Basketball Quotes - Page 31

• My workout was playing other sports and I always played tennis, football, basketball, threw a baseball - I was always doing something to keep me active. That's how I kept my body going.

  Jack Nicklaus

  Sports, Baseball, Football

  Source: www.nicklaus.com

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• I played in a basketball league until I was 40 years old. I played every Monday night and the guys would say, "You take him out, and you'll see us afterwards."

  Jack Nicklaus

  Monday, Night, Years

  Source: www.nicklaus.com

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• When I was 17, I made the decision to have a good attitude. I was a junior in high school; the coach said I was going to be the captain of my basketball team. I thought – that surprised me because I wasn’t the best player. John Thomas was better than me, and I was probably second or third best player. And I kept thinking, “Why am I going to be the captain?” I think everybody else was thinking that too. And the coach then answered, “The reason John is going to be the captain is he has the best attitude on the team. He encourages others, he believes we can win, he never gives up.”

  John C. Maxwell

  Attitude, Giving Up, Team

  Christian Book Previews Interview, www.christianbookpreviews.com.

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• The interesting thing about basketball is that it is played recreationally all over the world in playgrounds where people shoot hoops. Perhaps it is because of this that the look of the game seems to have been able to cross over into streetwear more easily than that of some sports that are confined to more specialist arenas.

  Giorgio Armani

  Sports, Games, People

  Interview with Aaron Howes, www.highsnobiety.com. October 5, 2016.

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• I was a little concerned about it when State Farm approached me because, you know, I've never done a commercial by any means, but I tried to look at it as something that would be good for our game. We've never had a women's basketball coach represented in that fashion and I love State Farm for the fact they really support the women's game.

  Pat Summitt

  Fashion, Mean, Games

  Source: www.cyinterview.com

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• It's important for the young players to practice other ball games as well, basketball or table tennis. On the tennis court, you can improve your eye through a kind of overexertion.

  Rafael Nadal

  Eye, Player, Games

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• The hardest thing for a basketball player to do is dribble two really hard dribbles. You are flying, and then pull up and shoot a ball from 15, 17 feet. It's the hardest thing in the game.

  John Calipari

  Player, Games, Two

  Source: sports.usatoday.com

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• The only way to shut people up is just by winning and just playing basketball.

  Dwight Howard

  Winning, People, Way

  Source: espn.go.com

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• I hated that perception that I didn't work hard, that I really don't love basketball.

  Dwight Howard

  Hard Work, Perception, Hated

  Source: espn.go.com

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• Basketball has brought me a lot of joy, brought me a lot of good things. Just that side of it has really affected me.

  Dwight Howard

  Joy, Sides, Good Things

  Source: espn.go.com

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• I know you can't please everybody; you can't make everybody happy, but just getting that perception that I don't care about basketball and what it brings is a lie.

  Dwight Howard

  Lying, Perception, Care

  Source: espn.go.com

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• Tattoos don't impress me. For me it's just another awkward part of fame. It's extraordinary - tattoos in basketball and soccer, it's quite extraordinary.

  Phil Collins

  Tattoo, Soccer, Awkward

  Source: www.theguardian.com

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• Basketball's a game of mistakes.

  Gregg Popovich

  Mistake, Games

  Source: newsok.com

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• It makes me think about how you hear these young people say, "I see you, man." Or even if you go and watch some basketball game over the summer and the announcer goes, "I see you," and you see that player smile. You know what I mean? That thing of just being recognized, especially when you do a little subtle thing. I don't know.

  Paul Beatty

  Summer, Mean, Player

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• In White Boy Shuffle, I combined my seventh-grade teacher, Mr. Takemoto, who really saved me - I don't think I've ever told anyone this - and my first basketball coach, Mr. Shimizu, into one character. Something about the way they talked about things, and their attitudes, had a huge impact on me. Not that I necessarily agreed with them. It was important to me to just put them there to stay grounded.

  Paul Beatty

  Teacher, Attitude, Character

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• When we were growing up we only got two pairs of shoes every year. With me, I was lucky because I got three pairs of shoes, the third were basketball shoes: Black Air Force Ones, White Air Force Ones, and boots for the winter.

  Iman Shumpert

  Growing Up, Winter, Years

  Source: wwd.com

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• You expect a basketball player to come with a white button-down, Balmain jeans, and Balenciagas. You expect that. But when I come with an extended button-down, camos, no socks, Louboutins that have spikes on them, and a bow tie with diamonds, you'll be like, "What? Who dressed him?"

  Iman Shumpert

  Player, Jeans, White

  Source: wwd.com

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• To be strategic in life is like any skill whether it's basketball or learning a language, it takes effort and practice and I think most people don't think that it's something that they could just do, you know, naturally.

  Robert Greene

  Thinking, Practice, Skills

  Source: dilanka.cc

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• I'm not into no basketball beef.

  Kevin Durant

  Beef

  Source: www.usatoday.com

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• I care about systematically playing basketball. If the spacing isn't right, if guys are standing on top of each other, if there aren't lanes to be provided, or rebounders available to offensively rebound the ball, or we don't have defensive balance when a shot goes up, all of these things are fundamental basketball. I follow it.

  Phil Jackson

  Guy, Balance, Balls

  Source: espn.go.com

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• Michael Jordan once said that the most peaceful moments of his life were on a basketball court, because that's the only place he knew exactly what to do. And to me the most peaceful moments in my ministry are in the pulpit because that's when I really know what I'm going to do.

  Max Lucado

  Peaceful, Jordan, Ministry

  Source: www.preaching.com

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• I'm a fan and a friend, I met them in 1974 when I first joined the NBA and my life has never been he same since. I became the basketball player I was because of the Grateful Dead.

  Bill Walton

  Grateful, Player, Nba

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Dear Basketball, From the moment I started rolling my dad's tube socks and shooting imaginary game-winning shots ... I fell in love with you.

  Kobe Bryant

  Dad, Love You, Winning

  Source: www.wbur.org

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• I'm going to be real as hell and show you who I am, because I want the kids to see who I really am and the basketball players to see who I really am, and that's all that matters to me.

  Kevin Durant

  Real, Kids, Player

  "Q&A with Kevin Durant: 'I like to remain somewhat of a mystery'". Interview with Chris Haynes, www.espn.com. January 4, 2017.

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• I play basketball. I can't control the media, the way I play. I can't control all of it.

  Kevin Durant

  Media, Play, Way

  "Q&A with Kevin Durant: 'I like to remain somewhat of a mystery'". Interview with Chris Haynes, www.espn.com. January 4, 2017.

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