Basketball Quotes

Basketball teams, after the perfunctory lay-up drill, fall into the crowded isolation and personal style of 10 city kids shooting at the same basket or playing one-on-one.

Ted Solotaroff

If you want team play, you must stress defense. Defense makes players unselfish.

John Brady

I keep both eyes on my man. The basket hasn’t moved on me yet.

Julius Erving

I don’t discuss basketball. I dictate basketball. I’m not interested in philosophy classes.

Al McGuire

Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

Michael Jordan

You never make any of the shots you never take. 87% of the ones you do take, you’ll miss too. I make 110% of my shots

Larry Bird

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

Dick Vertleib

The idea is not to block every shot. The idea is to make your opponent believe that you might block every shot.

Bill Russell

I can do something else besides stuff a ball through a hoop. My biggest resource is my mind.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

If all I'm remembered for is being a good basketball player, then I've done a bad job with the rest of my life

Isaiah Thomas

I look at the NBA as a football game without the helmet.

Tom Tolbert

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