Basketball Quotes - Page 38

• I don't fit into the mold of the NBA man, and I think I've been punished financially for it.

  Dennis Rodman

  Men, Thinking, Nba

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• They say Elvis is dead. I say, no, you're looking at him. Elvis isn't dead; he just changed color.

  Dennis Rodman

  Color, Changed

  "Dennis Rodman Gave a Completely Crazy Playboy Interview Back in 1997". Interview with Kevin Cook, www.playboy.com. June, 1997.

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• Wilt Chamberlain lied when he said he had 20,000 women.

  Dennis Rodman

  Lied, Said, Chamberlain

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• You watch some teams these days and you wonder if they just met on the playground and decided to choose up sides.

  Dennis Rodman

  Team, Watches, Sides

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• I play basketball, I surf and swim and go to the cinema and listen to music and read. I like shopping.

  Saoirse Ronan

  Play, Shopping, Swim

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• I was captain of the volleyball team and the basketball team, and I ran track.

  Sarah Shahi

  Volleyball, Team, Track

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• I enjoy the last quarter of all basketball games.

  Sarah Silverman

  Inspirational, Funny, Humor

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• February is always a bad month for TV sports. Football is gone, basketball is plodding along in the annual midseason doldrums, and baseball is not even mentioned.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Sports, Baseball, Football

  Hunter S. Thompson (2012). “Hey Rube: Blood Sport, the Bush Doctrine, and the Downward Spiral of Dumbness”, p.47, Pan Macmillan

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• I am more than just a serious basketball fan. I am a life-long addict. I was addicted from birth, in fact, because I was born in Kentucky and I learned, early on, that Habitual Domination was a natural way of life.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Kentucky, Long, Fans

  Hunter S. Thompson (2012). “Hey Rube: Blood Sport, the Bush Doctrine, and the Downward Spiral of Dumbness”, p.50, Pan Macmillan

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• I have warned many times about the guaranteed dangers of betting with your heart instead of your head - big darkness, soon come - but every once in a while you get a fair chance to have it both ways, and the annual NCAA basketball Tournament is one of them.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Heart, Ncaa, Darkness

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• March is a month without mercy for rabid basketball fans. There is no such thing as a 'gentleman gambler' when the Big Dance rolls around. All sheep will be fleeced, all fools will be punished severely... There are no Rules when the deal goes down in the final weeks of March. Even your good friends will turn into monsters.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Good Friend, Sheep, Gentleman

  "Hey Rube: Blood Sport, the Bush Doctrine, and the Downward Spiral of Dumbness".

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• Michael Jordan was a tremendous basketball player.

  Lee Trevino

  Sports, Player, Jordan

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• I played sports year around: basketball, soccer, softball and I ran track year around, from the time I was, like, six, seven.

  Gabrielle Union

  Inspirational, Softball, Soccer

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• But try if you can to support, whether it's AIDS or the cancer foundation, so that someone else might survive, might prosper, and might actually be cured of this dreaded disease.

  Jim Valvano

  Cancer, Support, Survival

  Arthur Ashe Courage Award Acceptance Address, delivered 3 March 1993

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• I think as men begin to see things that address them, they will feel that they can relate. They can't relate to 'Basketball Wives,' 'Housewives of Atlanta.' I am not judging or criticizing those shows at all; what I am saying is the perspective is not necessarily the male perspective. 'Iyanla: Fix My Life' is inclusive of everyone.

  Iyanla Vanzant

  Men, Thinking, Atlanta

  Interview with Jamilah Lemieux, www.ebony.com. September 17, 2012.

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• Guys who might not be superstars but because of their hustle, because of the little things they do, these are the guys who can really mean the difference between winning and losing.

  Dwyane Wade

  Success, Mean, Winning

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

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• 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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• 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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• 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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