Subject: Sports » Basketball (Page 7)

Tell me where you want to go. If they have a team, I'll schedule them.

(1922 – 2002) American college basketball coach

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

The way my team are doing, we could get Wilt Chamberlain in a trade and find out that he's really two midgets Scotch-taped together.

American basketball player & coach

To win, you've got to put the ball in the macramé.

American basketball player

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

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality

This is the second most exciting indoor sport, and the other one shouldn't have spectators.

American sports executive

You can say something to popes, kings and presidents, but you can't talk to officials. In the next war they ought to give everyone a whistle.

(1922 – 2002) American college basketball coach

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

We have a great bunch of outside shooters; unfortunately, all our games are played indoors.

basketball coach

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

American basketball player

We're shooting 100 percent – 60 percent from the field and 40 percent from the free-throw line.

American basketball coach

Take his body apart and see what's in it.

American basketball player

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

(1922 – 2002) American college basketball coach

I always laugh when people ask me about rebounding techniques; I've got a technique… it's called just go get the damn ball.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality

We went to Alaska once and they made us honorary Alaskans. Then we went to Hawaii and they made us honorary Hawaiians. We're going to the Virgin Islands this year.

(1922 – 2002) American college basketball coach

Interviewer: Auburn is a pretty good school; to graduate from there I suppose you really need to work hard and put forth maximum effort.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality

Any time Detroit scores more than 100 points and holds the other team below 100 points, they almost always win.

professional basketball player

I told you I needed to feed my family; they offered me 3 years at $21 million – that’s not going to cut it.

professional basketball player

If cocaine were helium, the NBA would float away.

American sportscaster

We play a man-to-man defense. Person to person sounds like a telephone call.

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

(1922 – 2002) American college basketball coach