751 Basketball Quotes for You to Enjoy

Syracuse, New York, is like Hawaii for eight months of the year. The other four months, I don't care about the weather because we're playing basketball. Jim Boeheim

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I grew up in the Big East Conference for 30 years. We were a conference that was nothing. We were a bunch of schools thrown together and within five years we were one of the top two basketball conferences in the country. Jim Boeheim

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You've got to understand, every kid in college basketball, if you ask them where they want to play a game, in the NBA or college, they will tell you Madison Square Garden, a huge percentage. Jim Boeheim

I love Charles Barkley, he's a good friend of mine and he's a funny guy. He knows nothing about college basketball. Less than nothing. Jim Boeheim

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You have to show high school players that fans care about your program, that they're gonna be at the games. I think that's a huge key to success in college basketball. Jim Boeheim

It's always important when you play in a tournament that they have a basketball court and an arena. Jim Boeheim

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I'm a competitor. I like to win games. I like basketball and I like to win games. Jim Boeheim

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Mike D'Antoni is one of the best offensive coaches in the whole game of basketball, by far. Jim Boeheim

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I love kids that come to shows, little kids coming up to you with braces; like, some kid came up to me in a parking lot outside a show in Santa Cruz - he was about 14 or 15 - and he said, 'Y'know, I love 'The Basketball Diaries,' but I hope your next book of poetry isn't gonna be as academic as 'Living at the Movies' was.' Jim Carroll

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Poetry can unleash a terrible fear. I suppose it is the fear of possibilities, too many possibilities, each with its own endless set of variations... With basketball, you can correct your own mistakes, immediately and beautifully, in midair. Jim Carroll

I started out real young as a tight end, but I was never getting the football. I knew when I played basketball, I loved to have control of the ball. When I played baseball, I was a pitcher. I always wanted to be the guy throwing the passes and making a difference, I guess. Jim Kelly

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Passing the basketball - I feel like I've gotten better with that. Jimmer Fredette

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I'm loyal to my family, to my faith, and to basketball. Jimmer Fredette

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That's what it's all about, going out and being able to help in the community and help people around you. That's going to carry far longer than basketball ever will. Jimmer Fredette

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Basketball is great and so much fun, and it has taken me to so many places. I've been in the public eye a lot, and it has given me so many great experiences but hasn't changed the person I am. Jimmer Fredette

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Basketball will come and go, but the person you are will always remain. Jimmer Fredette

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

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My whole life, people have doubted me. My mom did. People told me in high school I'm too short and not fast enough to play basketball. They didn't know my story. Because if they did, they'd know that anything is possible. Jimmy Butler

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I don't change the way that I play. I love the game of basketball, man. I ride with these guys in this locker room. They know that. If I've got something to say to them, I will say it. You may not like the way that it comes across. That's fine. But that's who I am. Jimmy Butler

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The main thing is confidence. I'm gaining more and more confidence to do whatever I want to do on the basketball court, whether it is shooting threes or sprinting to the rim and finishing or ball handling. I'm confident enough because I have worked on it that I am going to do the exact same things in the game. Jimmy Butler

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It was okay for Wayne Gretzky's dad, for instance, to give him a hockey stick, or Joe Montana's dad to give him a football, or Larry Bird's dad to give him a basketball, but it wasn't okay for Gloria Connors to give her son a tennis racquet. Jimmy Connors

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I didn't play basketball because I'd learned how to ice skate. Joe Morton

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