Basketball Quotes

I wanted to do two things when I was growing up, about your age. I wanted to play in the NBA, and I wanted to be a businessman after my basketball career was over, and that is what I am doing now.

It wasn't about the X's and the O's and the strategy; it was more about keeping 12 guys focused and committed to a task. That group dynamic, and then helping them to grow as people and basketball players.

Basketball, in America, is like a culture. It is like a foreigner learning a new language. It is difficult to learn foreign languages and it will also be difficult for me to learn the culture for basketball here.

I'm the basketball version of a gravedigger.

We've got to play better basketball.

When I lose the sense of motivation and the sense to prove something as a basketball player, it's time for me to move away from the game.

There is no such thing as a perfect basketball player, and I don't believe there is only one greatest player either.

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

The invention of basketball was not an accident. It was developed to meet a need. Those boys simply would not play 'Drop the Handkerchief.'

What you are as a person is far more important than what you are as a basketball player.

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

I played basketball to try to get my parents from working so hard.

I've got a basketball signed by all the greats from Julius Irving to Oscar Robinson. It was at an All Star game I got them all to sign it. So that ain't going nowhere. I'm going to die with that in my casket.

When I was young, I had to learn the fundamentals of basketball. You can have all the physical ability in the world, but you still have to know the fundamentals.

When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.

Michael Jordan was a tremendous basketball player.

In the tennis world, there weren't a whole lot of Asians playing. You see it a little bit more now. The same can really be said for basketball.

I think I started learning lessons about being a good person long before I ever knew what basketball was. And that starts in the home, it starts with the parental influence.

I think I have the skills. I'm a great judge of talent. I just know basketball.

I really do miss playing basketball. I don't play a lot of pick-up games. But I do like using basketball as a form of cross training.

I've tried to handle winning well, so that maybe we'll win again, but I've also tried to handle failure well. If those serve as good examples for teachers and kids, then I hope that would be a contribution I have made to sport. Not just basketball, but to sport.

For a competitive junkie like me, golf is a great solution because it smacks you in the face every time you think you have accomplished something. That to me has taken over a lot of the energy and competitiveness for basketball.

Seven years ago, my father and I realized that our relationship was extremely unique, especially in the African-American community. He raised me to not only understand the fundamentals of basketball and to try to be a player with a high basketball IQ, but he wanted me to understand that my image and my name meant more than stats.

OK, I'll put it like this: I doubt if we will see another All-American basketball athlete who is a Rhodes Scholar.

I wanted a NBA basketball gym at my house and that's what I worked hard for and I was able to achieve that.

If there wasn't any business and it was just strictly basketball, then there would be no issue, it would probably be done by now. But the team has to protect.

When I was a kid, I was always an athlete. I played a lot of sports. I played football, basketball, baseball and soccer.

I'm pretty athletic and I play basketball a lot.

It ain't like we're curing cancer or anything, we're watching basketball.

I played basketball and soccer my freshman year in high school.