Basketball Quotes - Page 36

• I wanted to be a football player. Football is a sport that I love, but the more I started playing basketball, the more I started dreaming of playing in the NBA.

  Dwyane Wade

  Inspirational, Sports, Football

  The IGN Interview, www.ign.com. August 26, 2005.

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• Any time a little midget does something like this, you gotta give him a 10!.

  Charles Barkley

  Giving, Doe, Littles

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• I understand that I'm not perfect. I made mistakes and I had a hand in everything that's happened to me, good and bad.

  Dwyane Wade

  Mistake, Hands, Perfect

  "Dwyane Wade Talks New Book, ‘A Father First,’ And What He Plans To Teach His Sons About Women" By Jessica Cumberbatch Anderson, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 6, 2012.

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• As long as you put on a jersey, no matter what kind of jersey it is, as long as you're supporting the game of basketball, I enjoy it.

  Dwyane Wade

  Games, Long, Matter

  "Q&A With Dwyane Wade: Champion happy to be father figure". Interview with Jill Painter, www.sbsun.com. October 2, 2012.

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• No team works out teamwork.

  Dwyane Wade

  Teamwork, Work Out, Team Work

  "Dwyane Wade talks Madness, streak, sons" by Lynn Hoppes, www.espn.com. March 17, 2013.

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• I've decided to listen to my doctors and get the procedure I need on my knee. USA Basketball said I had to do what was best for me. They want me to be obviously as healthy as possible so I can continue to play this game at a high level.

  Dwyane Wade

  Inspirational, Doctors, Games

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• Thank God for Jerry Springer's show. I thought only black folks were that screwed up until I watched Jerry Springer.

  Charles Barkley

  Black, Thank God, Shows

  Charles Barkley (2002). “I May Be Wrong but I Doubt It”, p.107, Random House

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• I think I've gotten more attention after the Olympics than any other U.S. athlete, and it's really great that people are recognizing who I am and what I do. You look at Shaq and you see a basketball player. You look at Tiger Woods and you see a golfer. But people are responding to who I am.

  Johnny Weir

  Athlete, Player, Thinking

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• Michael Jordan changed so much in basketball, he took his power to make a difference. It's so much going on in music right now and somebody has to make a difference.

  Kanye West

  Inspirational, Differences, Making A Difference

  "Kanye West Compares Himself to Hitler". www.usmagazine.com. August 08, 2011.

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• I don't know a lot of show runners. I mean I met a lot of them in picket lines. I'm not part of a, like, secret society or pickup basketball game. As far as I'm concerned, pick-up basketball games are secret societies. They confuse me. I've never been a networker or I've never been very social.

  Joss Whedon

  Mean, Games, Secret

  "Joss Whedon on Comic Books, Abusing Language and the Joys of Genre". Interview with Adam Rogers, www.wired.com. May 3, 2012.

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• Players should know that if you can't make the contribution of the winning shot, that your attitude every day when you come to practice, or the positive contribution you make through cheering and keeping up team morale, is just as important in the overall picture.

  Sue Wicks

  Cheer, Attitude, Team

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• Discipline yourself, and others won't need to.

  John Wooden

  Ucla, Discipline, Preparation

  John Wooden (2013). “Quotes from Coach John Wooden: Winning with Principle”, p.52, B&H Publishing Group

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• I just wish all these young black kids would realize how significant it is to stop acting a fool out there, killing each other, not getting their education. You know, people have died to put us in a situation to be successful.

  Charles Barkley

  Kids, Successful, People

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• I came to the realization a couple months ago that I am fat. If you get tired from walking - and that's all that golf is - then you are officially fat.

  Charles Barkley

  Couple, Tired, Golf

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• A lot of times I blend in a little bit easier because I'm not like a basketball player who's going to stand out because of his height.

  Tiger Woods

  Inspirational, Player, Littles

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• The first time I managed to pick up a basketball I knew I was destined to lead the UK to another National championship. ... Even now, so many years later, I still believe Kentucky will go undefeated in March & win everything.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Inspirational, Believe, Winning

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• Adrian Dantley is a guy that I looked at . . . on how to maneuver my body around.

  Charles Barkley

  Guy, Body

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• I want to be a politician. I think I understand how the system works, I think a lot of politicians are corrupt, and it's about time we put some people in there who are going to look out for the majority of the people instead of the rich people.

  Charles Barkley

  Thinking, People, Majority

  "Britain Prepares to Withdraw Troops From Iraq". “The Situarion Room” with Wolf Blitzer, www.cnn.com. February 21, 2007.

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• You take 5 white guys and you take 5 black guys and put em together for a week and what you won't have is 5 blacks guys talking like, 'Golly gee, we really won that big basketball game' but you will have 5 white guys talking like 'Yo slick, whuzzup...we be shootin hoops and mad playin, slammed those mofos

  George Carlin

  Talking, Games, White

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• Poor white people and poor black people just don't know how much they have in common. Rich people don't give a damn about either group.

  Charles Barkley

  White, People, Giving

  Charles Barkley (2002). “I May Be Wrong but I Doubt It”, p.34, Random House

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• No matter what...ball made my heart beat faster, made me want to jump up and down and be Superman. That's what life was about anyway, being Superman and living like life itself was important. Basketball made my life important.

  Walter Dean Myers

  Heart, Important, Balls

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• It's not up to anyone else to make me give my best.

  Hakeem Olajuwon

  Sports, Ambition, Nba

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• Effort is only effort when it begins to hurt.

  Jose Ortega y Gasset

  Art, Hurt, Philosophy

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• We should not have to push you to work hard, you should work hard because you want to be a great player.

  Bobby Knight

  Hard Work, Hockey, Player

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• When you're playing against a stacked deck, compete even harder. Show the world how much you'll fight for the winners circle. If you do, someday the cellophane will crackle off a fresh pack, one that belongs to you, and the cards will be stacked in your favor.

  Pat Riley

  Inspirational, Success, Sports

  Pat Riley (1993). “The winner within: a life plan for team players”, Putnam Adult

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