Subject: Sports » Basketball (Page 7)

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'm just what America needs – another unemployed black man.

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

[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

When I told my wife UConn would win the Big East tournament, she wanted to know why a team from Alaska got into the Big East tournament.

American sportswriter
Basketball Sports

I don't know what kind of test they can give him; he's delirious half the time anyway.

American basketball coach
Basketball Sports

The game is too long, the season is too long and the players are too long.

American basketball executive
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I sight down my nose to shoot, and now my nose isn't straight since I broke it. That's why my shooting has been off.

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

American sportswriter
Basketball Sports

The Minutemen are not tall in terms of height.

Basketball analyst & sportscaster
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Fans never fall asleep at our games because they're afraid they might get hit with a pass.

American basketball coach
Basketball Sports

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 Sports

I won't say Wilt Chamberlain is the strongest man I've ever known, but when he wipes the sweat off his brow, people in the balcony get a bath.

basketball coach
Basketball Sports

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
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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
Basketball Sports

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

(1922 – 2002) American college basketball coach
Basketball Sports

You can run a lot of plays when your X is twice as big as the other guy's O.

American basketball player & coach
Basketball Sports

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
Basketball Sports

To symbolize our great relationship, I'd like you to have this framed x-ray of my ulcer.

(1941 – ) American basketball executive
Basketball Sports

Basketball is like war in that offensive weapons are developed first, and it always takes a while for the defense to catch up.

American basketball coach
Basketball Sports

A lot is said about defense, but at the end of the game, the team with the most points wins, the other team loses.

(Bob Costas replied with just, Uh…well…ok.)

professional basketball player
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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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