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Basketball Quotes
"Basketball is in my blood. It is my obligation to try."
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"I was homecoming queen. I was star of my basketball team."
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"You don't cut anywhere, don't pick down anywhere, don't double screen, no weak side picking. All these things that should happen in a game of basketball don't happen anymore."
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"Basketball isn't as popular in Canada as it is in the US. Hockey is by far the most popular sport in Canada."
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"I'm not a role model... Just because I dunk a basketball doesn't mean I should raise your kids."
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"I like basketball, and I've been to three games, which is so much more fun than seeing it on TV, I think."
33
"I think that basketball players should get the job done no matter how it looks on the screen."
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"If you're a basketball player, you've got to shoot."
30
"So you're dealing with a coach, and you're dealing with a guy who's actually experienced NBA basketball from a player's perspective and actually goes about it that way."
30
"I sail, scuba dive, play football, basketball."
30
"I wanted a NBA basketball gym at my house and that's what I worked hard for and I was able to achieve that."
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"I enjoy the last quarter of all basketball games."
27
"In football, there were drinks available everywhere you looked. On a golf tournament, you could find one free anywhere you wanted it. In tennis and NBA basketball, everybody had a hospitality suite, and so you could go there and load up if you wanted to."
27
"By analogy, if we were to develop a soccer team, then we would not invite basketball and volleyball players to the try outs. We would invite soccer players to apply."
26
"I play basketball on Sundays and I'm a very spiritual guy; I read a lot of Eastern philosophy and I meditate."
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"You don't play against opponents, you play against the game of basketball."
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"The thing I like about my body is that it's strong. I can move furniture around my apartment. I can ride my horse... I can play basketball. It's a well functioning machine."
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"If you're playing basketball with someone who's better than you, you have to get better or else it's no fun."
25
"I played basketball to try to get my parents from working so hard."
25
"A basketball team is like the five fingers on your hand. If you can get them all together, you have a fist. That's how I want you to play."
25
"Walking has been ridiculous in college basketball the past 15 years."
25
"In sixth grade, my basketball team made it to the league championships. In double overtime, with three seconds left, I rebounded the ball and passed it - to the wrong team! They scored at the buzzer and we lost the game. To this day, I still have nightmares!"
24
"I'm pretty athletic and I play basketball a lot."
24
"The basketball coach cut me within two days, so I was back in the pool. I was the first one in the wall after the first 25 yards, but the last one out because I didn't have a flip turn."
24
"You need a teaching coach who understands the game of basketball, not just some guy coming on the court talking about Xs and Os."
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"Someday I might have to put down a basketball and have a regular 9-to-5 like everybody else."
23
"I believe that whatever we have, regardless of a trade being done or not, I feel we have a shot. I've just got to believe that we're going to be all right. I've got to just play basketball."
23
"The 76ers currently play very good basketball, and we don't. However, we are still only one win behind them. If we continue to improve, we should be on the top of our division at the end of the regular season."
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"I just want to try to ignore the scrutiny and all the distractions and just play hard basketball and let the best come... Improving game by game and trying to improve my game is what I want to do."
22
"It's not to hurt anyone, but basketball can be rough."
22
"For example, Michael Jordan earns $100million a year but continues to play basketball and remains a modest human being."
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"And it blew my mind when I started to get wind of the fact that they actually liked me being around. That was humbling, because Kentucky basketball is a big deal, and I am not the biggest fan - I am just the most notorious one."
21
"I played varsity on all of them for four years. I'm 5'9 and that's not that tall for a center so I was a forward. I loved playing volleyball and basketball and track I was good at, but it stressed me out."
20
"That's what I do now: I lead and I teach. If we win basketball games from doing that, then that's great, but I lead and teach. Those are the two things I concentrate on."
20
"It just wasn't right the way they were behind by 25 points and then they're told to hold the ball."
20
"Yeah, I like cars and basketball. But you know what I like more? Bananas."
20
"Handball, swimming, running, jumping, basketball, and boxing were as much a part of me as breathing."
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"It wasn't until late high school and early college that I gained enough size and skill to make me welcome on intramural basketball teams."
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"The only reason I went to college was to play basketball. I injured my knee and couldn't play."
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"Nobody cared about swimming. You could draw a crowd for basketball."
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"I played in Joe Louis in a playoff game. I played there when the roof caved in for half a season. The facility is great for basketball because it goes straight up, so you feel like the fans are on top of you."
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"Basketball is a team game. But that doesn't mean all five players should have the same amount of shots."
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"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."
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