34 Quotes About Basketball

You need to be more careful, or you could hurt yourself." Right. Thank you, Mrs. Detweiler. I never would have come to that conclusion by myself. I was planning on incorporating a backflip into my next walk across the classroom but on second thought... Janette Rallison

The problem is politics is made a sport, almost as much a sport as football or baseball. When it comes to politics, adults and politicians do more finger-pointing and play more games than children ever do. Too often are we rooting for the pride of a team rather than the good of the nation. Criss Jami

Get the big picture! See 2 Believe! Leon Welch

Practice hard, Train hard, work hard and Play harder. Alcurtis Turner

You know how when you step on court your coach is like "go go go! "? And all throughout you just keep telling yourself to hit harder and harder and keep at it? You know how much you treasure those five-minute timeouts? You know how good you feel at the end of a session? You know how you're glad you're tired? No pills, no shots, just plain energy. I want to work like that. Whether I have to write ten thousand words or send five hundred emails, brainstorm for hours at a time, I want to have that energy. To keep fighting. To know it's all worth it. Oh, yeah. That's my perfect day. . Thisuri Wanniarachchi

ESPN, is having the ability to foretell future outcomes in sports. Anthony Liccione

[On writing:] "There's a great quote by Julius Irving that went, 'Being a professional is doing the things you love to do, on the days you don't feel like doing t David Halberstam

We old athletes carry the disfigurements and markings of contests remembered only by us and no one else. Nothing is more lost than a forgotten game. Pat Conroy

I tell kids to pursue their basketball dreams, but I tell them to not let that be their only dream. Kareem AbdulJabbar

Basketball is like war in that offensive weapons are developed first, and it always takes a while for the defense to catch up. Red Auerbach

I'm a basketball player. That's what I do and what I love but that's just not all who I am. I'm talented in a lot of different areas. Kevin Durant

You don't play against opponents, you play against the game of basketball. Bobby Knight

If I weren't earning $3 million a year to dunk a basketball, most people on the street would run in the other direction if they saw me coming. Charles Barkley

I like sports, and I enjoy playing basketball and lifting weights. Joel Osteen

On the court, Jason Collins is not a huge basketball star, but he has already claimed his place in civil rights history as the first openly gay athlete to play in one of the four major U.S. sports leagues. Nancy Gibbs

I was into basketball, but then once I found contact sports, it was over. I never played basketball again in my life. Daniel Cormier

I played sports year around: basketball, soccer, softball and I ran track year around, from the time I was, like, six, seven. Gabrielle Union

I worked every day - Christmas Eve, birthdays - trying to become a great basketball player. Everywhere I went, I had a basketball. Harvey Mason

Basketball has consumed me since the age of 7 or 8. I don't know what I would do without it. Rick Pitino

I try to never lose sight of what a special time it is to be a women's basketball player. Sue Wicks

Michael Jordon may have been the best basketball player in history, but he couldn't have won six NBA titles without a team. Mark E. Hyman

If you're a basketball player and you don't stop and take pictures with your fans, you can have an amazing game and everyone still loves you. Kim Kardashian

I have warned many times about the guaranteed dangers of betting with your heart instead of your head - big darkness, soon come - but every once in a while you get a fair chance to have it both ways, and the annual NCAA basketball Tournament is one of them. Hunter S. Thompson

I've always made weird sounds with my mouth. I've always been fascinated by the sound design, what you can do with your mouth. I was the kid dancing around in third grade on the basketball court. While everyone would be playing sports, I would be jumping around. Charlie Puth

Trying to take money out of politics is like trying to take jumping out of basketball. Bill Bradley

Whirlyball is only the most awesome sport on the planet! It's like bumper cars plus lacrosse meets basketball. St. Vincent

We can have no progress without change, whether it be basketball or anything else. John Wooden