Basketball Quotes – Over 200 Sayings On The Game

by allinspiration.com

“I like low-maintenance girls, but at the same time, classy. She needs to take care of herself. But also be a girl who isn’t afraid to get sweaty and play basketball, so it’s cool if she’s a tomboy.”
– Chris Brown

“My personal life is the same. At the end of the day, this is just a job. I love what I do, and it’s a great job. But it’s like my alter ego. There’s Chris Brown the singer. And there’s Christopher Brown, the down-home Tappahannock boy that plays video games and basketball and hangs out.”
– Chris Brown

“The thing I like about my body is that it’s strong. I can move furniture around my apartment. I can ride my horse… I can play basketball. It’s a well functioning machine.”
– Cindy Crawford

“I think we have our sports within our own culture that are huge with baseball, football, basketball, and hockey. Those are the sports in America that we grow up with and soccer isn’t really there yet.”
– Claudio Reyna

“So like any football or basketball coach, you always always believe you’re going to win.”
– Colin Powell

“We don’t do things we aren’t good at by nature. I wouldn’t play basketball because I’m only 5′ 1″. Find what you enjoy – whether it’s racing, flying a helicopter, being a doctor, or stitching clothes together. Once you’ve done that, you have the passion you need.”
– Danica Patrick

“Someone created the box score, and he should be shot.”
– Daryl Morey

“I always dreamt of being a basketball player. A dream that only I believed in.”
– David Duchovny

“[On writing:] “There’s a great quote by Julius Irving that went, ‘Being a professional is doing the things you love to do, on the days you don’t feel like doing them.’”
– David Halberstam

“In my first film, I was a basketball player. Like every good actor, I lied when they asked me if I could play.”
– David Morse

“Basketball is a team game. But that doesn’t mean all five players should have the same amount of shots.”
– Dean Smith

“When I was growing up, we used to play basketball in a park that was never shoveled when it snowed. The basketball rims were never fixed. And we understood then that there was a relationship between public policy and our quality of life.”
– DeForest Soaries

“I’m the basketball version of a gravedigger.”
– Dennis Rodman

“Basketball used to be my top priority.”
– Derek Fisher

“I don’t feel like basketball is the only way to make a living.”
– Derek Fisher

“Life for me outweighs the game of basketball.”
– Derek Fisher

“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

“Charles and I go back since college. None of us thought this would happen, we just wanted to play basketball. This is the highest honor that can ever be paid, and it’s mind-blowing.”
– Dominique Wilkins

“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

“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

“I had no experience with broadcasting basketball games, so I took a tape recorder and went to a playground where there was a summer league, and I stood up in the top of the stands and I called the game.”
– Ed Bradley

“I could’ve played basketball, but my mind was on baseball. I didn’t know what I was in for. In high school it was a matter of talent. No one told you what to do.”
– Eric Davis

“I love basketball.”
– Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

“For example, Michael Jordan earns $100million a year but continues to play basketball and remains a modest human being.”
– Franz Beckenbauer

“I played sports year around: basketball, soccer, softball and I ran track year around, from the time I was, like, six, seven.”
– Gabrielle Union

“I play basketball on Sundays and I’m a very spiritual guy; I read a lot of Eastern philosophy and I meditate.”
– Garry Shandling

“Handball, swimming, running, jumping, basketball, and boxing were as much a part of me as breathing.”
– Gene Tunney

“My swag was phenomenal.”
– Gilbert Arenas

“My sporting hero was Drazen Petrovic, the NBA basketball player, who was killed in a car accident in 1993. He was a good friend, an unbelievable player, and I dedicated my Wimbledon win to him.”
– Goran Ivanisevic

“Good thing in this business is that you just have to make one big shot and that’s enough to make you forget 9 other shots that you missed.”
– Guy Zucker

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