Quotes About Basketball

For me, basketball was always about survival because I was just trying to get out the hood, right? When I got to Chicago, I'm like, 'I'm just trying to survive, and anybody I got to step on or break, so be it.'

My father, Vittorio, was a big-time player in Italy, but we never talked about basketball. He never came to my games. He said he didn't want to step on my coaches' toes.

I'm very thankful to players like John Stockton and Spud Webb. They've made it possible for someone like me to make it. I think teams are actually looking for one player under 6-feet now, because they make things happen.

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

Tim Duncan's foot issue, I think, is a major factor in this year's playoffs. That's not the kind of injury that gets better over time playing NBA basketball.

It's about time for Lindell White to get back on the floor, expose himself, and get the ball in a scoring position.

The only time I'd played organized basketball was my sophomore year in high school, when I barely made the junior varsity team.

I think that any time you're able to get a guy like Carmelo Anthony to be on your team, you're going to be a step up.

I'm not playing for other people; if I start thinking in those terms I would put too much pressure on myself. I play basketball because that is what I love to do.

And when other people see me play basketball...the way I treat my teammates, the opponents, the refs, that's all a reflection of God's image and God's love so that's the stuff I try to focus on.

I grew up with baseball I played in Little League and went to games with my dad. But I, as I grew up, became more of a basketball fanatic than a baseball one.

As the flagrant foul's official mascot, Anthony Mason had the genteel refinement of an intentional elbow to the eye socket.

If I get on the golf course, my basketball game is a direct reflection of how many rounds of golf I can get. So, the more rounds of golf, the better I play.

I've never really been told my game reflects like I'm from Los Angeles. I'm always told that I have more of an East Coast type game.

When the opportunity arose for me to join an organization like the Celtics, I could not refuse.

I'm going to watch basketball regardless of whether I coach or watch it on TV.

I am going to be happy regardless where I am at as long as I am playing basketball with some guys that have the same common goal that I have, and that is to win.

My boys' goals are to be in the NBA, regardless of what team.

We have different rules in Europe and that makes the game different. In regards to contact, there are more things allowed overseas. You can do a lot more 'dirty' stuff.

I regret that I never learned how to play on the perimeter.

It's basketball. This is great. How do you get scars from something you love? You can get some regrets, 'I wish I would've done that.' But there's no scars. This is too good.

With the 24-second clock, they throw up the shot so fast you don't see plays worked very often. With the extra six seconds, you can regroup after a missed shot and work another play. It would put more coaching in the game.

I feel like people who know me, my fans, I want them to know I'm just a regular 21-year-old kid who likes movies, who likes to have fun. It lets people see the other side of you and not just the basketball thing.

I have seen every aspect of basketball that you can see as a player, and I think they can relate to that, and I can understand them.