Basketball Quotes

"I can't coach, but it's ok, it's my players fault, they're just not producing. I can't get on the court for them, they have to get it done, there's nothing that I can do for them. Coaching is done in practice. Plays just don't matter when it comes to game time if your players cannot complete them and I can ot draw them up. Why should a team trust in me when I cannot coach?"
-John Swickrath

"Basketball is like war in that offensive weapons are developed first, and it always takes a while for the defense to catch up."
-Red Auerbach

"[On the Spurs] It was like they've been playing all season. They have a tough defense, they dig inside. They are just a tough defensive team. They've got some big guys inside and they do a good job, especially at home."
-Pau Gasol

"Basketball teams, after the perfunctory lay-up drill, fall into the crowded isolation and personal style of 10 city kids shooting at the same basket or playing one-on-one."
-Ted Solotaroff

"These Liberty girls, they don't have sex, but you can always play in the mud!!"
-John Swickrath

"It wasn't intentional or anything like that. I was just playing basketball."
-Jeff Adrien

"I'm not just a basketball player. I've got other talents."
-Tracy Mcgrady

"Basketball ain't No. 1 no more, not now. Yes, it will hurt, but I've got to move on. School is important, that's all."
-Kenny Harris

"This is a lot of fun. Anytime you go to a football game and the score is like a basketball game, it's fun."
-Kevin Erwin

"We haven't had a lot of success in basketball and baseball."
-Karen Loftgren

"I'm out driving the kids to hockey or basketball or baseball. It was time for me to do something for myself."
-Mary Macdonald

"I think I'll work harder on basketball. I'm not sure I'll work more."
-Taryn Clark

"We would still have athletics at Manual. We would still have basketball at every school."
-Jeff Hanni

"We didn't take care of our opportunities. When we needed to take care of the basketball, we didn't."
-Chris Blackwell

"Basketball is an up-and-down game. You have to be able to handle runs."
-Paul Sather

"Jacob has gotten into better basketball shape."
-Rob Ridnour

"I think we did what we needed to do for 40 minutes of basketball."
-Craig Rasmuson

"It's going to be 32 minutes of tough basketball."
-Travis Tucker

"Basketball is the only sport you don't have to travel early in the tournament."
-Bill Fowkes

"We found ourselves in the city on a basketball court."
-Ron Kelder

"The community meant so much to us, and Dunbar meant so much to the community, that that was the most fun I had playing basketball."
-Bobby Washington

"When they're breaking for basketball games, ... you know that it's not (going) too, too badly."
-Martin Grove

"Jeff has a knack for being around the basketball."
-Aaron Ward

"Brody has good basketball skills. He has come along well all season."
-Joe Kinch

"We want our kids on the basketball court and not in the courtroom."
-Tim Tuten

"The Composite Guide to Basketball."
-James Naismith

"He's got talent, and the thing with Mickey is that he is focused on whatever he does, be it basketball or baseball."
-Dave Tykoski

"We need to care and go out there and play basketball."
-Oliver Ristow