Playing Basketball Quotes - Page 3

• There was not too much to do as a kid when we arrived in Germany. Playing basketball and listening to music gave me something to do.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, Kids, Listening

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• That's my job, to motivate people. I can do more, show people more things. That's really why I play basketball. That's my whole purpose of playing basketball.

  Dwight Howard

  Basketball, Jobs, Play

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• When I'm smiling and having fun, that's when you should have a problem. If I'm out there frowning and looking mean, that's when you know you've beat me - because I'm not having fun. I've been playing basketball since I was three. Everybody since I was three tried to tell me to stop smiling. Even my dad. My dad apologized to me when I was ten.

  Dwight Howard

  Basketball, Fun, Dad

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• They said playing basketball would kill me. Well, not playing basketball was killing me.

  Magic Johnson

  Basketball, Killing, They Said

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• I'm not gonna be bad at anything, and I want to actually be the best at anything I'm doing. So if I'm playing basketball, if I'm taking the SATs, like, there's a competitive spirit behind it. With production, it's the same thing.

  J. Cole

  Basketball, Want, Spirit

  "J. Cole On Competition And Writing Honest Songs". "Microphone Check" with Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Frannie Kelley, www.npr.org. June 23, 2013.

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• If you're getting ready to do a really emotional scene then, right before it, you're probably not going to be outside playing basketball.

  Emilie de Ravin

  Basketball, Emotional, Scene

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• Whatever pressure I feel all comes from me, from within. I always was that person who was hard on myself and challenged myself no matter what I was doing, whether it was passing third grade or playing basketball.

  Kendrick Lamar

  Basketball, Matter, Pressure

  Interview with Erykah Badu, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 23, 2013.

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• If I would have listened to other people back in 2000 telling me I should have stopped playing basketball because of a kidney disease, I wouldn't have won a world championship.

  Alonzo Mourning

  Inspirational, Basketball, Should Have

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• I like playing basketball and going to the gym. I don't box, but I'll ride my bike and go jogging or running in the park. Sometimes my lady and I go hiking.

  Kevin Hart

  Basketball, Running, Hiking

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• Fatherhood will put a man through a lot, but it's a tremendous job, the best in the world - even better than playing basketball.

  Derek Fisher

  Inspirational, Basketball, Jobs

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• My homies that are around me never give me that 'star pass'. I've hung out with some stars who are playing basketball and everyone let's them score all the baskets. Shooting pool, they let them make all the shots. My homies don't let me get away with that.

  Jamie Foxx

  Inspirational, Basketball, Stars

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Yoga's hard for me, but I know you can really feel the difference when you do it consistently. I'd rather be playing basketball.

  Chris Noth

  Inspirational, Basketball, Yoga

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• I usually just speak in English when I'm on the basketball court. For some reason, my mind never even tried to cross any other language when I'm playing basketball.

  Dikembe Mutombo

  Basketball, Mind, Language

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• If you're playing basketball with someone who's better than you, you have to get better or else it's no fun

  Jason Behr

  Inspirational, Basketball, Fun

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• Celebration is big for me. From my younger days, when I used to win mementos while playing basketball, I have always believed in sharing my success. It has to be there. It lifts the energy levels of the entire side if you are positive and vocal when a wicket falls.

  Suresh Raina

  Positive, Success, Basketball

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• I love basketball, but playing basketball doesn't fully define who I am. I was always a good student, too.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Basketball, Who I Am, Students

  Source: www.omnivoracious.com

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