Basketball Quotes - Page 40

• 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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• When I'm finished playing, I want people to say, 'He handled this well, he kept his cool.'

  Kobe Bryant

  People, Want, Wells

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• I felt like when we came back from the All-Star break we needed everybody to feel like they were part of the team, ... I'm just trying to do whatever the team needs at any given time.

  Kobe Bryant

  Stars, Team, Trying

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• People say I eat a lot. I really don't. More or less I just eat all the time.

  Charles Barkley

  People

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• When you read the book you see that these guys aren't holding any punches. They're straightforward. They're honest. They're giving you their honest opinion.

  Charles Barkley

  Book, Giving, Guy

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• It doesn't matter to me what place I get traded to. If I was traded someplace - I'd play anywhere.

  Kobe Bryant

  Play, Matter, Ifs

  InsideHoops Interview, www.insidehoops.com. February 15, 2004.

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• I want her to understand that it's going to be a factor in her life. I just want her to know that (racism) does exist, and I want her to always be diligent, and if she sees it, address it and fight it.

  Charles Barkley

  Fighting, Racism, Doe

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• I visualize the game. I think about who I am guarding, the things he likes to do.

  Scottie Pippen

  Thinking, Who I Am, Games

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• It really doesn't matter to me. We're just talking about clothes. I can understand what the NBA is trying to do. I love my sneakers, but we're just talking about clothes.

  Kobe Bryant

  Talking, Nba, Sneakers

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• You just try to take it one day at a time, ... You step on the basketball floor and just play. It's fun. I'm comfortable with it.

  Kobe Bryant

  Fun, Play, One Day At A Time

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• I know how to play my guard spot, ... He can worry about the low post.

  Kobe Bryant

  Play, Worry, Lows

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• You just stay patient, that's all.

  Kobe Bryant

  Patient

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• I'm just right down the middle, man, ... It doesn't matter to me. I'd love him (Phil Jackson) as a coach. It doesn't matter to me. If they want him here, he'll be here. If he wants to come, he'll come, he'll coach and we'll go from there.

  Kobe Bryant

  Men, Want, Matter

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• The motivation for me is just the game itself, just playing the game the right way and trying to win, compete every time I step out there on the floor. That's motivation enough for me to go out there and play well.

  Kobe Bryant

  Motivation, Winning, Games

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• I realize now that there's a strength in dunking that I can use to my advantage. When you dunk all the time it isn't as demoralizing to the opponent, but when you dunk at a key moment in the game you can use it to change the momentum.

  Kobe Bryant

  Keys, Games, Momentum

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• I have my own identity ... The whole Michael thing does drive me nuts sometimes because people won't leave it alone. He's bald, I have hair. He's almost 40, I'm 22. Seriously though, I wish people would let it be and let me just be Kobe.

  Kobe Bryant

  Hair, Nuts, People

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• It doesn't bother me at all. Do I hold any hard feelings? Not at all, ... Life is too short to sit around and hold grudges. I don't hold any whatsoever.

  Kobe Bryant

  Inspirational, Life Is Too Short, Feelings

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• I had some shots that I felt like I should've made; I just didn't make them. I'm not going to shoot the ball great every night.

  Kobe Bryant

  Night, Balls, Made

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• It's hard to put it in perspective right now. I'm starting to feel a little emotional about what's going to happen Friday night. Getting your number put in the rafters is always something that as a kid ... you dream of seeing happen to you.

  Scottie Pippen

  Friday, Dream, Kids

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• A lot of times things get blown out of proportion in a negative light, especially in the NBA, ... But there are a lot of players in the NBA who really care about the community and want to use their basketball-playing ability for a good cause.

  Kobe Bryant

  Player, Light, Nba

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• It [would have] been very difficult. As I said, the rules ... but if the rules were put in place back when Michael Jordan was in his prime - no hand-checking, the game was more geared toward offense, wanting to promote scoring in the game - he could have probably got close. He did score 69.

  Scottie Pippen

  Hands, Games, Back When

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• This is a job and we want to have fun. But it's a job and we should look like we're going to work.

  LeBron James

  Inspirational, Jobs, Fun

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• Working with all of these kids is great. It doesn't get any better than this, to come down and inspire kids who want to play the game of basketball and put smiles on their faces.

  LeBron James

  Kids, Games, Play

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• I will have no problem coming to practice on time. The locker room is great, but we have to prove ourselves on the court.

  LeBron James

  Practice, Lockers, Rooms

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