Over 250 Inspirational Basketball Quotes

by allinspiration.com

“Me shooting 40% at the foul line is just God’s way to say nobody’s perfect.”
– Shaquille O’Neal

“And I want to do it the right way, like everybody else, not just a famous figurehead that gets a job because he is a famous basketball player. I want to really learn the business.”
– Shaquille O’Neal

“I started out as a football player. I liked to inflict pain. In basketball, it was the same thing.”
– Shaquille O’Neal

“My father made me who I am. He gave me a basketball and told me to play with the ball, sleep with the ball, dream with the ball. Just don’t take it to school. I used it as a pillow, and it never gave me a stiff neck.”
– Shaquille O’Neal

“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, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

“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

“Whirlyball is only the most awesome sport on the planet! It’s like bumper cars plus lacrosse meets basketball.”
– St. Vincent

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

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

“When I come home, it’s about my kid, who needs to eat, needs to do homework, and needs to get to basketball. I don’t have a lot of time to think about me.”
– Taraji P. Henson

“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

“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

“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

“Good, better, best. Never let it rest. Until your good is better and your better is best.”
– Tim Duncan

“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

“A guy who gives you less than what he has to give is, one, telling you what he thinks of you, and two, telling you what he thinks of himself.”
– Unknown

“Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.”
– Unknown

“Basketball doesn’t build character it reveals it.”
– Unknown

“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.”
– Unknown

“Criticize on defense and encourage on offense.”
– Unknown

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