Basketball Quotes - Page 37

• You have to be wired a certain way to be a professional basketball player, and the way my body grew, something happened genetically that allowed me to become a lot more explosive.

  Jeremy Lin

  Player, Body, Way

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• Faith, family, academics and then sports was the order of priorities in my family. My parents really stuck to these principles when raising me and my two brothers. As long as we took care of everything, they let us play as much basketball as we wanted.

  Jeremy Lin

  Sports, Brother, Order

  "Jeremy Lin: The “Linsanity” interview". Interview with Kam Williams, www.insightnews.com.

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• I was a better basketball player growing up in high school than I was a swimmer. Basketball to this day is my favorite sport.

  Ryan Lochte

  Sports, Growing Up, School

  "Ryan Lochte loves his mom, really wants to meet Lil Wayne (Fourth-Place Medal interview)". Interview with Chris Chase, sports.yahoo.com. May 8, 2012.

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• Sometimes, you follow your dreams. I say to the young people, 'If you have a dream, chase it.'

  Karl Malone

  Dream, People, Sometimes

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• For 'Iron Man' I had to improv with Robert Downey Jr., which is like going up against LeBron in basketball. At one point he stopped and said, 'Can we give a round of applause to Olivia, because she's rocking it right now.'

  Olivia Munn

  Inspirational, Men, Rocking It

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• In the original script, my character was a basketball player rather than a boxer. I didn't think I could pull that off. I'm a little short to be a basketball player!

  Eddie Murphy

  Character, Player, Thinking

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• What happened in the past is just that, the past. Champion or not.

  Steve Nash

  Past, Champion, Happened

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• Basketball isn't as popular in Canada as it is in the US. Hockey is by far the most popular sport in Canada.

  Steve Nash

  Sports, Hockey, Canada

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• We were excited to win, staying undefeated is just the icing.

  Steve Nash

  Stay Strong, Winning, Icing

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• Why don't you bring your face up here and let me punch it? Then you can tell me (if I'm stronger).

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Stronger, Faces, Your Face

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• I never worry about the problem. I worry about the solution.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Worry, Problem, Solutions

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• Challenge me. Treat me like a game of checkers and play me. That's all I'm asking, just play me. Treat me like Sega and play me.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Games, Play, Challenges

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• I'm like tax. You're going to pay one way or the other.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Pay, Way, Taxes

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• I'm a mama's boy above all.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Boys, Mama's Boy, Mama

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• My father made me who I am. He gave me a basketball and told me to play with the ball, sleep with the ball, dream with the ball. Just don't take it to school. I used it as a pillow, and it never gave me a stiff neck.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Dream, Father, School

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• There is no answer to the Pythagorean theorem. Well, there is an answer, but by the time you figure it out, I got 40 points, 10 rebounds and then we're planning for the parade.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Pythagorean Theorem, Answers, Planning

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• For all my friends in the media who like quotes, mark this quote down. From this day on I'd like to be known as 'The Big Aristotle' because Aristotle once said, 'Excellence is not a singular act; it's a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.'

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Media, Excellence, Habit

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• I grew up in a small town in Illinois, and my dad was a basketball coach. Thanks to him, I have excellent fundamentals in both basketball and baseball.

  Nick Offerman

  Inspirational, Baseball, Dad

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• Kobe Bryant is my favorite basketball player. He takes risks. He goes for the shot. He isn't cautious with whatever he does.

  Haley Joel Osment

  Inspirational, Player, Risk

  "Haley Joel Osment: What I've Learned" by Ross Johnson, www.esquire.com. January 29, 2007.

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• When you don't know that you don't know, it's a lot different than when you do know that you don't know.

  Bill Parcells

  Sports, Different, Knows

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• We don't do things we aren't good at by nature. I wouldn't play basketball because I'm only 5' 1". Find what you enjoy - whether it's racing, flying a helicopter, being a doctor, or stitching clothes together. Once you've done that, you have the passion you need.

  Danica Patrick

  Inspirational, Passion, Doctors

  Interview with Jim Clash, www.askmen.com.

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• So like any football or basketball coach, you always always believe you're going to win.

  Colin Powell

  Inspirational, Football, Believe

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• Pitching is 80% of the game and the other half is hitting and fielding.

  Mickey Rivers

  Funny, Stupid, Kids

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• I played basketball in high school, and I love watching sports - I'll watch everything except maybe hockey.

  Andy Roddick

  Sports, School, Hockey

  "New Again: Andy Roddick". Interview with Elton John, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 12, 2012.

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• Why should I try to make you believe the things I believe in?

  Dennis Rodman

  Believe, Trying, Should

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