Quotes About Basketball

I always knew I wanted to be in the NBA and play myself in a video game. That was my goal when I was a kid.

My personal life is the same. At the end of the day, this is just a job. I love what I do, and it's a great job. But it's like my alter ego. There's Chris Brown the singer. And there's Christopher Brown, the down-home Tappahannock boy that plays video games and basketball and hangs out.

I remember the Vince Carter Raptor days: playing all the video games with him. Playing against him is one thing; having a chance to learn from him is a whole - another level of excitement.

Off the court, most of my time is on the golf course. I spend my time golfing, mostly relaxing at home and playing video games.

I would say, when you're playing video games that involve competition against somebody else, you have to be able to understand what's going on and react in the fastest time possible to either - if it's a capture the flag game, capture the flag, if you're trying to take out the other team, take them out. Same thing in basketball.

I'm a big golfer, so in the offseason, that's all I do - golf and play basketball. But during the season, I like to go bowling, watch movies. I love going to the movies. I go to the movies in every city we go. And when I'm at home I play video games all day.

My dad was in Vietnam and a law officer for 30 years. I wanted to be a cop before basketball. I do have pride for my country.

You did not look like that on the basketball court in high school." "Like what?" He shook his head. "I swim." "To where?" The male ego kicked in, if a bit belatedly, and Quinn's laughter sounded very pleased. "I swim sometimes when I can't sleep." "Mmm. Molly says you have insomnia." "I do." "I can see that.

In going for the last shot of the game most people wait too long to take the shot. Give yourself a chance to get the first shot and tap the ball in. Your players are normally inside the defense.

I'm sorry that the young athletes in basketball will not get the chance to play (in the Olympics) anymore, and live that dream.

Shooting is all about confidence.

If I want to average 32 points a game, I can do that easily. It's just eight, eight, eight, eight. No problem. I can do that anytime. That's not being cocky. That's confidence.

It is all about confidence: 90% mental and 10% physical, that is what basketball is. I live by that and it seems to be working.

America's attention had turned to race relations during that winter of 1954-55, largely driven by the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that the nation's public schools would eventually have to be racially integrated. Crispus Attucks students were studying black history without being fully aware that their basketball team was making it.

when the Lakers scored at the buzzer to take the lead, Charlotte leapt to her feet and cheered.

I don't think that players learn how to play any other aspect of the game in high school or college.

Be a gunner? Me? I don't think I can do it. But I'll go for whatever the assist record is.

I'm too athletic to play the dunker role at center.

I would say we took a lot of pride in our player development program in Atlanta.

I've always played in a team atmosphere.

I know how easy it is to get assists. But you can't be a pass-first guy and get assists. You have to attack.

When you have a dominant big man, that changes the aspects of the game.

For as long as I remember, big men have dominated the NBA.

A lot of times getting double- or triple-teamed, like triangle-and-two, it just made me be more of an all-around player.