Quotes and One Liners

(1922 – 2002) American college basketball coach

Basketball Sports Shooting

I heard Tonya Harding is calling herself the Charles Barkley of figure skating; I was going to sue her for defamation of character, but then I realized I have no character.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality

Basketball Sports Character Tonya Harding

I haven't been able to slam-dunk the basketball for the past five years… or, for the thirty-eight years before that, either.

Dave Barry

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

The L.A. Lakers are so good they could run a fast break with a medicine ball.

Rich Donnelly

Basketball Sports Los Angeles Lakers

I don’t have any tricky plays, I’d rather have tricky players.

(1922 – 2002) American college basketball coach

Basketball Sports Plays

Part of the charm of basketball lies in the fact that it's a simple game to understand. Players race up and down a fairly small area indoors and stuff the ball into a ring with Madonna's dress hanging on it.

Dan Jenkins

(1929 – ) American author & sportswriter

In basketball, the first person to touch the ball shoots it. Either that or the coach carefully diagrams a set play and then the first player to touch it shoots it.

Gene Klein

owner of the Seattle SuperSonics

Stevie Wonder could make one of 23 shots.

Basketball Sports On North Carolina missing 22 of its last 23 shots.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality

The earth in L.A. moved more in one hour than Benoit Benjamin did all last season with the Clippers.

Peter Vescey

American sports columnist & analyst

Basketball Sports After an earthquake in Los Angeles Benoit Benjamin

George McGinnis has got the body of a Greek god and the running ability of a Greek goddess.

Dick Vitale

American sportscaster

Basketball Sports George McGinnis

This is the second most exciting indoor sport, and the other one shouldn't have spectators.

Dick Vertlieb

American sports executive

Activities Basketball Sports

I learned a long time ago that minor surgery is when they do the operation on someone else, not you.

Bill Walton

American basketball player

Basketball Health Sports Surgery

We have a great bunch of outside shooters; unfortunately, all our games are played indoors.

Weldon Drew

basketball coach

These are my new shoes. They’re good shoes. They won’t make you rich like me, they won’t make you rebound like me, they definitely won’t make you handsome like me. They’ll only make you have shoes like me. That’s it.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality

Basketball Sports On his shoes

Bill Walton is incredible; if you drop a toothpick on his foot, he'll have a stress fracture.

Stan Albeck

American basketball coach

Basketball Health Sports Bill Walton Injuries

You out rebounded a dead man by one.

Basketball Sports After a player got one rebound in the first half of a game.

(1922 – 2002) American college basketball coach

If you had come with me, you could be the principal of a high school by now.

Basketball Sports To baseball Hall of Famer Johnny Bench

(1922 – 2002) American college basketball coach

Hell, there ain't but 15 black millionaires in the whole country & half of 'em are right here in this room.