but that doesn't mean he's just laying around. He's a hard worker.

He really stepped up. Julius has gotten much more mature as a basketball player. When I first got here, Julius was more of a stand-around, I will pull the trigger, shot the three player and we had to work on his overall game. Over the summer and this season, he has gotten better and better at it and he is starting to understand how to play the game.

He really pushes the basketball and gets into gaps. No one person can guard him. It has to be a team effort.

He really didn't get going until late in the game when we were just trading baskets. He is a good player. This was a tough basketball team we played and we had to play well to get a win.

Geno Auriemma

Her conditioning is so-so. I think the rest was really good. But the rest kind of hurts you conditioning-wise because I don't care how long you ride the bike or are in the training room working out or in the pool, you've got to (get in) basketball shape playing basketball. We'll see how many (minutes) she can go and the same thing New Year's Eve (against Army) and then go from there.

Herb inherited a program in 1996 that was in need of consistent success, and he brought that back to N.C. State basketball ... .

Goose Creek has never been there. Hey, I told our guys I've been in basketball a long time and never had this experience. I thanked them for giving me this opportunity to be in this position.

Great basketball teams are great during crunch time. I don't think we gave them the game. They stepped up and took it from us.

Billy Donovan

For our basketball team, it was a tale of two halves. In the first half, our guys were very, very impatient on offense. We didn't have the ball movement and the player movement we needed to have. We had good ball movement and player movement and we shot 57 percent in the second half. If we would have played similar to that and rebounded like we did in the first half, it would have been a different game. We couldn't put it all together.

For the past two weeks she has played the most complete basketball for us at both ends of the court.

For the first game, we really came ready to play. After a great football season and then a great basketball season, these guys really know how to step up.

For the first 17 minutes, we played probably the best basketball that we've played since I've been here. They're just too good. They made a run, we couldn't stop them.

For some of the girls that cheer on their middle school squads, all they know is the small basketball games. Cheering in front of that many people at nationals is going to be one of the highlights of their lives.

Isiah Thomas

Basketball is not played simply with X's and O's. It's played with both trust and confidence.

Isiah Thomas

It was important to me to believe, because if I don't believe, how can I expect them to believe?

Godfrey Gao

My childhood dream was to play basketball, actually.

Kris Humphries

I'm someone who always comes on the court no matter what's going on in my life. It's all about basketball and my teammates and my team. I don't let any distractions in, and I bring my best every night, regardless of what's going on or what people are talking about.

Kevin Nealon

Any time you do an Adam Sandler film, it's kind of like a boys' club, because you're hanging out and there are guitars around, and basketballs and footballs and electric bikes and scooters and different people dropping by.

Kevin Ollie

I'm not chasing championships. Championship's chasing us. I'm not doing that. I want my players to be better people once they leave campus because this is a life lesson. This is more than basketball. This is life lessons that we're trying to teach.

Kevin Ollie

You don't go through life, you grow through life

Kay Yow

This is a mind over matter thing. We have to find it within ourselves to play for two hours. We love the game, so it's not like we're doing something we hate. We're doing something we love.

Oscar Robertson

Basketball is basketball.

Oscar Robertson

Just fundamental things - I played guard and I played forward, so you get into a position where you are pivoting out on the court.

Oscar Robertson

I was taught to play that way when I was in high school and even before I got to high school.

Oscar Robertson

It's a sad commentary when I have to say that sometimes in our country we are real sensitive to race.

Oscar Robertson

I'm sorry that the young athletes in basketball will not get the chance to play (in the Olympics) anymore, and live that dream.

Oscar Robertson

If you're a basketball player, you've got to shoot.

Oscar Robertson

I'd like to think that the nature of the two teams - Boston being a championship team over the years and the Lakers, same thing - was a lot bigger than Larry Bird or Magic Johnson.

Oscar Robertson

I think that teaching coaches are the norm now.

Oscar Robertson

I think no one has written a history of the great coaches who were around 30 to 40 years ago who taught the fundamentals.