Nba Quotes - Page 27

• I was really upset. I felt like they tried to limit me, whoever 'they' may be. So I just said to myself third quarter I'm going to come out and do what I do.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Upset, May, Limits

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• You gotta fight all the karate guys, and once you kill them off, now you gotta get to the ninjas. Once you get through the ninjas, now you gotta get to the showmen. Now me, I'm the showman of big men.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Fighting, Men, Guy

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• Why aren't the Nets playing in Newark?

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Newark, Referee

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• Tell them it was a foul.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Foul, Referee

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• There's two kinds of dirty - dirty and sewer-dirty. Danny Ferry is sewer-dirty and has been ever since he was at Duke.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Dirty, Two, Dukes

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• You guys make the rules up, so a foul is a foul. It doesn't matter if a guy is bigger and stronger. It's not my fault I ate my Frosted Flakes when I was little, and you ate Wheaties.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Guy, Stronger, Littles

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• If he were on fire, he couldn't act as if he were burning. He can't out-act me on the big screen.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, Fire, Burning

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• Alvin's the coach. We must be the Clippers. And I must be Olowokandi. Nooooo!

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, Coaches

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• If he wants to get that next contract, he's going to have to go to the New York Athletic Club three times a day and just ride the bike.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, New York, Athletic

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• It was a cheap shot. They won the game, move on. My thing is, I don't ask for a lot, but I demand my respect, especially from a guy like that.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, Moving, Games

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• It's over now. He said what he had to say, I said what I had to say. Don't play with me. Seriously, don't play with me.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, Play, Said

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• The only thing wrong with the NBA - or any other professional sport, for that matter - is a wild epidemic of Dumbness and overweening Greed. There is no Mystery about it, and no need to change any rules.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Sports, Epidemics, Greed

  Hunter S. Thompson (2011). “Hey Rube: Blood Sport, the Bush Doctrine, and the Downward S”, p.81, Simon and Schuster

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• I always wanted to be an NBA ball player since I was eight years old. I kind of went on the road of sports and I ended up on the stage with the microphone. For me it's like a dream come full circle. I think some people do it because their agent tells them it's a good look to get some publicity. But myself, I eat, live, and breathe basketball.

  Michael Bivins

  Basketball, Sports, Dream

  Source: www.cyinterview.com

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• I thought LeBron James was just going to be another addition to help me score

  Ricky Davis

  Funny, Basketball, Helping

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• Name 12 players better than me.

  Jalen Rose

  Funny, Basketball, Player

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• We Latinos are in a growing stage in the NBA. It's all part of the international basketball boom.

  Manu Ginobili

  Basketball, Growing, Stage

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• I was taught to play the game from a total team concept-to be able to do everything reasonably well and some things extraordinarily well. If I'm not shooting well, I'll try to be an asset in other ways-like defense, passing, rebounding, and hustle.

  Rick Barry

  Basketball, Team, Games

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• This is a team game and one man doesn't win and one man doesn't lose. In the end, the best team usually wins.

  Wilt Chamberlain

  Basketball, Team, Men

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• I dribbled by the hour with my left hand when I was young. I didn't have full control, but I got so I could move the ball back and forth from one hand to the other without breaking the cadence of my dribble. I wasn't dribbling behind my back or setting up any trick stuff, but I was laying the groundwork for it.

  Bob Cousy

  Basketball, Moving, Hands

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• If you're going to have to beg them to play, it's not going to work.

  Chuck Daly

  Basketball, Sports, Play

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• I never think about missing a free throw. All that goes through my mind when I'm at the line is seeing the ball go through the bottom of the net.

  Brad Daugherty

  Basketball, Thinking, Missing

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• If you are honest with yourself and can look into a mirror and believe that you have given 100 percent, you should feel proud. If you cannot, then there is more work to be done.

  John Havlicek

  Basketball, Believe, Mirrors

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• I just love the game of basketball so much. The game! I don't need the 18,000 people screaming and all the peripheral things. To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation.

  Bobby Knight

  Leadership, Basketball, Practice

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• A common mistake among those who work in sport is spending a disproportional amount of time on "x's and o's" as compared to time spent learning about people.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Sports, Volleyball

  Mike Krzyzewski, Jamie K. Spatola (2006). “Beyond Basketball: Coach K's Keywords for Success”, p.32, Hachette UK

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• The true warrior understands and seizes that moment by giving an effort so intense and so intuitive that it could only be called one from the heart.

  Pat Riley

  Basketball, Heart, Warrior

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

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