Subject: Sports » Basketball (Page 6)

We are in the business of kicking butt and business is very, very good.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality

 I don't think we've been beaten by officials more than five times this season.

college basketball coach

We don’t pray after a game… that’s too late.

(1922 – 2002) American college basketball coach

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

American basketball player

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

Coaches who start listening to fans wind up sitting next to them.

professional basketball player & coach

I told Zollie Volchok [Sonics general manager] we needed an ultrasound machine and he asked me why we needed music in the locker room.

American basketball player & coach

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

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

professional basketball player

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

American basketball coach

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

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality

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

Stevie Wonder could make one of 23 shots.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality

It's almost like we have ESPN.

American basketball player

Complaints About NBA Referees Growing Ugly

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

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

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

American sports columnist & analyst

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

American basketball player

I only know how to play two ways: reckless and abandon.

American basketball player

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