Basketball Quotes

The Minnutemen are not tall in terms of height. ~~during a UMass basketball game.

Dan Bonner

And it blew my mind when I started to get wind of the fact that they actually liked me being around. That was humbling, because Kentucky basketball is a big deal, and I am not the biggest fan - I am just the most notorious one.

Ashley Judd

What you are as a person is far more important that what you are as a basketball player.

John Wooden

Every little kid that steps on the court or the field has aspirations to go pro. I think being a pro basketball player is the best job. The thing I had to realize was that I can't do every dream that I have.

Brian McKnight

As far as carrying the torch for the years to come, I don’t know. I just want to be the best basketball player I can be

Kobe Bryant

Not only is there more to life than basketball, there’s a lot more to basketball than basketball.

Phil Jackson

The two ingredients in success in basketball are playing hard and playing intelligently.

Pete Carill

Basketball is like photography, if you don’t focus, all you have is the negative.

Dan Frisby

You don't play against opponents. You play against the game of basketball.

Bobby Knight

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

Red Auerbach

Nothing there but basketball, a game which won't be fit for people until they set the basket umbilicus-high and return the giraffes to the zoo.

Ogden Nash

Any American boy can be a basketball star if he grows up, up, up.

Bill Vaughn

Basketball is like photography, if you don't focus, all you have is the negative.

Dan Frisby

Basketball isn't as popular in Canada as it is in the US. Hockey is by far the most popular sport in Canada.

Steve Nash

Hockey is a sport for white men. Basketball is a sport for black men. Golf is a sport for white men dressed like black pimps.î

Tiger Woods