Quotes

You don't play against opponents, you play against the game of basketball.
-Bobby Knight

Talent wins games, but team work and intelligence wins championships.
-Michael Jordan

Basketball is the MTV of sports.
-Sara Levinson

If the NBA were on channel 5 and a bunch of frogs making love were on channel 4, I'd watch the frogs, even if they were coming in fuzzy.
-Bobby Knight

The best teams have chemistry. They communicate with each other and they sacrifice personal glory for the common goal.
-Dave DeBusschere

We're shooting 100 percent - 60 percent from the field and 40 percent from the free-throw line.
-Norm Stewart

Any American boy can be a basketball star if he grows up, up, up.
-Bill Vaughn

This is the second most exciting indoor sport, and the other one shouldn't have spectators.
-Dick Vertleib

To win, you've got to put the ball in the macrame.
-Terry McGuire

Basketball is like photography, if you don't focus, all you have is the negative.
-Dan Frisby

The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes in or not.
-Charles Barkley

There are really only two plays: Romeo and Juliet, and put the darn ball in the basket.
-Abe Lemons

Sometimes a player's greatest challenge is coming to grips with his role on the team.
-Scottie Pippen

One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.
-Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I look at the NBA as a football game without the helmet.
-Tom Tolbert

I tell kids to pursue their basketball dreams, but I tell them to not let that be their only dream.
-Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Basketball is like war in that offensive weapons are developed first, and it always takes a while for the defense to catch up.
-Red Auerbach

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

When I dunk, I put something on it. I want the ball to hit the floor before I do.
-Darryl Dawkins

Fans never fall asleep at our games, because they're afraid they might get hit by a pass.
-George Raveling

The invention of basketball was not an accident. It was developed to meet a need. Those boys simply would not play 'Drop the Handkerchief.'
-James Naismith

Basketball doesn't build character it reveals it.
-Anonymous Author

If you meet the Buddha in the lane, feed him the ball.
-Phil Jackson

Basketball doesn't build character. It reveals it.
-Anonymous Author

The secret is to have eight great players and four others who will cheer like crazy.
-Jerry Tarkanian

I'm tired of hearing about money, money, money, money, money. I just want to play the game, drink Pepsi, wear Reebok.
-Shaquille O'Neal

The idea is not to block every shot. The idea is to make your opponent believe that you might block every shot.
-Bill Russell