Basketball Quotes - Page 122

Work harder than your opponent.

Every memory I have from when I was a kid involves basketball.

Aint nobody here think we could get no win but us

Damian Lillard is having a better year than Chris Paul. Lillard got snubbed when he was left off of the USA Men’s Basketball team, and now the All-Star team.

I think we all have great opportunities individually but collectively our unit is so much bigger. Collectively our unit is something I've never seen on television. I don't look at our show as a basketball show. I look at our show as a sports and entertainment show.

When I said I retired from basketball playing, I have retired. You will not see me play again. That is a promise.

I'll make the right decision, whichever one it is. I have to be 100 percent, not 95 or 99.

You can't stop father time... but you can show [him] down.

If I hadn't become a professional basketball player, I would have become a history teacher. There's so much to learn from history.

I'm not going to emphasize the sky-hook as much as work with the specific skills of the guys.

Either because I was an athlete or because I was black - probably both - there seemed to be a clear assumption that I wouldn't be up to the work.

Few players have cast a spell across the game like Yao Ming, before or since.

I needed to go to class; I needed to go to practice; I needed to have a life away from basketball.

I think I did very well against everyone who tried to defend me.

Initially when I stopped playing, I had accumulated some burnout.

I feel that Dennis Rodman has become a problem. He will be more of a problem than an asset. Of course, he can prove me wrong.

What I learned in my time isn't necessarily being taught now, and I'd like to help impart that knowledge to a new generation of players.

When a rap song glorifies violence, death and sadness and loss is inflicted because of the violence.

Your best athletes might give basketball a try just when they think, geez, this might be something that pays off for me in the end.

Elgin's game was an incredible performance, also. I don't think there's any comparison. Elgin did it without three-point lines. His game was attacking the hoop and hitting jumpers inside 20 feet. Kobe's range is unreal, and he does it his way.

OK, I'll put it like this: I doubt if we will see another All-American basketball athlete who is a Rhodes Scholar.

He doesn't necessarily have to learn the sky hook. He just has to learn how to be an effective post player. I think I can help him do that.

We want to show how hip-hop, which kind of fuels today's basketball stars, is directly related to jazz.

The constant expansion has diluted the talent. Other than that, it's still the same game.

But people don't know if I can teach the game. I know I can. My experience in Oklahoma was positive. It opened my eyes to how the game is played - the interaction among players, fans and media, how all that works. You have to know about the business of the game and how the actions of players and coaches affect the business. I think I have it down now.