Quotes About Basketball

Bill Russell was the pivot on which the whole sport turned.

Bill Russell is one of the greatest players of all time.

I love Russia.

I remember watching Argentina beat the U.S. in 2004 and I think maybe the same story that Argentina wrote with the 'Gold Generation,' we can write, too.

I knew that basketball was my love and the only way for me to go to college was to get a scholarship.

My thing that I can do is score the basketball.

That's AAU ball. That's what you do: 'I want to get out there first and score.' You see it in games during the summer. There are not a lot of great blockouts going on.

When I'm in the pick-and-roll, I'm looking to be a playmaker first and to score second. When I'm playing off the ball and I catch the ball, I'm looking to be a scorer first and a playmaker second.

I used to be the Number One scorer in 5th grade. I used to, yeah. I could always shoot deep.

I don't think there's a man on the earth that can stop me from scoring a basketball.

I've always been a scorer. So when I went to Arizona, I led the team in scoring both years.

I don't worry too much about scoring. I worry about the assists.

The thing I like to do the most is play-make and create for others. Obviously in my career, I've done the scoring thing as well.

If I'm aggressive, scoring, that's going to open things up for everyone else.

Who doesn't love scoring the basketball? That's kind of the name of the game.

The best thing about my game is I'm able to do a lot of things. I can handle. I can pass. You can bring me off screens and pin-downs.

I don't know when, or how, but I feel it: Basketball will come back to Seattle.

Playing basketball is second nature to me; acting I found far more challenging.

If I watch a basketball game, I don't really care if a guy hit a three-pointer with three seconds left. I mean, I can like that. But I'm more interested in who drafted him and what makes him special.

My whole philosophy is 24 seconds or less. I don't care if it's seven or 10 or 20, we just have to get one good shot in those 24 seconds and that's what we'll do.

I learned a lot my rookie season - the pace of the game. Playing at the right pace, not 100 miles an hour.

When the Sacramento Kings, when I was there, we win 29-30 games - that was a successful season. And it would be packed from start to finish. You couldn't get a seat.

I don't really want to get too heavy, you know. I still want to be able to move in the paint.

You can't just sit back and think you're gonna pack the paint in and win games. You've gotta guard that three-point line.