Basketball Quotes - Page 35

• While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use, he who has learned to trust nature finds need for ever fewer external directions. He will discard formula after formula, until he reaches the conclusion: Let nature take its course.

  Larry Bird

  Facts, Needs, Use

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• I like college football, but I'm a huge college basketball fan. I could sit and watch every game of March Madness and be happy. That could be a vacation.

  Lewis Black

  Football, College, Vacation

  "Lewis Black Is No Judge Judy". Interview with Nick Baumann, www.motherjones.com. March 11, 2008.

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• I pray if I ever find out I have only about three minutes to live it's during a basketball game, because then I'll have, what, 10, 12 years to live?

  Elayne Boosler

  Years, Games, Three

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• I like low-maintenance girls, but at the same time, classy. She needs to take care of herself. But also be a girl who isn't afraid to get sweaty and play basketball, so it's cool if she's a tomboy.

  Chris Brown

  Inspirational, Girl, Play

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• My personal life is the same. At the end of the day, this is just a job. I love what I do, and it's a great job. But it's like my alter ego. There's Chris Brown the singer. And there's Christopher Brown, the down-home Tappahannock boy that plays video games and basketball and hangs out.

  Chris Brown

  Jobs, Home, Boys

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• Everyone looks at your watch and it represents who you are, your values and your personal style.

  Kobe Bryant

  Athlete, Style, Watches

  "Kobe Bryant On The Black Mamba". Interview with Benjamin Clymer, www.askmen.com.

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• I focus on one thing and one thing only - that's trying to win as many championships as I can.

  Kobe Bryant

  Athlete, Winning, Focus

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• In an individual sport, yes, you have to win titles. Baseball's different. But basketball, hockey? One person can control the tempo of a game, can completely alter the momentum of a series. There's a lot of great individual talent.

  Kobe Bryant

  Sports, Baseball, Hockey

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• Millions of guys play millions of basketball games every day of the week at the playground or the YMCA. But LeBron James gets $20 million a year because he can jam on all of those guys. We're always going to want to see LeBron and Kobe go at it.

  Adam Carolla

  Inspirational, Ymca, Years

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• And I remember leaving my place in L.A. and - my father is a big fight fan - and I said, 'Dad, I got a couple of days off and I'm getting ready to go to Houston to sign to fight Muhammad Ali.

  Wilt Chamberlain

  Dad, Couple, Father

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• On an awards-show day, I can play basketball, go in, take a shower and put on a tux - it takes me three minutes to put on a tux - and be out the door in 15 minutes.

  George Clooney

  Awards, Doors, Play

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• The thing I like about my body is that it's strong. I can move furniture around my apartment. I can ride my horse... I can play basketball. It's a well functioning machine.

  Cindy Crawford

  Strong, Horse, Moving

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The tradition in Serbia has always been team sports - football, basketball, handball, volleyball and water polo, individual sports are not supported.

  Novak Djokovic

  Sports, Football, Volleyball

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• There's so much that I want to do. I feel like I'm the Magic Johnson of rap. You know, Magic was great on the basketball court, but he's bigger as a businessman.

  Snoop Dogg

  Inspirational, Rap, Magic

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Every memory I had growing up was involving a basketball. I didn't go to the prom and stuff like that. It was always basketball for me.

  Kevin Durant

  Growing Up, Memories, Stuff

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• In sixth grade, my basketball team made it to the league championships. In double overtime, with three seconds left, I rebounded the ball and passed it - to the wrong team! They scored at the buzzer and we lost the game. To this day, I still have nightmares!

  Zac Efron

  Inspirational, Team, Games

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• With the crowds on your side, it's easier to play up to your potential.

  Julius Erving

  Your Side, Play, Crowds

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• And I continued to grow until I was 25 years old.

  Julius Erving

  Sports, Years, Grows

  "The Wondrous Dr. J". Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 26, 1992.

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• When I went to Philadelphia I was 26 years old and really sitting on top of the world. Family life, a professional career, plenty of friends and associates, and a good reputation, a wish list that could be the envy of many.

  Julius Erving

  Years, Careers, Philadelphia

  "The Wondrous Dr. J". Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 26, 1992.

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• My parents were kind of over protective people. Me and my sister had to play in the backyard all the time. They bought us bikes for Christmas but wouldn't let us ride in the street, we had to ride in the backyard. Another Christmas, my dad got me a basketball hoop and put it in the middle of the lawn! You can't dribble on grass.

  Jimmy Fallon

  Christmas, Dad, Play

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• I still regret that I never played soccer in high school. I chose basketball over soccer.

  Will Ferrell

  Soccer, Regret, School

  "Will Ferrell Q&A". Interview with Arash Markazi, www.si.com. February 12, 2008.

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• Growing up, I looked up to major league baseball players, and now these young women have amazing, incredible women all across the board, from swimming to gymnastics to softball to basketball.

  Jennie Finch

  Inspirational, Softball, Baseball

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• I went to the University of San Francisco on an athletic scholarship. I didn't study in high school. I was just there to get by and to play basketball. But a funny thing happened to me when I got to college. I got challenged by the work and the professors.

  Michael Franti

  School, College, Funny Things

  "POP MUSIC : A 'News Junkie' and His Rap : 10 QUESTIONS : MICHAEL FRANTI : Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy". Interview with Dennis Hunt, articles.latimes.com. August 23, 1992.

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

  Mia Hamm

  Soccer, School, Years

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• I don't have much of an attention span for TV - I nod off during the basketball playoffs - but when I watch 'Game of Thrones' on On Demand, I'm glued to the set. It's mystical and addictive. Tyrion Lannister, that's my man.

  Steve Harvey

  Men, Games, Watches

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