Subject: Sports » Basketball (Page 5)

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

American basketball player

They probably would; I haven't played in twenty years and we're all old now.

professional basketball player, coach & executive

I think that the team that wins game five will win the series… unless we lose game five.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality

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

He had eyes in his ears.

American basketball announcer

A tough day at the office is even tougher when your office contains spectator seating.

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

I’m not playing favorites… all my favorites have graduated.

(1922 – 2002) American college basketball coach

So what if they're taller? We'll play big.

college basketball coach

Stevie Wonder could make one of 23 shots.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality

If cocaine were helium, the NBA would float away.

American sportscaster

When I went to Catholic high school in Philadelphia, we just had one coach for football and basketball. He took all of us who turned out and had us run through a forest. The ones who ran into the trees were on the football team.

American basketball coach

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

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

You can't even jump high enough to touch the rim, unless they put a Big Mac on it.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality

For over 20 years the Boston Celtics have stood for something. The only thing they stand for now is the [national] anthem.

American sportswriter

The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes in or not.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality

I don’t want to shoot my mouth in my foot, but those are games we can win.

professional basketball player

Giving Magic the basketball is like giving Hitler an army, Jesse James a gang, or Genghis Khan a horse.

(1919 – 1998) American sportswriter

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

(1939 – ) American actor, dancer, singer, producer & choreographer

After a heavy reverse – It was an 'AW game. We were AWful and they were AWesome.