Basketball Quotes – Over 200 Sayings On The Game

by allinspiration.com

“Someday I might have to put down a basketball and have a regular 9-to-5 like everybody else.”
– Shaquille O’Neal

“There have been players with Indian heritage, but there hasn’t been a Native-American professional basketball player who became a regular for all sorts of social and political reasons.”
– Sherman Alexie

“Nervous means you want to play. Scared means you don’t want to play.”
– Sherman Alexie

“I had never made any plans beyond basketball.”
– Sheryl Swoopes

“I never thought a basketball shoe would be named after a woman, let alone me.”
– Sheryl Swoopes

“I’ve accomplished everything a person can accomplish on a basketball court, but I never thought about the future when I was younger. I never made plans for the next stage in my life.”
– Sheryl Swoopes

“There was the misconception out there that I retired after the 2008 season, but that was never the case. I wasn’t done with basketball yet, and I’m still not done.”
– Sheryl Swoopes

“I think I was a good student, because I jumped over a school. My main interest was basically history and literature. Sports were basically basketball and swimming at a pool. I was so happy.”
– Shimon Peres

“There’s so much that I want to do. I feel like I’m the Magic Johnson of rap. You know, Magic was great on the basketball court, but he’s bigger as a businessman.”
– Snoop Dogg

“Basketball isn’t as popular in Canada as it is in the US. Hockey is by far the most popular sport in Canada.”
– Steve Nash

“My father was a soccer player. All my friends played basketball though, so I stuck with basketball.”
– Steve Nash

“I also developed an interest in sports, and played in informal games at a nearby school yard where the neighborhood children met to play touch football, baseball, basketball and occasionally, ice hockey.”
– Steven Chu

“It’s not to hurt anyone, but basketball can be rough.”
– Sue Wicks

“I try to never lose sight of what a special time it is to be a women‘s basketball player.”
– Sue Wicks

“My fondest memories were watching the Beastie Boys get prepped to come on stage. They had a lot of antics and they play a lot of basketball… then they were giving out cameras to the crowd, and performing from the bleachers. The most important thing I learned was that you control your crowd, not the other way around.”
– Talib Kweli

“I wanted a NBA basketball gym at my house and that’s what I worked hard for and I was able to achieve that.”
– Terrell Owens

“Hockey is a sport for white men. Basketball is a sport for black men. Golf is a sport for white men dressed like black pimps.”
– Tiger Woods

“A lot of times I blend in a little bit easier because I’m not like a basketball player who’s going to stand out because of his height.”
– Tiger Woods

“I coach my daughter‘s softball and basketball team. We go to all the school functions. We go out to eat at night and take the kids to the movies. We try to be as normal as we can.”
– Tim McGraw

“I think the greatest all-around athlete ever was Jim Brown. He played lacrosse, basketball and ran track at Syracuse. He played professional football for the Browns.”
– Will McDonough

“And my father didn’t have money for me to go to college. And at that particular time they didn’t have black quarterbacks, and I don’t think I could have made it in basketball, because I was only 5′ 11″. So I just picked baseball.”
– Willie Mays

“But the point of using the number was to show that sex was a great part of my life as basketball was a great part of my life. That’s the reason why I was single.”
– Wilt Chamberlain

“They say that nobody is perfect. Then they tell you practice makes perfect. I wish they’d make up their minds.”
– Wilt Chamberlain

“Basketball, in America, is like a culture. It is like a foreigner learning a new language. It is difficult to learn foreign languages and it will also be difficult for me to learn the culture for basketball here.”
– Yao Ming

“In sixth grade, my basketball team made it to the league championships. In double overtime, with three seconds left, I rebounded the ball and passed it – to the wrong team! They scored at the buzzer and we lost the game. To this day, I still have nightmares!”
– Zac Efron

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