Basketball Quotes - page 14

The basketball coach cut me within two days, so I was back in the pool. I was the first one in the wall after the first 25 yards, but the last one out because I didn't have a flip turn. (Merlin Olsen)
There are lots of things that I will probably never experience in this life. Military combat. Being dictator of a small central American country. Dunking a basketball. Being a famous rock star. Or walking on Mars. But one thing I have been, and will always be, is an entrepreneur. View quote
Michael Arrington
I gravitate toward the team thing. I'm not a golfer - I much prefer basketball. View quote
Michael Eisner
My thing is, I want to play basketball, I would enjoy playing in the D-League, but at the same time I don't want to take an opportunity away from a young guy to get exposure. I'm still thinking about it. View quote
Michael Finley
If architecture is, as is sometimes said, music set in concrete, then football and basketball may be said to be creativity embodied in team sports. View quote
Michael Mandelbaum
Both of us played basketball, and I played tennis and my knees are done. Now if you ask us head-to-head who wins at golf, I'm asking for a couple of strokes. View quote
Michael Wilbon
My first motion capture game was with Sony - 'NBA: The Life.' It was very ahead of its time. Brandon Akiaten, he was the writer and director. He had a real vision of what this game was meant to be; it was a basketball game where I was the Jerry Maguire sports agent type guy. And it was great! View quote
Nolan North
Growing up, I always thought of Detroit as a basketball town because of the Pistons, but everyone says it's really, at its core, a football town. View quote
Ndamukong Suh
I grew up in a small town in Illinois, and my dad was a basketball coach. Thanks to him, I have excellent fundamentals in both basketball and baseball. View quote
Nick Offerman
My life had no meaning at all. I found only brief interludes of satisfaction. It was like my whole life had been about my whole basketball career. View quote
Pete Maravich
I never gave up as a player, and I won't give up as someone who wants to go to the Hall of Fame, because it's the ultimate goal for a baseball player or a football player or a basketball player. (Pete Rose)
I never knew what basketball was. I started playing on the playground. People used to laugh at me and joke at me because I was so tall and I didn't know the game and couldn't play it. View quote
Patrick Ewing
Baseball is like cricket, and I grew up in a country where they had cricket. So I understand cricket, soccer and basketball. I played basketball at the club level and a little bit in college, so that's why I'm a basketball fanatic. View quote
Patrick Soon-Shiong
I'm truly passionate about basketball. I'm not as passionate about baseball as I am about basketball, but I watch baseball and I watch football. I love sports in general. View quote
Patrick Soon-Shiong
Mostly I play sports games - football and basketball. 'Inside Drive' and 'NFL Fever.' View quote
Paul Pierce
I live in L.A., so I go to basketball games. But I love baseball. View quote
Penny Marshall
Pro basketball is a very mercenary endeavor. View quote
Rick Majerus
He knew I enjoyed the relationships of college basketball. All along, he was the wise one. View quote
Rick Pitino
One thing my dad always told me, was he would make sure I always had what he didn't have. He couldn't play basketball because he didn't have tennis shoes - so I had five pairs of tennis shoes. View quote
Robert Griffin III
It's very warm there, so we were outdoors all the time. The local people had programs for us year-round, where as kids we had the opportunity to play football, basketball, baseball, track and field - we just went from one sport to the next, year-round. View quote
Rafer Johnson
A friend told me about a Nike competition, where they give you one minute to do tricks with a basketball. I wasn't going to go, but they were giving away free sneakers. I ended up coming in second place. (Ramon Rodriguez)
I have a certain taste, and I might be like, 'I like this,' when other people are like, 'I can't wear that.' And in basketball, I might be able to do things other guys might not. View quote
Russell Westbrook
I was a better basketball player growing up in high school than I was a swimmer. Basketball to this day is my favorite sport. View quote
Ryan Lochte
I was a baseball player at North Central High School in Spokane, Washington even though I was all-city in basketball, even when I signed a letter of intent to play quarterback at Washington State. View quote
Ryne Sandberg
Basketball is always a piece of my life, but never the centerpiece. View quote
Rebecca Lobo