Quotes about Basketball
never dreamed about winning a national championship. It happened before I even thought it was possible. What I was dreaming about each year, if you want to call it that, was trying to produce the best basketball team we could be.
— John Wooden
It is most difficult in my mind, to seperate success, whether it be in your profession, your family, or as in my case, in basketball, from religion.
— John Wooden
The game of basketball has been everything to me. My place of refuge, place I've always gone where I needed comfort and peace. It's been the site of intense pain and the most intense feelings of joy and satisfaction. It's a relationship that has evolved over time, given me the greatest respect and love for the game.
— Michael Jordan
For a competitive junkie like me, golf is a great solution because it smacks you in the face every time you think you have accomplished something. That to me has taken over a lot of the energy and competitiveness for basketball.
— Michael Jordan
I'm very good at drawing fouls.
— Joel Embiid
I started liking basketball when I was 13, but I couldn't play because my dad thought it was too physical.
— Joel Embiid
When I look at myself, I'm not a big man - I'm a guard. I can do everything on the basketball court. You can name it - pass, post up, shoot the ball, bring the ball up, being a playmaker - so I'm excited to break that stereotype.
— Joel Embiid
Basketball is my passion, I love it. But my family and friends mean everything to me. That's what's important. I need my phone so I can keep in contact with them at all times.
— LeBron James
I've always dreamed about playing for a team that's unselfish.
— Baron Davis
Michael Jordan and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar were the two guys with unstoppable moves.
— Andre Iguodala
Street basketball is all about shakes and fakes, crossing your defender up. The NBA is more strategic.
— Baron Davis
I feel like basketball is my outlet. Basketball is an opportunity for me to get all my emotions out.
— Baron Davis