Playing Basketball Quotes - Page 2

• I love playing basketball because you could be having a rough day in your life, and while you're on the court it gives you a clear mind. I'm not worried about anything. I'm there just playing freely and I go out there all and I have fun.

  Derrick Rose

  Basketball, Fun, Giving

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• Just because I had a good game doesn't change who I am,
  my identity is in Christ and not in basketball, I love playing basketball and it's my job but at the same time I recognize that I'm a sinner and that's not gonna change regardless of how well I play on the court

  Jeremy Lin

  Basketball, Jobs, Who I Am

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• I want to hold onto that because I think every kid when they dream about playing basketball, they don't dream about being a role player. They dream about being the man. I have that position in Toronto and to give that up and go somewhere else to be an addition would kinda defeat the purpose of my dreams.

  Chris Bosh

  Basketball, Dream, Kids

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• I definitely don't want to run any 5K races anytime soon. I can work out pretty hard as far as intensity. But as far as playing basketball or anything high impact, it's probably not smart for me to do.

  Prince Fielder

  Basketball, Running, Smart

  Source: sports-ak.espn.go.com

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• I care about systematically playing basketball. If the spacing isn't right, if guys are standing on top of each other, if there aren't lanes to be provided, or rebounders available to offensively rebound the ball, or we don't have defensive balance when a shot goes up, all of these things are fundamental basketball. I follow it.

  Phil Jackson

  Basketball, Guy, Balance

  Source: espn.go.com

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• I'm most excited about going swimming and riding water slides, shooting off fireworks, and playing basketball, and things like that. That's what I really love doing. Summer is a great time.

  Girl Talk

  Basketball, Summer, Swimming

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I couldn't imagine not playing basketball. To me, basketball is what life is all about.

  Bill Walton

  Basketball, Life Is, Imagine

  Bill Walton (1995). “Nothing But Net: Just Give Me the Ball and Get Out of the Way”, Hyperion

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• The gym teacher's name was Mr. Caruso. Mr. Caruso did
  not speak English. He spoke 'Gym.' One day I was playing
  basketball and Mr. Caruso told me I would have to get
  an athletic supporter. He didn't express himself exactly
  that way, though. He said, 'Hey, you, one day you're gonna
  go up for a rebound and the family jewels aren't gonna
  go with ya.' I had no idea what he was talking about.
  Next day I showed up for practice without my watch and
  my mezuzah. He said, 'Did ya take care of the family jewels?'
  I said, 'I left 'em in my locker.' Took us a half hour to
  revive Mr. Caruso.

  Tommy Lasorda

  Basketball, Teacher, Speak English

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• Height isn't something you can have and just let be, like nice teeth or naturally curly hair. People have this idea you have to put it to use, playing basketball, for example, or observing the weather up there. If you are a girl, they feel a particular need to point your height out to you, as if you might not have noticed.

  Barbara Kingsolver

  Basketball, Girl, Nice

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• 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

  Basketball, Art, Team

  "Zendaya: The “Shake It Up!” Interview". Interview with Kam Williams, www.kamwilliams.com. August 29, 2011.

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• My dad taught me that you have to work hard for anything you want in life, and I wanted to be good at playing basketball.

  Seimone Augustus

  Basketball, Dad, Hard Work

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• We're just playing basketball. It's not like we're going out to have unprotected sex with Magic.

  Charles Barkley

  Funny, Basketball, Sex

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• I don't worry about playing basketball; that comes natural. I just want to have fun. David Robinson, Patrick Ewing, Michael Jordan: this is like spring break in the ghetto.

  Charles Barkley

  Basketball, Fun, Spring

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• Playing basketball with my teammates was a gift! We cant play any more but we live the memories each day!

  Theresa Grentz

  Basketball, Memories, Play

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• Growing up, I played about every sport imaginable except soccer and hockey. I've always had a passion for basketball. I remember actually playing basketball when I was two or three years old. The time I knew that I could really take my game to the next level.

  Dwight Howard

  Basketball, Soccer, Sports

  "NBA All-Star Dwight Howard talks about family, faith and destiny". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com.

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• I experienced a lot of spiritual growth when I started traveling to Europe and playing basketball. I saw that just because I was away from home didn't mean Jesus wasn't with me. He is everywhere and you can see signs of Him in the most remote places in the world through people who don't even speak your language. Jesus is universal.

  DeLisha Milton-Jones

  Basketball, Spiritual, Jesus

  "A conversation with WNBA star and Olympic gold medalist DeLisha Milton-Jones". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com.

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• I like sports, and I enjoy playing basketball and lifting weights.

  Joel Osteen

  Basketball, Sports, Lifting Weights

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• In the next 15 or 20 years, I hope I'll be the richest man in the world. That's one of my goals. I want to be a billionaire. I want to get to a position where generation on generation don't have to worry about nothing. I don't want family members from my kids to my son's kids to never have to worry. And I can't do that now just playing basketball.

  LeBron James

  Basketball, Inspiration, Kids

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• I wanted to be a football player. Football is a sport that I love, but the more I started playing basketball, the more I started dreaming of playing in the NBA.

  Dwyane Wade

  Inspirational, Basketball, Sports

  The IGN Interview, www.ign.com. August 26, 2005.

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• We all have various ways of dropping in and getting connected to ourselves. For one person it might be playing basketball. It's a good way to get in touch with how they feel. For somebody else, it might be taking a walk.

  Deborah King

  Basketball, Might, Way

  Source: www.edgemagazine.net

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• I'm conservative with my money. I'm the one who's got a family and I can't be playing basketball forever, so when I retire, I want to live on what I've made.

  Moses Malone

  Basketball, Forever, Want

  Source: business.highbeam.com

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• I really do miss playing basketball. I don't play a lot of pick-up games. But I do like using basketball as a form of cross training.

  Jackie Joyner-Kersee

  Inspirational, Basketball, Games

  "Five minutes with Olympic gold medalist Jackie Joyner-Kersee". Chicago Tribune Interview, articles.chicagotribune.com. April 25, 2012.

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• The only way to shut people up is just by winning and just playing basketball.

  Dwight Howard

  Basketball, Winning, People

  Source: espn.go.com

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• Everyone thought I was going to die like a year later, they didn't know. So I helped educate sports, and then the world, that a man living with HIV can play basketball. He's not going to give it to anybody by playing basketball.

  Magic Johnson

  Basketball, Sports, Men

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Since I first started playing basketball, I have just loved it, and nothing has ever made me lose that love.

  Ashley Graham

  Basketball, Firsts, Made

  Source: awesomesportsproject.com

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