Quotes About Basketball

I think when I started playing against some of the best guys on the AAU circuit, I started to look at myself and say, 'I am one of these guys.'

Basically, I come from other planet. Like Superman, from Krypton. I don't show my power because I want to play basketball.

I think the best thing with any superstar is to try to limit his touches. Try not to let him catch the ball where he wants it, try to deny him some, double team him some, throw different looks at him.

I've always had a good relationship with superstar players. I don't really demand the ball a lot.

When you look up the definition of 'superstar' in the dictionary, there should be a picture of Shaquille O'Neal.

Not everyone gets to have one of the few super-dominant, all-pro, superstars in this league, and so playing with the pass and playing with space and playing quick is a really good backup.

It's easy on teams when you have got superstars. I mean, they're really good. And you give them the ball, and you say, 'Make a play.'

I'm glad the NCAA is pushing back the 3-point line a foot. I'm a big supporter of the 3-point shot; it's exciting. I hope the high schools adopt the same rule.

Basketball is like life and life is like basketball. It's just a game. So lets play the best we can while we are still here with love, compassion, selflessness fairplay and supporting each other to be bigger and better human beings.

As long as you put on a jersey, no matter what kind of jersey it is, as long as you're supporting the game of basketball, I enjoy it.

I loved the fans here in Charlotte. They were very basketball-educated, very supportive of the team.

It's funny, there's all these slogans like 'you're never too old to keep dreaming.' You know it's funny how in the basketball world, and in the business world where you're just supposed to stop. In the sports world, I feel like at 35 you're just supposed to stop. If you do, that's great.

I don't think people understand what microfracture surgery is. It's pretty serious. A lot of basketball players get it in their knees, and if they do bounce back, it takes a while.

You can't surprise LeBron any more. He's such a smart player. His intellect has caught up with his athletic ability.

I'm surprised when the ball doesn't go into the hoop. I think I should make every shot.

One of my dreams was being called a 'Diaper Dandy' by Dick Vitale. He calls me that all the time now. It's surreal.

Writing 'Hoop Roots' was a substitute or a surrogate activity. I can't play anymore - my body won't cooperate - so in the writing of the book, I was looking to tell a good story about my life and about basketball, but I was also looking to entertain myself the way that I entertain myself when I play.

But it is a black man's game, and it will be forever.

I dribble rhymes like basketball... People call me 'E.T.' What's that, Shaq man? 'Extra Tall.'

I'm like a superhero. Call me Basketball Man.

Most people forget that Danny Biasone was the Wilbur Wright of basketball. Because he invented the 24-second clock, the game took off. Yet he was a man who never played the game.

Defense is one man guarding the ball and four others helping him

Pau is one of the best big men in the game. I mean, Pau Gasol is going to be in the Hall of Fame.

Man, there's a lot of pressure when you put on that Kansas uniform with the high expectations everyone has.