Basketball Player Quotes
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“You have to be wired a certain way to be a professional basketball player, and the way my body grew, something happened genetically that allowed me to become a lot more explosive.”
— Jeremy Lin —
“I am Jon-Robert Holden - a basketball player, a son, a brother, a father, a friend, a writer and an Olympian!All these things are great , but I am simply a child of God who pushed himself to be the best I could be .And by following my heart and pursuing my passion I know that He blessed my steps prior to me getting here.And it's because of this I simply and humbly say, "Thank You".”
— Jon-Robert Holden
— French Montana
“If we can take young people who excel at the highest levels, put them on the same kind of pedestal as the all-state basketball player and the all-state football player, and begin to get the same kind of recognition, it will have a profound effect, and we are finding that it does.”
— Ben Carson
“I try to never lose sight of what a special time it is to be a women's basketball player.”
— Sue Wicks
“When I look at the system here and look at my position - not just as a basketball player, but when I look around me at the values of the people and the culture and compare them with the values of where I came from - I feel so blessed to be from Africa.”
— Hakeem Olajuwon
— Haley Joel Osment
“When I lose the sense of motivation and the sense to prove something as a basketball player, it's time for me to move away from the game.”
— Michael Jordan
— Isaiah Thomas
— Chuck Connors
— Jim Gerlach
“I always dreamt of being a basketball player. A dream that only I believed in.”
— David Duchovny
“I think, growing up, I was seen as the perfect power forward. For a long time, I thought maybe I was supposed to be a basketball player.”
— D'Brickashaw Ferguson
“If you're a basketball player, you've got to shoot.”
— Oscar Robertson
“I never gave up as a player, and I won't give up as someone who wants to go to the Hall of Fame, because it's the ultimate goal for a baseball player or a football player or a basketball player.”
— Pete Rose
“I was actually supposed to be a basketball player, not an actress. My parents had me playing basketball on competitive teams when I was in kindergarten. Even though my heart belongs to the arts, I'm a tomboy at heart, too.”
— Zendaya
“Everyone needs a coach. It doesn't matter whether you're a basketball player, a tennis player, a gymnast or a bridge player.”
— Bill Gates
“Michael Jordan was a tremendous basketball player.”
— Lee Trevino
“Michael Jordan didn't become a great basketball player because he wanted to do product endorsements. Van Gogh didn't become a great painter because he dreamed that one day his paintings would sell for $50 million.”
— Jack D. Schwager
“I wanted to avoid service, because I was on the road to becoming a professional basketball player.”
— Dirk Nowitzki
“I think planning to be a "professional adventurer" is about as realistic as planning to be a basketball player, so I don't usually encourage it.”
— Andrew Skurka
“I'm a basketball player, not a monk.”
— Marvin Barnes
“I feel like I'm a basketball player in a football uniform.”
— Terrell Owens
“As far as carrying the torch for the years to come, I don't know. I just want to be the best basketball player I can be.”
— Kobe Bryant
“I'm glad I stayed in school four years. It matured me as a man and as a basketball player.”
— Josh Howard
“Scientists contribute in a variety of ways and I don't think I can singular one even including [Albert] Einstein, that I can say that he's the best. We don't work like the best basketball player and the best musician and so on. Science is a collective effort.”
— Ahmed H. Zewail
“I'm fighting against becoming soft. That's the worst thing you can say to a basketball player.”
— Dennis Rodman
“When I come home, I'm not a basketball player, but "dad". While everyone sees me as an NBA player, to my boys, I'm just "dad" and that's very important.”
— Dwyane Wade
“Great players never look in the mirror and think I'm a great basketball player. You ask yourself, Am I the best player I can be?”
— Michael Jordan
— Shaquille O'Neal
— Stephen Curry
— Stephen Curry
“Once you become a good person, then you have a chance of becoming a good basketball player.”
— John Wooden
“People in general misunderstand me. I'm very aware of the stereotype that comes with being a basketball player. But I'm well-rounded. I'm cultured. It's funny: When I speak, people are like, "Wow! You can really talk." I'm like, "What did you expect?"”
— Chris Bosh
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