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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
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You can say something to popes, kings and presidents, but you can't talk to officials. In the next war they ought to give everyone a whistle.

(1922 – 2002) American college basketball coach
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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.

owner of the Seattle SuperSonics
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[I employ] two offenses: the GMA, or "general milling around," and the Daylight Offense, as in "The first guy who sees daylight after he crosses mid-court shoots."

(1922 – 2002) American college basketball coach
Basketball Sports

There are some remarkable parallels between basketball and politics; Michael Jordan has already mastered the skill most needed for political success: how to stay aloft without visible means of support.

(1925 – 2013) British prime minister & politician
Basketball Government Politics Sports

I'll always remember this as the night Michael and I combined to score 70 points.

American basketball player
Basketball Sports

We may have broken rules … but we did not cheat.

Connecticut basketball coach
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Baseball happens to be a game of cumulative tension but football, basketball and hockey are played with hand grenades and machine guns.

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Interviewer: Auburn is a pretty good school; to graduate from there I suppose you really need to work hard and put forth maximum effort.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality
Basketball Education School Sports

Yeah… it’s called defense, I mean I wouldn't know anything about it personally but I've heard about it through the grapevine.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality
Basketball Sports

Magic Johnson is the best player who plays on the ground, and Michael Jordan is the best player who plays in the air.

American basketball player
Basketball Sports

We can't win at home and we can't win on the road. My problem as general manager is I can't think of another place to play.

(1941 – ) American basketball executive
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Hey, some places this would be a foul!

(1922 – 2002) American college basketball coach
Basketball Sports

That’s the one with all the ‘No Passing’ signs.

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I think the world is run by C students.

(1928 – 2001) American basketball coach
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If cocaine were helium, the NBA would float away.

American sportscaster
Basketball Sports

My beard is the only beard in the history of Western civilization that makes Bob Dylan's look good.

American basketball player
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I just hope she doesn't start before I go in the Hall of Fame. That way, I won't have to kill anybody before I get inducted.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality
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I call Los Angeles the city of alternatives. If you don't like mountains, we got the ocean. If you don't like Knott's Berry Farm, we've got Disneyland. If you don't like basketball, we've got the Clippers.

American television personality
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I told one player, 'Son, I can't understand it with you. Is it ignorance or apathy?' He said, 'Coach, I don't know and I don't care.'

American basketball coach & executive
Basketball Intelligence

I don't hate anyone, at least not for more than 48 minutes, barring overtime.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality
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