752 Basketball Quotes for You to Enjoy

I hate the gym, so I try to diversify my workouts with swimming and basketball. Indoors, it's less boring than running. I do find that diet is key. I eat lots of lean protein, no soda, no fast food or fried foods, and a lot of water. But I love food and often cook. Mike Colter

Love Food Hate Water Key Try Swimming Running Find Boring Eat Diversify Gym Foods Indoors Lean Protein Lot Fried Lots Than Often Diet Cook Less Workouts Fast Fast Food Soda Basketball

With me and basketball, it became part of me. Mike Krzyzewski

Me Part Became Basketball

In golf, you keep trying to score well when you're ahead. In basketball, they don't quit shooting when they're ahead. In hockey, they don't quit shooting the puck when they're ahead. And in boxing, you don't quit punching when you're ahead. But in football, somehow magically, you're supposed to quit playing when you're ahead. Mike Leach

You Punching Somehow Football Supposed Well Boxing Score Trying Shooting Quit Hockey Golf Keep Puck Playing Basketball

If my career was a basketball season, I'm in the pre-season still. I'm not blowing everybody out by 40 - there's so much work to be done, and there's no time to really sit and look back and be proud of what I've done yet, because it's the pre-season still. Mike Posner

Work Time Sit Everybody Back Out No Time Look Because Proud Still Blowing Done Much Really Season Career Basketball

Most ballerinas take their first ballet class when they are 5 or 6 years old. I was 13 when I took mine on the basketball court of the San Pedro Boys & Girls Club in California. Misty Copeland

Class Old Girl First Club Took Mine Take Most California Court Boy Ballet Years San Basketball Basketball Court

My family didn't have very much money, so ballet wasn't even on my radar; I just found it randomly when I was 13 at a Boys & Girls Club. We were practicing in a basketball court in gym clothes with some old socks on. Even though it terrified me at first, I found that I really liked it. Misty Copeland

Family Me Money Old Girl First Clothes Club Randomly Though Some Gym Liked Terrified Court Practicing Boy Ballet Were Very Just Much Really Radar Even Found Socks Basketball Basketball Court

I was 'Little Ty,' 'Little Tyrone.' I always got this negative feedback from the game of basketball. Muggsy Bogues

Game Feedback Negative Always Got Little Basketball

There was a TV show that came on every week called the 'Bowery Boys,' and there was a character named Muggsy. The way I played basketball and the nickname stuck with me. No one calls me Tyrone except one person: Mom! Muggsy Bogues

On the court, Jason Collins is not a huge basketball star, but he has already claimed his place in civil rights history as the first openly gay athlete to play in one of the four major U.S. sports leagues. Nancy Gibbs

If the jump is perfect, you come out, and you feel like you took a three-pointer in basketball or doing the perfect thing in whatever your sport is. You just get that adrenaline rush, a sense of satisfaction, like you want to do it again and again. Nathan Chen

I was captain of the soccer and basketball teams in high school, and I was the equivalent of class president. Neil Blumenthal

Class School President High High School Equivalent Soccer Captain Teams Basketball

In a lot of the really impoverished areas of Johannesburg you see these packets of cheesy puffs which are like 6 feet long and the width of a basketball, and they're transparent and they have like 10,000 cheesy puffs in them, and you can buy that for like 50 cents. It's kind of a weird treat that you'd see people having in the townships. Neill Blomkamp

I remember I was playing basketball, and an entire arena was, like, chanting 'Big Foot.' It was a high school game, but... you're constantly being reminded you're bigger; you don't look like everybody. There were days where I would be upset, and, like, I'd cry about it. Nia Jax

You Game Remember School Big Everybody Chanting High Would Would-Be Constantly High School Entire About Arena Foot Reminded Days Like Look Cry Were Being Upset Where Bigger Playing Basketball

I like the uniqueness and creativity you can have on a basketball court; there's always a different way to score. Obviously, you have teammates, so it's easier to draw up plays, and tennis, you have your patterns and where you should hit based on percentage. Nick Kyrgios

You Creativity Teammates Way Draw Easier Percentage Tennis Like Obviously Court Always Score Up Hit Where Different Patterns Should Your Uniqueness Different Way Based Basketball Plays Basketball Court

I was all for basketball, and I made the decision to play tennis. Nick Kyrgios

Decision Made Tennis Play Basketball

My first motion capture game was with Sony - 'NBA: The Life.' It was very ahead of its time. Brandon Akiaten, he was the writer and director. He had a real vision of what this game was meant to be; it was a basketball game where I was the Jerry Maguire sports agent type guy. And it was great! Nolan North

Life Time Great Game Director Sports Vision First Type Guy Writer Had He Sony Motion Real Very Where Agent Meant Meant To Be Capture NBA Jerry Basketball

Basketball Quotes

No more basketball quotes