Quotes About Basketball

It was more my uncle - my mom's brother - and my aunt who turned me on to hoops. He was more into basketball and he'd take me to Raptors games. And then my dad started taking me with him. And I started falling in love with the game.

My dad went far in basketball, so I just see that there are still people that are better than me. So I try to play like an underdog and I'm just trying to surpass my dad.

Music is just sound - what's more important to me is behavior. I'm watching these play-offs - basketball - it's interesting to watch behavior, underneath all the movements and everything like that. They go into the audience and show some of the parents of the players and all that.

I think I'm underrated on defense. I try to use my length and feet and put pressure on players.

Everywhere I've gone, basketball-wise, I've been the underdog and underrated guy.

You must understand as a kid of color in those days, the Harlem Globetrotters were like being movie stars.

When you play with Kobe Bryant, the ball is gonna be with him most of the time, which is understandable.

When I'm playing the 1-guard, I'm kind of seeing everything that's going on. When I play the 2, I have a more broader understanding of what's going on and where the screens are being set in order for not only myself to get open, but for my teammates.

You need a teaching coach who understands the game of basketball, not just some guy coming on the court talking about Xs and Os.

I have a T-shirt that says, 'Ball is life.' My wife says 'That's an understatement for you.'

When I was growing up, we used to play basketball in a park that was never shoveled when it snowed. The basketball rims were never fixed. And we understood then that there was a relationship between public policy and our quality of life.

Some of my technicals, I don't even understand. I see some of those technicals other players get, and I compare them to mine and they're completely unfair.

Larry Bird is a hard man to deal with. He tries to make unfair trades.

I thought basketball was a game for women. My mother played basketball, and so did my sister.

What basketball expresses is what jazz expresses. Certain cultural predispositions to make art. All African-American art has a substratum, or baseline, of improvisation and spontaneity. You find that in both basketball and jazz.

Be a player; don't play yourself. And don't play basketball. That's not your sport, Jeb Bush.

Basketball is my favorite sport, and I'm also a very passionate football fan.

This is a five-man sport.

I was a very passionate basketball player, really enjoyed the sport. I played it my entire life.

I played baseball, and that's pretty much it. Basketball came late, this was, basketball was the sport that I tried to master, I kind of mastered baseball, so basketball was one of those things where I wanted to master this game, so that's why I probably play it the way I do.

If you meet the Buddha in the lane, feed him the ball.

When I was a kid, I was always an athlete. I played a lot of sports. I played football, basketball, baseball and soccer.

I was huge on basketball and baseball. I love sports. I'm an L.A. guy. I love the Lakers and Dodgers.

As I get older, I find myself way more into sports. I'm in a basketball league. You maybe know some of the people in it. They're real people, not fake ones like me.