Basketball Quotes - Page 39

• Well, I don't remember all the names of all the clubs we went to

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Names, Clubs, Remember

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• Lotta people don't know where Utah is but it in Salt Lake.

  Karl Malone

  Lakes, Utah, People

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• My biggest thrill came the night Elgin Baylor and I combined for 73 points at Madison Square Garden. Elgin had 71 of them.

  Rod Hundley

  Night, Garden, Squares

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• I think I am upsetting the coach.

  Yao Ming

  Thinking, Upset, Coaches

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• Winning is the best deodorant.

  Jason Kidd

  Winning, Deodorant

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• It will work out, somehow. That's a hell of a duo right there, Marbury, Crawford and Houston.

  Carmelo Anthony

  Funny, Nba, Work Out

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• I only know how to play two ways: reckless and abandon.

  Magic Johnson

  Funny, Play, Two

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• If you can walk with your head in the clouds and keep your feet on the ground, you can make a million dollars in the NBA.

  Gary Dornhoefer

  Funny, Clouds, Nba

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• On the best tactic when playing alongside Kareem Abdul-Jabbar- Just give him the ball.

  Magic Johnson

  Funny, Giving, Balls

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• There are some remarkable parallels between basketball and politics. Michael Jordan has already mastered the skill most needed for political success: how to stay aloft without visible means of support.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Funny, Mean, Skills

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• On his telepathic understanding with James Worthy- It's almost like we have ESPN.

  Magic Johnson

  Funny, Understanding, Espn

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• Many Americans follow pro basketball from November through June, for reasons that I found unexplainable, other than the fact that they were overly fascinated with soaring armpits.

  Dan Jenkins

  Funny, June, Facts

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• I'm sorry to see it end.

  Michael Jordan

  Sorry, Ends, I'm Sorry

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• We're going to miss Damon. He was a great shooter. . . . He got what he wanted, but he gave up a lot. No more night life, no more warm weather and no more a lot of media attention. . . . I guess this was his first shot at getting something big. I guess he had to take it.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Night, Media, Weather

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• We would love to have Gary down here. He's still tenacious on defense, and I know he still wants [a title]. And I'm the only guy in the world who can get him one.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Winning, Guy, Titles

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• If they want to play football, we can play football.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Football, Play, Want

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• I knew I was going to make one. I wanted to make two, but the first one rattled in and rattled right out.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Two, Firsts, Wanted

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• There was a kid that had five brothers and sisters, and the family was missing for like five days. I was watching TV, they [found each other] and now they're in San Antonio. So I bought them a little apartment in San Antonio. But I'm doing stuff like that all over.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Brother, Kids, Missing

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• Either because I was an athlete or because I was black - probably both - there seemed to be a clear assumption that I wouldn't be up to the work.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Athlete, Black, Assumption

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1984). “Giant Steps”, Bantam

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• But people don't know if I can teach the game. I know I can. My experience in Oklahoma was positive. It opened my eyes to how the game is played - the interaction among players, fans and media, how all that works. You have to know about the business of the game and how the actions of players and coaches affect the business. I think I have it down now.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Eye, Player, Thinking

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• He doesn't necessarily have to learn the sky hook. He just has to learn how to be an effective post player. I think I can help him do that.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Player, Thinking, Sky

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• We want to show how hip-hop, which kind of fuels today's basketball stars, is directly related to jazz.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Stars, Hip Hop, Fuel

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• I had a moment like that with Wilt (Chamberlain). He knocked me out of bounds, I came back and faked him, came across the middle and dunked on him.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Moments, Middle, Chamberlain

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• Elgin's game was an incredible performance, also. I don't think there's any comparison. Elgin did it without three-point lines. His game was attacking the hoop and hitting jumpers inside 20 feet. Kobe's range is unreal, and he does it his way.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Thinking, Feet, Games

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• All the courage and competitiveness of Jackie Robinson affects me to this day. If I patterned my life after anyone it was him, not because he was the first black baseball player in the majors but because he was a hero.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Baseball, Courage, Hero

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