Basketball Quotes - Page 100

I know a lot of people did a lot of heavy lifting to make me successful and I do everything in my power not to screw it up.

When you read the book you see that these guys aren't holding any punches. They're straightforward. They're honest. They're giving you their honest opinion.

Thank God for Jerry Springer's show. I thought only black folks were that screwed up until I watched Jerry Springer.

I say 'come with it.' I'm not expecting anything easy. You have to earn your place. That's fine with me.

I can understand the frustration felt by the many basketball players who feel that they have been forced to conform with the league's new dress code, .. Iverson and other NBA players have suggested that they will not abide by the league's dress code, and Bodog.com will offer to reimburse any fines levied, and match the payment with a donation to each player's charity of choice.

Not really. I'm not a fan of Chinese food

I don't think I have ever been out of control.

People want national championship banners. People want to talk about Indiana being competitive. How do we get there? We don't get there with milk and cookies.

The Atlanta Hawks are a bunch of guys who would prefer to pass kidney stones than pass a basketball.

My family was poor, my father drove a cab for a living, but we felt normal because everybody else was in the same boat.

The people that are surrounding me have my best interest.

I was always chasing Taylor, trying to keep up with him.

I think that David Stern is probably the greatest commissioner that any sport has ever had in the history of this country.

Height isn't something you can have and just let be, like nice teeth or naturally curly hair. People have this idea you have to put it to use, playing basketball, for example, or observing the weather up there. If you are a girl, they feel a particular need to point your height out to you, as if you might not have noticed.

I've been called worse on the basketball court.

The chances of there being transmissibility by blood to blood contact on a basketball court is so infinitesimally small that it is something that shouldn't influence a decision whether someone would come back or not.

I remember playing in a tournament when at home we didn't have light, because my mom spent her last money on my sneakers.

I dont want to be a point guard, or a two-guard, I want people to think of me as "creative", I just want to create on the court.

I thought we'd be discussing about me not leaving Philadelphia and they just kept asking me about the practice, so I lost it.

I always wanted to be a Sixer. My dad was a Sixers' fan. I never wanted to leave. I wanted to start my career in Philly and finish it here.

I just can't recruit where there's grass around. You gotta have a concrete lawn before I feel comfortable enough to go in and talk to you parents.

Mr. Lemon-Man has inspired millions across the world through his gift. I don't refer only to basketball, but also to his magnificent gift of caring, sharing, and loving all people. I only hope my kids would possess an ounce of the Lemon-Man's heart, which easily radiates through that smile.

I am a basketball player, and I would like to focus my energy on basketball. The other things, I would rather not do. It is not something I am greatly interested in, but I know it is my responsibility.

The Olympic Games is holy. Athletes from around the world, including myself, of course, dream to participate.

Moving to the US was quite a transition for me, to say the least! There were, and still are so many new things to get used to: the language, food, culture, even the style of basketball is different here!