Subject: Sports » Basketball (Page 2)

To say a good defensive center is more important than a high-scoring forward is like saying that the intestinal tract is more vital than the circulatory system.

American basketball player

The Minutemen are not tall in terms of height.

Basketball analyst & sportscaster

I'd never buy my girl a watch… she's already got a clock over the stove.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality

This year we plan to run and shoot. Next season we hope to run and score.

American basketball coach

They say that nobody is perfect… then they tell you practice makes perfect. I wish they’d make up their minds.

professional basketball player

I'm tired of hearing about money, money, money, money, money. I just want to play the game, drink Pepsi, wear Reebok.

American basketball player

He [Magic Johnson] comes into the league with all that fancy stuff and they call it magic; I’ve been doing it for years and they call it schoolyard.

professional basketball player

I’ve won at every level, except college and pro.

American basketball player

We can’t win at home… we can’t win on the road; as general manager, I just can’t figure out where else to play.

(1941 – ) American basketball executive

The rule was "No autopsy, no foul.”

Canadian basketball player

This players getting taller thing is getting out of hand. What we need to do is sink the baskets into the floor at each end of the court and recruit midgets.

(1922 – 2002) American college basketball coach

The Orlando Magic were so bad last season, the cheerleaders stayed home and phoned in their cheers.

(1941 – ) American basketball executive

If I ever need a heart transplant, I want his [Bobby Knight’s]… it’s never been used.

American basketball coach

I'd never buy my girl a watch… she's already got a clock over the stove.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality

I always laugh when people ask me about rebounding techniques; I've got a technique… it's called just go get the damn ball.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality

I never thought I'd lead the NBA in rebounding, but I got a lot of help from my teammates – they did a lot of missing.

professional basketball player

Mick Jagger is in better shape than far too many NBA players. It's up in the air whether the same can be said of Keith Richards.

American basketball player

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

American basketball player

These people haven’t seen the last of my face. If I go down, I’m going down standing up.

American basketball player

If you’re going to make every game a matter of life or death, you’re going to have a lot of problems… for one thing, you’ll be dead a lot.

(1931 – ) American college basketball coach

Ball handling and dribbling are my strongest weaknesses.

professional basketball player