Basketball Quotes - Page 29

• Analytics only goes so far. Basketball, more than baseball, for example, is really a team sport.

  Steve Ballmer

  Sports, Baseball, Team

  "Steve Ballmer talks about the current state of Microsoft, his Twitter investment, and how sports tech can help the Clippers". Interview with Matt Rosoff, www.businessinsider.com. February 6, 2016.

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• Bill Russell is one of the great names in basketball, an all-American... and the only athlete to ever win an NCAA Championship, an Olympic Gold Medal, and a professional championship all in the same year-1956...But Bill Russell had this one problem: He threw up before every game.

  John Eliot

  Athlete, Winning, Years

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• I play a lot of basketball and racquetball, as they're both great for your feet and hand eye coordination. Other drills can help as well, such as simply catching a football in distant positions from different heights and velocities.

  Antonio Cromartie

  Football, Eye, Hands

  Source: www.nfl.com

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• It's intense in every sport. No matter what, USC vs. UCLA is crazy. Especially when it comes down to football and basketball, it's just nuts.

  Akeem Ayers

  Sports, Football, Crazy

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• One-and-done is the most damaging thing in college basketball. It brings money into the college game, because it kickstarts the bidding war. When you know a kid can't turn pro and is going to go to school for one year and then go pro, that's when you see everyone going to games and courting players.

  Sonny Vaccaro

  War, School, Kids

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• I have to give credit to the NBA, because they've done an unbelievable job of taking our game global and putting us in a position to be able to come here and other places in the world and see how big the game of basketball is. If you have never been here, you might not really understand how amazing and how big basketball is. These fans in China love the sport, and they have more players playing than we have people living in the US.

  Dwyane Wade

  Sports, Jobs, Player

  Source: solecollector.com

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• The great thing about [Michael] Jordan was that he made them want it just like he wanted it. And a lot of times like a lot of the basketball players, not to be getting on basketball, but, with a lot of the basketball players you might have one superstar on the team, and they're not willing to play up to par with the way he is, so they don't make it. But then you have some celebrities on the basketball team, and they don't know how to get along with each other!

  Ginuwine

  Team, Player, Want

  Source: www.parlemag.com

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• Selecting the right college to attend is an investment into a young man or woman's future, it's not just about basketball.

  Billy Kennedy

  College, Men, Young

  Source: rssfeeds.usatoday.com

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• My mom is a big sports fans. Basketball, football, baseball, whatever. She calls into sports radio shows and gets into shouting matches, that's how intense she is about it.

  Chris Hardwick

  Sports, Mom, Baseball

  Source: www.ericspitznagel.com

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• Nobody's cooler than my two girls. They just seem to take whatever comes with, you know - happiness and - steadiness. And they're loving school. They're making friends... and - they've already joined some clubs. And Sasha, you know - I think maybe to endear - myself to her, she - she decided she wanted to join a basketball team. So - what more could I want?

  Barack Obama

  Girl, Team, School

  "As if nothing had changed in our nation since last February, an Army general, a colour guard and military jets introduce the Superbowl" by Daniel Nasaw, www.theguardian.com. February 2, 2009.

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• The '80s was brand new. It was AIDS. It was gangbanging. It was starting to become big dope-dealing, and crack was starting to flood the neighborhoods. And then you had hip hop, which was something new, other than what we were doing, which was sports, playing football, basketball, baseball. And I was excited.

  Ice Cube

  Sports, Baseball, Football

  "Ice Cube Says Hollywood Isn't Cool Enough, Adds: "I'm Ready to Run a Studio"". Interview with Stephen Galloway, www.hollywoodreporter.com. February 25, 2016.

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• I was a man who played basketball and after I played basketball and before I played basketball I was going to be a psychologist, whereas most people who play their occupation is their definition - and then when they stop doing who they are, they become nothing.

  John Amaechi

  Men, Play, People

  Interview with Max Miller, bigthink.com. October 7, 2010.

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• When you're 18, when you're at college, sports can be your life. You can watch every baseball game, every college basketball game, every football game. Once you have a family and kids, you can't do that anymore.

  Drew Magary

  Sports, Baseball, Football

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I'd probably have to leave home in order to become a basketball player of any note.

  John Amaechi

  Home, Player, Order

  Interview with Max Miller, bigthink.com. October 7, 2010.

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• I have two definitions of success - one on the basketball court and one in my personal life. In basketball, success means making my teammates better, winning basketball games and winning championships. In my personal life, success means being a good father to my sons and raising them to be strong men; taking care of my family and being a good friend; and using my influence to make a difference in the community.

  Dwyane Wade

  Strong, Father, Mean

  Source: mochamanstyle.com

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• Baseball is a set of individuals doing their thing in the same team, but it's much more individual. In basketball people are making real time decisions about who gets the ball, do we trust everybody out on the court, and the analytics certainly don't show you all those subtle dynamics, but they're very important.

  Steve Ballmer

  Baseball, Team, Real

  "Steve Ballmer talks about the current state of Microsoft, his Twitter investment, and how sports tech can help the Clippers". Interview with Matt Rosoff, www.businessinsider.com. February 6, 2016.

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• I don't have a lot of experience running basketball teams.I'm just trying to get smart enough even to understand everything going on. As much of a fan as I am, I haven't played the game since ninth-grade. If you told me when I bought the team that there were 12 kinds of pick and rolls, I would've told you I have no frickin' clue about that.

  Steve Ballmer

  Running, Team, Smart

  "Steve Ballmer talks about the current state of Microsoft, his Twitter investment, and how sports tech can help the Clippers". Interview with Matt Rosoff, www.businessinsider.com. February 6, 2016.

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• I played three sports in high school, baseball, football and basketball. Baseball really helped me a lot.

  Calvin Pryor

  Sports, Baseball, Football

  Source: www.nfl.com

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• Basketball also helps you learn to move your feet by playing defense and guarding guys, and that all carries over to playing football with staying square and having good footwork.

  Calvin Pryor

  Football, Moving, Squares

  Source: www.nfl.com

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• I don't have a set working style. Some lyrics come really slow, others come in 10 minutes while I'm watching basketball. They're always a surprise to me.

  Travis Morrison

  Style, Surprise, Minutes

  "The Dismemberment Plan". Interview with Lindsay Zoladz, pitchfork.com. June 27, 2013.

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• I was probably just graduating high school, maybe still in high school. When I was still in high school, maybe the last two years, I was rapping but I wasn't telling anybody. When I signed my deal people didn't know it was the same Ryan Montgomery from Oak Park High School, because I used to play basketball and I used to fight. Like I'd bring boxing gloves to school. So when they found out, it was, "You mean Ryan who be boxing?" or, "Ryan who be hopping up at the park?" So I was known as that guy.

  Ryan Montgomery

  Rap, School, Mean

  Source: www.hiphopcanada.com

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• I've been captivated by the idea of being on a basketball court and being surrounded by people who made me look a little bit less like a freak.

  John Amaechi

  Ideas, People, Looks

  Interview with Max Miller, bigthink.com. October 7, 2010.

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• I was starting out in the business, there was only one path to playing professionally - graduate, or go four years. With the creation of the ABA [American Basketball Association] in the early 1970s, the sanctity of having to go to college was broken. The ABA took anyone, starting with Spencer Haywood.

  Sonny Vaccaro

  College, Years, Broken

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• I grew up on basketball, volleyball, that sort of thing. For me, track and field was a whole 'nother beast.

  Stephan James

  Volleyball, Track, Fields

  Source: screenrant.com

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• My grandchild has taught me what true love means. It means watching Scooby-Doo cartoons while the basketball game is on another channel.

  Gene Perret

  Mean, Grandmother, Grandchildren

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