Quotes About Basketball

My city was very basketball-minded so I was born playing basketball and I didn't like playing soccer that much.

The natural thing in Africa is to start playing soccer at 8 or 9. You go outside and you play like kids play basketball here, and you grow a feel for the game. In Africa, the kids start playing basketball at 16 or 17 or 18, and when they get an opportunity to come here, they have been playing for only one or two years.

I was a soccer player. Basketball wasn't my thing.

To be honest I never watch a tennis match. I watch basketball a lot, soccer, never tennis.

Basketball is such a global sport, being second to soccer.

Basketball is huge in France, but not as big as soccer.

Being able to play sports in a school or public environment was everything for me - basketball, soccer, track.

For sure, I think that's the mission in all life, whether it's basketball, being a doctor, building a company. I think we take social justice and the lessons we're learning now, that everybody is learning.

I feel like the NBA, WNBA, tennis and basketball have really been at the forefront of social justice and pushing for change from the athlete platform.

Let's face it: if you're an elite basketball player and you choose to be socially and politically active, it could harm your brand.

40-minute game at Duke - they got soft rims - I'd probably score 84 or 85. I wouldn't pass the ball. I wouldn't even think about passing it. It would be like a 'NBA Live' or an 'NBA 2K7' game: you just shoot with one person.

I started taekwondo at 5 or 6 years old and did a bunch of kick-boxing later, too. Eventually I became a black belt and coached as well. I did some basketball and softball growing up, but most of my activity was martial arts.

Matt Bonner. That's the legend right there. I was in fifth grade and watched him play at our local high school. Sold out. It was incredible.

It's the NBA, arenas almost always sold out. When I played back in Europe, there would be some games with 50-100 people in the crowd, so it would be pretty much empty.

I'm happy that I helped basketball develop; I was trying to help basketball be the world's most popular sport, to bring people together from all over the world, it doesn't matter the background. We are all the soldiers of basketball.

They scored 26 points in three quarters. That's solid defense.

Setting a solid screen is something I'm proud of.

As a kid, I always idolized entrepreneurs. I thought they were cool people in the way that I thought basketball players were cool people. It's cool that some people get paid to dunk basketballs, but I'm not one of those people.

I always had a dream to someday own an NBA team.

My dream is to play someday in the NBA.

Basketball is going to stop someday. But friendships are going to last forever. That's something you can't buy with money.

I only knew that I didn't like the AAU culture. I knew that if I had a chance someday, that I would love to be able to, even if it was a small drop in a bucket, to be able to change the culture and be a part of a positive change.

Even if I have a successful and plentiful N.B.A. career, someday I am going to go back and try to be a big league pitcher.

I'm a great sports fan, you know. I love to watch tennis and basketball and baseball and so on.