Basketball Quotes - Page 95

There's been injuries to where my perseverance may have gotten overlooked-just my hard work and what I bring to a franchise and to a team may have gotten overlooked. But it's a matter of staying professional and playing the game of basketball and ultimately doing whatever it takes to win a championship for your teammates.

On the seemingly one-sided relationship between Michael Jordan and his shoe sponsors Nike- The company should change its name to Mike.

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.

God didn't miss any of us.

I had my moment on the stage. The trick in life is to know when to leave.

We rush for the stars as we crawl toward our graves.

If they don't let me coach, they might as well take me to the Lexington cemetery.

The occasion is piled high with difficulty. We must rise to the occasion.

Sure, I like to win when I play basketball or board games or video games, but my day isnt ruined if I lose. Im always up for a rematch. In all seriousness, thats something thats nice about maturing.

On his 916th game as coach at University of Alabama - I've been here so long that when I got here the Dead Sea wasn't even sick.

If you have ability in a certain area, why not capitalize on it and improve it and use it?

"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."

I love basketball players for what they do for their size - so graceful.

When I told my wife UConn would win the Big East tournament, she wanted to know why a team from Alaska got into the Big East tournament.

Given a full summer to practice basketball, and especially my jump shot, I know that I could play in the NBA and do well.

Football comes naturally to me, but basketball is a challenge, that's why I like it so much.

I've always tried to coach people the way I would like to be coached; positively and encouragingly rather than with criticism and fear ... I've tried to be as fair as possible.

You can't be a good leader without good character.

You know what the game of golf is, don't you? It's basketball for people who can't jump and chess for people who can't think.

He was a terrific guy. It is a great loss to the sports world. Wilt Chamberlain had a special place in basketball history and he will be missed. We had many battles with Wilt. He was a fun guy to be around; he was a 'Gentle Giant.'

In every game, there's three teams out there. There's the two basketball teams and the team of officials. If the two teams are evenly matched, it can come down to number of possessions. If one out-of-bounds call goes the wrong way, that can be the difference.

I want every day to be the most boring news day ever. I want every day to be about spelling bee champions and baby basketball. It's better to have no comedy material than a horrific news day.

It is in general more profitable to reckon up our defeats than to boast of our attainments.

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

The greatest words you hear in college basketball are Ohio State advances. (The Iowa upset) is amazing. But again, it's all the proof you need that there's no guarantee.