Quotes About Basketball

We're all about trying to teach the kids life through basketball.

Basketball is big stuff in New York. If you're good in it, everybody respects you. Nobody would want to ruin your shooting eye or your shooting arm.

There're a lot of rules to basketball.

Basketball paid for four years of my education, and I am so proud of that.

I love basketball, but I miss football every time I watch it.

I really have a love and passion for football. I enjoy basketball, but it's not something I love. You have to let things go that are not for you.

I played basketball, and I loved it. But I never thought of it seriously as being a professional.

I played basketball when I was little because it was fun for me. It still is now. I just love it. I have a passion for it.

The first day I got drafted, I felt the fans were really passionate about basketball, and there was going to be a lot of pressure.

I want to be in such a basketball city like New York.

We're a basketball family.

The only thing I can control is winning on the basketball court.

I had watched Magic my whole career, even before my career, and so I knew the style of player that he was, and I knew what I had to do to prohibit him from being as effective on the basketball court as he had been throughout his career.

I was a very shy kid. The only place I had confidence was in between the lines of a basketball court.

I always wanted to present myself well and express my style with my clothes, as well as who I was as a basketball player.

I always just take pride in being a basketball player.

I was a professional rehab/workout guy for four years. I wasn't even a basketball player - just a guy who got paid to exercise.

The D-League has helped me to get better and develop as a basketball player.

I'm not a political man. I'm a basketball player. So that's what I have to do first. But second, I will try to help my country because I am a Croatian.

He's a great father - I don't view him as a coach. He gives me advice as a person and as a basketball player, and I've learned a lot from him and my mom.

Rondo is a very good basketball player - really good.

Coach Kerr is cool, I got a chance to spend a lot of time with him and talk to him not only about basketball, but adjusting to the Bay Area as well as his experiences and my experiences.

I love the gym; I love basketball. I'm really passionate about it.

My mom is real passionate and a family-first woman. She always told me that just because I can shoot a basketball better than someone else, I shouldn't think that I'm better than them. I know if I change, my friends and family would lay me down. She just wants to see her kids do right.