The best Quotes and Sayings about Basketball

I want to become one of the best players, so if you want to be one the best, you have to elevate all aspects of your game.

As you guys might expect, this is my final home game, I put you guys on a heck of a ride with a lot of ups and downs in my career and you always supported me and I appreciate it.

I always wanted to be a basketball player. Nothing more, nothing less.

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

Everybody's talking trash these days, so why not keep quiet?

I'm the answer, never question
Lace up, learn a lesson
Bitch, I'm saucin', I do this often, don't do no talkin'
My options right when I walk in, jump all them Jordans

Hockey is a sport for white men. Basketball is a sport for black men. Golf is a sport for white men dressed like black pimps.

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.

I'm not playing to prove anything to anybody.

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.

I want to be a representative and be a role model for the Asian American community.

Hey, ref, check your voicemail! I think you've missed a few calls!

Welcome to Rose University; class is in session!

The only difference between a good shot and a bad one is if it goes in or not.

Durability is part of what makes a great athlete.

Maybe now you could say I didn't play a second, but in five years, you guys are going to forget. In ten years I'll still be a champion. In 20 years I'll tell my kids I probably started, and in 30 years I'll probably tell them I got the MVP. So I'm probably not too worried about it.

There's winning and there's losing - and in life both will happen. What is never acceptable to me is quitting.

I owe all of this to the guys I've played with and all the coaches that have helped me get to where I'm at right now. I'm honored to be here.

In this fall I'm gonna take my talents to south-beach and join the Miami Heat.

And I was like, Momma, this air bubble right here, it’s gonna make me fly
I hit that court, and when I jumped, I jumped, I swear I got so high
I touched the net, Mom I touched the net, this is the best day of my life

You really need to consider the message you're sending this boys by ending the lockout. It's the same message that we as a culture send to our professional athletes; and that is that they are above the law. If these boys cannot honor the simple rules of a basketball contract, how long do you think it will be before they're out there breaking the law? I played ball here at Richmond High 30 years ago. It was the same thing then; some of my teammates went to prison, some of them even ended up dead. If you vote to end the lockout, you won't have to terminate me; I'll quit.

You're only concerned if you know you don't have it. We have it.

Welcome to your Kodak moment, Anderson Verejao!

Me shooting 40% at the foul line is just God's way to say nobody's perfect.

When I'm old and grey, I won't be able to play it, but I'll still love the game.

People ask me if I could fly. I said: 'Yeah - for a little while.'

Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.

I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

Kobe Bryant, in my opinion, is the greatest player in the league since me.

Ten time all-star, 2007 league-MVP, 2011 finals-MVP.
One day soon we'll have a statue outside the AAC.
Without question, the greatest player in Maverick's history: Dirk Nowitzki.

The game has changed my life because it's taught me how to set goals, strive to achieve those goals, and never get complacent with those goals.

Ted: 'You name a chubby white kid LeBron and he's the one getting stuffed in the basketball hoop.'
Marshall: 'Then I'm also crossing off Shaquille, Hakeem and Dikembe.'

I'm gonna miss a lot about the game. I'm going to miss the competition, the friendship, the fans, joking with the media and I'm really going to miss the free-throws.

Even in the NBA Finals, J.J. Barea inspired all of us with those drives to the hoop.

Nothing to celebrate yet. We have to go down there and treat the next one like game 7.

We wanna play like there's no tomorrow. If we do that, I have no doubt in my mind, we can be successful.

My job ist to come in, run the show, set the table and make sure that everyone eats.

It's not how big you are it's how big you play.

I don't wanna be Michael Jordan, I don't wanna be Bird or Isiah. I don't wanna be any of those guys. You know when my career is over, I wanna look in the mirror and say: 'I did it my way!'