Subject: Sports » Basketball (Page 4)

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.

(1929 – ) American author & sportswriter
Basketball Sports

We’ll just have to see if they can keep this Cinderella slipper alive.

Basketball Misspokements Sports

So I'm ugly; I never saw anyone hit with his face.

(1925 – 2015) baseball player, coach & manager
Basketball Sports Yogi-isms

We lost some mighty good boys from last year because of paroles, but, crime being what it is, we've picked up some good ones since then, too.

basketball coach
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Kids are great. That's one of the best things about our business, all the kids you get to meet. It's a shame they have to grow up to be regular people and come to the games and call you names.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality
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I remember sitting down with the Rockets and saying, 'Yeah. I'm going to retire.' They said, 'Well, we'll give you $9 million.' And I said, 'You got a pen on you?'

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

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

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
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Shooting is just like toenails. They may fall off occasionally, but you know they'll always come back.

American basketball player
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Basketball, a game which won't be fit for people until they set the basket umbilicus-high and return the giraffes to the zoo.

(1902 – 1971) American humorist & poet
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When Xavier McDaniel plays against Orlando Wooldridge, it's a coach's dream – X vs O.

American basketball player
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I liked the choreography, but I didn't care for the costumes.

(1939 – ) American actor, dancer, singer, producer & choreographer
Appearance Basketball Body Clothing Sports

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

(1922 – 2002) American college basketball coach
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What do you have when you've got an agent buried up to his neck in sand? … Not enough sand.

(1941 – ) American basketball executive
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To win, you've got to put the ball in the macramé.

American basketball player
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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
Basketball Money Sports

These young guys are playing checkers; I'm out there playing chess.

American basketball player
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Here's a six-foot-ten guy in sneakers and the lady's asking me, 'Profession?'


Basketball Occupations Sports Work

Because there are no fours.

professional basketball player
Basketball Misspokements Sports

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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You don't hesitate with Michael, or you'll end up on some poster in a gift shop someplace.

American basketball player
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