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  Basketball Quotes

Everybody pulls for David, nobody roots for Goliath.
-- Wilt Chamberlain

One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.
-- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

This is the second most exciting indoor sport, and the other one shouldn't have spectators.
-- Dick Vertleib

Be strong in body, clean in mind, lofty in ideals.
-- James Naismith

Boards, Boards, Boards.
-- Knute Rockne

When I was young, I never wanted to leave the court until I got things exactly correct. My dream was to become a pro.
-- Larry Bird


If you are going to take it to the bank, then you better cash it in.
-- Shannon Fish

My responsibility is getting all my players playing for the name on the front of the jersey, not the one on the back.
-- Source Unknown

Good, better, best. Never let it rest. Until your good is better and your better is best.
-- Tim Duncan

Basketball doesn't build character it reveals it.
-- Author Unknown

Basketball is like photography, if you don't focus, all you have is the negative.
-- Dan Frisby

A tough day at the office is even tougher when your OFFICE contains spectator seating.
-- Nik Posa


They say that nobody is perfect. Then they tell you practice makes perfect. I wish they'd make up their minds.
-- Wilt Chamberlain

If the NBA were on channel 5 and a bunch of frogs making love were on channel 4, I'd watch the frogs, even if they were coming in fuzzy.
-- Bobby Knight

The invention of basketball was not an accident. It was developed to meet a need. Those boys simply would not play "Drop the Handkerchief.
-- James Naismith

There are really only two plays: Romeo and Juliet, and put the darn ball in the basket.
-- Abe Lemons

Any American boy can be a basketball star if he grows up, up, up.
-- Bill Vaughn


If you meet the Buddha in the lane, feed him the ball.
-- Phil Jackson

We have a great bunch of outside shooters. Unfortunately, all our games are played indoors.
-- Weldon Drew

I'm tired of hearing about money, money, money, money, money. I just want to play the game, drink Pepsi, wear Reebok.
-- Shaquille O'Neal

Left hand, right hand, it doesn't matter. I'm amphibious.
-- Charles Shackleford

Sometimes a player's greatest challenge is coming to grips with his role on the team.
-- Scottie Pippen






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