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Quotes About Basketball

You definitely have to have a sense of humor. It's not always serious when it comes to basketball.
~ Eric Bledsoe
I'm known for setting good screens.
~ Al Horford
My head was - I wasn't screwed up, but I feel like I was shifted away from my family a lot with this basketball stuff. You have people coming around you saying they are family or whatever. They try to keep you away from your real family. That kind of got me.
~ Deandre Ayton
Bojan Bogdanovic
~ I'm a shooter.
I have never been a shooter.
~ Shaquille O'Neal
Kyle Korver, to me, is a shooter. JJ Redick is a shooter.
~ Joe Ingles
As guys know that you're a shooter, well, they're going to try to run you off the line.
~ Pat Connaughton
I've always been a high-percentage shooter, obviously because I'm dunking and laying the ball up.
~ JaVale McGee
I like having the ball in my hands and being able to make plays, but I think my shooting is an asset, too.
~ Seth Curry
With all the pick-and-rolls in the NBA, getting in the lane and shooting floaters or pull-ups will help a lot.
~ Lonzo Ball
Small ball, spacing, shooting 3s, is something that everybody's trying to do.
~ J. B. Bickerstaff
The whole basketball world, it's a fantasy and it's short-lived.
~ DeMarcus Cousins
When people talk to me, they want to know about Grandmama, they want to know about UNLV, and how was it playing with Muggsy. You don't have to be a basketball fan to be a Muggsy fan. The shortest guy to ever play in the league, I get that question all the time.
~ Larry Johnson
Don't give them 3-point shots if that's what they're trying to do and embarrass you in any way.
~ Danny Ainge
The night before games, I try to get some shots up. Early on the game day, I come early in the morning to try to get some shots up. I just try to do the same things: go through the scouting, watch some clips before the game, just try to get my body ready.
~ Giannis Antetokounmpo
I let the game come to me. I just try to read plays. I don't like taking bad shots. I want the best shot for the team.
~ Tony Snell
Some people see ESPN. They see the long shots. They see me scoring the basketball, but they don't show often too many assists - and I've been doing that my whole career, being able to get the ball to the guy at the right time.
~ Jimmer Fredette
Growing up, a lot of my shots came off of me dribbling and shooting it.
~ Lonzo Ball
Most of my shots are threes and long 2-point jumpers.
~ J. J. Redick
Obviously, there is not one player in the world that doesn't like making shots.
~ Manu Ginobili
As long as I can take open shots or good shots, I'm going to take it.
~ Nikola Jokic
When I think about it, it's kind of weird, but I do take shots without looking at the rim sometimes.
~ LaMarcus Aldridge
All of my shots are dunks or are around the rim.
~ Ivica Zubac
Where I'm from, we don't take shots over two guys. When someone is doubled, it's the next man's job to take the shot and make it.
~ Marc Gasol