Subject: Sports » Basketball (Page 7)

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

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

American basketball player

That guy has muscles in places most people don't have places.

American basketball broadcaster

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

You out rebounded a dead man by one.

(1922 – 2002) American college basketball coach

We told Stanley Roberts to go on a water diet, and Lake Superior disappeared.

(1941 – ) American basketball executive

 I don't like talking about money; all I know is the good Lord must have wanted me to have it.

professional basketball player, coach & executive

Stevie Wonder could make one of 23 shots.

(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

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

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

American basketball coach

Our offense is like the Pythagorean theorem: There is no answer!

American basketball player

Every time I think about changing a diaper, I run a little bit harder and a little bit faster to make sure I can afford a nanny until my daughter's old enough to take care of that herself.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality

I’ve won at every level, except college and pro.

American basketball player

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

American basketball coach

Beasley was 6’10” in college and 6’7” when he entered the NBA.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality

He had eyes in his ears.

American basketball announcer

But he was the worst dresser in organized baseball; he made Inspector Clouseau look like a candidate for Mr. Blackwell's list of best-dressed men.

American baseball pitcher

When I was recruited at Auburn, they took me to a strip joint; when I saw those titties on Buffy, I knew that Auburn met my academic requirements.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality

If you can walk with your head in the clouds and keep your feet on the ground, you can make a million dollars in the NBA

Canadian hockey player

I miss America. I miss crime and murder. I miss Philadelphia. There hasn't been a brutal stabbing or anything here the last 24 hours. I've missed it.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality