Basketball Quotes

But, hey I did everything the right way and earned my spot in this game, nothing was given to me.

It feels great to have my hard work pay off, especially when the fans made it hard for me.

With me and basketball, it became part of me.

I believe a big part of leadership is about winning the moment.

I don't hate anyone, at least not for more than 48 minutes, barring overtime.

There is nothing wrong with dedication and goals, but if you focus on yourself, all the lights fade away and you become a fleeting moment in life.

I love practice. It is when a coach exercises the most control over the improvement of his or her team.

On how to make the game more exciting - Eliminate the referees, raise the basket four feet, double the size of the basketball, limit the height of the players to 5 feet 9 inches, bring back the centre jump, allow taxi drivers in for free and allow the players to carry guns.

Nervous means you want to play. Scared means you don't want to play.

As long as I play ball, I can get any woman I want.

I am the number one Ninja and I have killed all the Shoguns in front of me.

People have always doubted whether I was good enough to play this game at this level. I thought I was, and I thought I could be. What other people thought was really always irrelevant to me.

The game of basketball has been everything to me. My place of refuge, place I've always gone where I needed comfort and peace. It's been the site of intense pain and the most intense feelings of joy and satisfaction. It's a relationship that has evolved over time, given me the greatest respect and love for the game.

The real story is that I had unprotected sex. That's that. That's easy.

Love is the force that ignites the spirit and binds teams together.

Young people need models, not critics.

I see kids today trying to do the things I did, and it makes me feel like I've come a long way.

First master the fundamentals.

I want to do for rebounds what Michael Jordan did for dunks.

It's important for us, if we're going to be a good team, to be a good defensive team in the fourth quarter.

I'm hungrier than those other guys out there. Every rebound is a personal challenge.

They don't pay you a million dollars for two-hand chest passes.

The Ten Commandments were not a suggestion.

If you got the game, you got the game. That's why Tiger Woods is out there playing golf with Greg Norman.

Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.

I'm not a role model... Just because I dunk a basketball doesn't mean I should raise your kids.

You can't win if you don't play as a unit.

Michael Jordan and Magic and myself, all learned how to play the game in college programs that emphasized the team.

As brilliant an individual that Michael Jordan was, he was not successful until he got with a good team unit.

Pressure can burst a pipe, or pressure can make a diamond.

But you have to understand, my beard is so nasty. I mean, it's the only beard in the history of Western civilization that makes Bob Dylan's beard look good.

I'm the basketball version of a gravedigger.

I couldn't care less if the guy I'm guarding has HIV. I'm going to slam him anyway.

The one thing I do that nobody else does is jump three and four times for one rebound.

I go out there and get my eyes gouged, my nose busted, my body slammed. I love the pain of the game.

If you have talent with teamwork, you've got a chance to be a championship team.

The only important statistic is the final score.

We should do three things every day of our life. Number one is laugh. You should laugh every day. Number two is to think, we should spend some time in thought. And, number three is you should have your emotions moved to tears.

If a person doesn't govern his temper, his temper will govern him.

Basketball is basketball.

Some things you just can't question. Like you can't question why two plus two is four. So don't question it, don't try to look it up. I don't know who made it, all I know is it was put in my head that two plus two is four. So certain things happen. Why does it rain? Why am I so sexy? I don't know.

Scoring 100 points is a lot, but I maybe could have scored 140 if they had played straight-up basketball.

If you look up the definition of greatness in the dictionary, it will say Michael Jordan.

Offense sells tickets, defense wins games, rebounding wins championships.

I am a businessman. This is what I do each and every day. I love it. I love coming to work. I never have a bad day.

Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.

I was starting out in the business, there was only one path to playing professionally - graduate, or go four years. With the creation of the ABA [American Basketball Association] in the early 1970s, the sanctity of having to go to college was broken. The ABA took anyone, starting with Spencer Haywood.

X & O's aren't worth a damn without a team. If your team isn't with you it doesn't matter what you draw up. The team must respect what the coach is asking them to do

It is foolish to expect a young man to follow your advice and to ignore your example.

Each Warrior wants to leave the mark of his will, his signature, on important acts he touches. This is not the voice of ego but of the human spirit, rising up and declaring that it has something to contribute to the solution of the hardest problems, no matter how vexing!