Basketball Quotes - Page 32

• I want the younger kids, the basketball players in high school and college to hear from me and let them know that when you come to the league, this is what happens and this is how I feel as an NBA player. And it's not all peachy keen.

  Kevin Durant

  School, 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 don't [know] what everybody else's motives are, I don't know what your motives are, but mine is to portray the real life of an NBA player. And it's not all about I just do everything, like I'm the hardest worker, or I love to play basketball every day, I go to the gym at eight and don't leave until five. No, that's not how it is. That's not how I am.

  Kevin Durant

  Real, Player, Eight

  "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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• Me as a person, I'm not the president of the NBPA (National Basketball Players Association). I don't even know what to say. I'm not like this perfect, buttoned-up, suit-and-tie guy.

  Kevin Durant

  Player, Ties, Perfect

  "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 want to show people who I really am, especially aspiring basketball players who want to be at this level. That's what I'm about.

  Kevin Durant

  Player, People, Levels

  "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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• If I asked you something about basketball and you don't really know about basketball and you try to talk it and fake it, I'm going to be able to tell. It's the same way about music; you have to be real.

  Chamillionaire

  Real, Fake, Trying

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• Our feelings can be hurt, but you can take a yoga class, you can pray, you can play some basketball - you can figure out things for your hurt feelings.

  Killer Mike

  Hurt, Yoga, Class

  Source: www.billboard.com

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• I've been playing youth basketball ever since I was in sixth grade; I've been traveling ever since I was in sixth grade, so I'm used to it.

  Derrick Rose

  Youth, Used, Sixth Grade

  Source: bleacherreport.com

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• When you're at the basketball court watching a game, one person may be talking about a fight he had with his wife, another is talking about the last hard-on he got, someone else is talking about the presidential election. The language and the tone and the voice - I'd love to be able to capture that spontaneity.

  John Edgar Wideman

  Fighting, Talking, Games

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• Hell, I'm going to play pro basketball. I'm going to maybe be famous. I'm going to write books.

  John Edgar Wideman

  Book, Writing, Play

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• You can kick a ball into the net, throw a basketball into the net. Tennis is complicated. It'll make a lot of great athletes run the other way because they can't be successful initially.

  Jim Courier

  Running, Athlete, Successful

  Source: www.powersharesseries.com

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• When I was in seventh grade, I was caught stealing money from the visiting team's locker room during a basketball game. So I was sent to The Brothers. That's what they called this parochial school up in Goshen, New York. I was supposed to get closer supervision there and more "masculine influence," whatever that means. But I was thrown out for telling a couple of really lame kids on the playground that I had heroin.

  George Carlin

  Brother, New York, Couple

  Source: reprints.longform.org

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• Politicians refuse to modernize schools, they cut out midnight basketball, but build all these new jails. First class jails, second class schools. This is zero tolerance.

  Jesse Jackson

  Zero, School, Cutting

  Source: www.colorlines.com

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• College basketball was one of the hardest, most rewarding experiences of my life. Every single day on the court was a mental and physical challenge.

  Ashley Graham

  College, Challenges, Court

  Source: awesomesportsproject.com

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• I hear that players tend to burn out of basketball, but I absolutely never had that experience myself. There were many times in my life where I got cut from a team I wanted to make, or didn't get playing time in high school, and even into college. But setbacks always inspired me to work harder, spend more time in the gym, play more, learn more, and watch more basketball.

  Ashley Graham

  Team, Hard Work, School

  Source: awesomesportsproject.com

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• Since I first started playing basketball, I have just loved it, and nothing has ever made me lose that love.

  Ashley Graham

  Firsts, Made, Loses

  Source: awesomesportsproject.com

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• Basketball, and the people I have met through the game have far and away had the largest impact on my life. Almost every positive role model I have ever had was a coach, mentor, or teammate.

  Ashley Graham

  Impact, Games, People

  Source: awesomesportsproject.com

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• Basketball really is a metaphor for life - the intangible skills I have learned on the court, have helped shape the person I am today.

  Ashley Graham

  Skills, Shapes, Today

  Source: awesomesportsproject.com

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• Basketball has taught me that no matter how unlikely something is, if you set a goal, and follow after that goal with all your heart, anything is possible.

  Ashley Graham

  Heart, Goal, Matter

  Source: awesomesportsproject.com

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• If I hadn't become a professional basketball player, I would have become a history teacher. There's so much to learn from history.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Teacher, Player, Ifs

  Source: www.omnivoracious.com

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• I love basketball, but playing basketball doesn't fully define who I am. I was always a good student, too.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Who I Am, Students, Playing Basketball

  Source: www.omnivoracious.com

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• I definitely don't want to run any 5K races anytime soon. I can work out pretty hard as far as intensity. But as far as playing basketball or anything high impact, it's probably not smart for me to do.

  Prince Fielder

  Running, Smart, Impact

  Source: sports-ak.espn.go.com

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• I played all four years [at St. Mary's College] with - at a certain point, basketball became the thing I was doing most, but it was really in my periphery.

  Mahershala Ali

  College, Years, Four

  Source: www.npr.org

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• I think it is an accurate statement to say that some people consider feelings of same-gender attraction to be the defining fact of their existence. There are also people who consider the defining fact of their existence that they are from Texas or that they were in the United States Marines. Or they are red-headed, or they are the best basketball player that ever played for such-and-such a high school. People can adopt a characteristic as the defining example of their existence and often those characteristics are physical.

  Dallin H. Oaks

  School, Marine, Player

  Source: www.mormonnewsroom.org

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• People will say you should quit running if you're a slow runner. Or you should quit basketball if you can't dribble with your left hand. I don't agree with that. If you're not a very good reader at 14, nobody thinks you should stop reading.

  Timothy Shriver

  Running, Reading, Thinking

  Source: abilitymagazine.com

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• Back when I played, basketball was all about fundamentals, about hustling, getting those loose balls, all those rebounds under the basket. That equals up to 12, 14, 16 points. You can lose a game with that much. It's different watching basketball now. People don't play the same way. It doesn't matter if you score, if you can't stop the other team from scoring. Our coach used to kick our ass if we didn't. I was told if you saw more of the other team color under the basket than your own team color, you ain't doing your job. Everybody should be under the board, trying to get that ball.

  Leslie Jones

  Jobs, Team, Color

  Source: w.espn.go.com

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