Playing Basketball Quotes - Page 2

• Just because I had a good game doesn't change who I am,
  my identity is in Christ and not in basketball, I love playing basketball and it's my job but at the same time I recognize that I'm a sinner and that's not gonna change regardless of how well I play on the court

  Jeremy Lin

  Basketball, Jobs, Who I Am

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• I've always thought that my exposure to competitive sports helped me a great deal in the operating room. It teaches you endurance, and it teaches you how to cope with defeat, and with complications of all sort. I think I'm a well-coordinated person, more than average, and I think that came through my interest in sports, and athletics... Playing basketball you have to make decisions promptly, and that's true in the operating room as well.

  Denton Cooley

  Basketball, Sports, Thinking

  "Presidential Medal of Freedom". Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. April 11, 1991.

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• My dad taught me that you have to work hard for anything you want in life, and I wanted to be good at playing basketball.

  Seimone Augustus

  Basketball, Dad, Hard Work

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• We're just playing basketball. It's not like we're going out to have unprotected sex with Magic.

  Charles Barkley

  Funny, Basketball, Sex

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• I was actually supposed to be a basketball player, not an actress. My parents had me playing basketball on competitive teams when I was in kindergarten. Even though my heart belongs to the arts, I'm a tomboy at heart, too.

  Zendaya

  Basketball, Art, Team

  "Zendaya: The “Shake It Up!” Interview". Interview with Kam Williams, www.kamwilliams.com. August 29, 2011.

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• I want to hold onto that because I think every kid when they dream about playing basketball, they don't dream about being a role player. They dream about being the man. I have that position in Toronto and to give that up and go somewhere else to be an addition would kinda defeat the purpose of my dreams.

  Chris Bosh

  Basketball, Dream, Kids

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• The gym teacher's name was Mr. Caruso. Mr. Caruso did
  not speak English. He spoke 'Gym.' One day I was playing
  basketball and Mr. Caruso told me I would have to get
  an athletic supporter. He didn't express himself exactly
  that way, though. He said, 'Hey, you, one day you're gonna
  go up for a rebound and the family jewels aren't gonna
  go with ya.' I had no idea what he was talking about.
  Next day I showed up for practice without my watch and
  my mezuzah. He said, 'Did ya take care of the family jewels?'
  I said, 'I left 'em in my locker.' Took us a half hour to
  revive Mr. Caruso.

  Tommy Lasorda

  Basketball, Teacher, Speak English

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• I couldn't imagine not playing basketball. To me, basketball is what life is all about.

  Bill Walton

  Basketball, Life Is, Imagine

  Bill Walton (1995). “Nothing But Net: Just Give Me the Ball and Get Out of the Way”, Hyperion

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• Height isn't something you can have and just let be, like nice teeth or naturally curly hair. People have this idea you have to put it to use, playing basketball, for example, or observing the weather up there. If you are a girl, they feel a particular need to point your height out to you, as if you might not have noticed.

  Barbara Kingsolver

  Basketball, Girl, Nice

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• I care about systematically playing basketball. If the spacing isn't right, if guys are standing on top of each other, if there aren't lanes to be provided, or rebounders available to offensively rebound the ball, or we don't have defensive balance when a shot goes up, all of these things are fundamental basketball. I follow it.

  Phil Jackson

  Basketball, Guy, Balance

  Source: espn.go.com

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• I definitely don't want to run any 5K races anytime soon. I can work out pretty hard as far as intensity. But as far as playing basketball or anything high impact, it's probably not smart for me to do.

  Prince Fielder

  Basketball, Running, Smart

  Source: sports-ak.espn.go.com

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• I'm most excited about going swimming and riding water slides, shooting off fireworks, and playing basketball, and things like that. That's what I really love doing. Summer is a great time.

  Girl Talk

  Basketball, Summer, Swimming

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I don't worry about playing basketball; that comes natural. I just want to have fun. David Robinson, Patrick Ewing, Michael Jordan: this is like spring break in the ghetto.

  Charles Barkley

  Basketball, Fun, Spring

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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, Basketball, Sports

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

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• I usually just speak in English when I'm on the basketball court. For some reason, my mind never even tried to cross any other language when I'm playing basketball.

  Dikembe Mutombo

  Basketball, Mind, Language

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• If you're playing basketball with someone who's better than you, you have to get better or else it's no fun

  Jason Behr

  Inspirational, Basketball, Fun

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• Everyone thought I was going to die like a year later, they didn't know. So I helped educate sports, and then the world, that a man living with HIV can play basketball. He's not going to give it to anybody by playing basketball.

  Magic Johnson

  Basketball, Sports, Men

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Yoga's hard for me, but I know you can really feel the difference when you do it consistently. I'd rather be playing basketball.

  Chris Noth

  Inspirational, Basketball, Yoga

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• My homies that are around me never give me that 'star pass'. I've hung out with some stars who are playing basketball and everyone let's them score all the baskets. Shooting pool, they let them make all the shots. My homies don't let me get away with that.

  Jamie Foxx

  Inspirational, Basketball, Stars

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Whatever pressure I feel all comes from me, from within. I always was that person who was hard on myself and challenged myself no matter what I was doing, whether it was passing third grade or playing basketball.

  Kendrick Lamar

  Basketball, Matter, Pressure

  Interview with Erykah Badu, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 23, 2013.

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• If you're getting ready to do a really emotional scene then, right before it, you're probably not going to be outside playing basketball.

  Emilie de Ravin

  Basketball, Emotional, Scene

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• Fatherhood will put a man through a lot, but it's a tremendous job, the best in the world - even better than playing basketball.

  Derek Fisher

  Inspirational, Basketball, Jobs

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• If I would have listened to other people back in 2000 telling me I should have stopped playing basketball because of a kidney disease, I wouldn't have won a world championship.

  Alonzo Mourning

  Inspirational, Basketball, Should Have

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• Playing basketball with my teammates was a gift! We cant play any more but we live the memories each day!

  Theresa Grentz

  Basketball, Memories, Play

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• I really do miss playing basketball. I don't play a lot of pick-up games. But I do like using basketball as a form of cross training.

  Jackie Joyner-Kersee

  Inspirational, Basketball, Games

  "Five minutes with Olympic gold medalist Jackie Joyner-Kersee". Chicago Tribune Interview, articles.chicagotribune.com. April 25, 2012.

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