Basketball Quotes - Page 102

Hold it more important to have the players' confidence than their affection.

[The movies] glamorize game day a little bit too much. It's such a focus. They miss a lot of the nuts and bolts, and the time that goes into the preparation each week, or each couple of days in basketball.

People who understand basketball definitely appreciate what I bring to the table.

A lot of people think that since I'm drunk in my stories, I must be drunk 24 hours a day. What kind of stupid logic is that? It'd be like if you saw Michael Jordan at a restaurant and were like, "Why aren't you in your basketball uniform?" I leave out way more than I put in.

I don't have a set working style. Some lyrics come really slow, others come in 10 minutes while I'm watching basketball. They're always a surprise to me.

The Leftovers is a great basketball book that shines a light on what true competitors can overcome with a solid work ethic.

It's important to realize that words shape our beliefs and impact our actions.

My dad took me to a high school basketball game and this very, very famous coach in Michigan, by the name of Lofton Greene - he was a guy that my dad was familiar with. He was from our hometown. And I watched the game and I said I didn't see this guy doing a lot of coaching. And my dad told me, well, it's just like a teacher - which he was - he said if you do a good job teaching during the week, when they take the test on Friday, that's not the time you have to do a lot of demonstrative things.

What I know is that if you're going to play half-court, you'd better have the greatest executioners of half-court basketball. If you run, you test the stamina and willpower of the other team. That's what I learned as a player.

If I was going to get beat up, I wanted to be indoors where it was warm.

People will say you should quit running if you're a slow runner. Or you should quit basketball if you can't dribble with your left hand. I don't agree with that. If you're not a very good reader at 14, nobody thinks you should stop reading.

I would have loved to play against Bill Russell. He was such a force.

If we win, I'm happy. The rest of it is just stuff.

I've never gotten too high or too low. It only messes you up.

Standing on the court and holding up that trophy - it's so great you want to keep doing it over and over again.

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.

I had an extremely boring time doing 20 to 30 trades a day while everyone was talking about baseball or basketball. So I stood there fantasizing about a device that could do the same thing I was doing.

Poets are regarded as handicapped writers whose work must be treated with a tender condescension, such as one accords the athletic achievements of basketball players confined to wheelchairs.

While I was in the NFL, I would eat five times a day. I only eat twice a day now, and I box and play basketball every day. I'm extremely happy with my body and mind...

We cannot do great deeds unless we're willing to do the small things that make up the sum of greatness.

I'm just trying to keep myself in basketball shape and take care of my body while I can.

Why is it that if you happen to be black and over six feet tall, everybody thinks you supposed to play basketball or football?

I was a sports nut. I stayed after school probably three hours every day - from fall, to winter, to spring. I went from football to basketball to track and it started all over again. I loved all of it. I just loved being an athlete and all that it entailed. It really accounts for who I am.

I feel like I'm a basketball player in a football uniform.

I'm not super social, don't really go to parties, or basketball games, or football games very often, the big social occasions.