Quotes of: Basketball-player Keyword

If all I'm remembered for is being a good basketball player, then I've done a bad job with the rest of my life.

Isaiah Thomas

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

I am, first of all, a basketball player. I've done this for so very long... For me, it's been essential to be successful on the court.

Tony Parker

What you are as a person is far more important than what you are as a basketball player.

John Wooden

And I want to do it the right way, like everybody else, not just a famous figurehead that gets a job because he is a famous basketball player. I want to really learn the business.

Shaquille O'Neal

Kobe Bryant is my favorite basketball player. He takes risks. He goes for the shot. He isn't cautious with whatever he does.

Haley Joel Osment

Not only is Rip Hamilton an outstanding basketball player, he is also known for giving back to his community.

Jim Gerlach

A lot of times I blend in a little bit easier because I'm not like a basketball player who's going to stand out because of his height.

Tiger Woods

Every little kid that steps on the court or the field has aspirations to go pro. I think being a pro basketball player is the best job. The thing I had to realize was that I can't do every dream that I have.

Brian McKnight

I'm a basketball player. That's what I do and what I love but that's just not all who I am. I'm talented in a lot of different areas.

Kevin Durant

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 loved the glamour and excitement of the games and, in particular, knowing the names of each and every one of the referees - that's because my mom, a former basketball player, would yell at them from our front-row seats for making bad calls!

Hannah Storm

People are much more loose if you are having fun. I had a basketball player who was really soft-spoken, and then we played Connect Four with him, and he really opened up!

Hannah Storm

A lot of late nights in the gym, a lot of early mornings, especially when your friends are going out, you're going to the gym, those are the sacrifices that you have to make if you want to be an NBA basketball player.

Jason Kidd

Then you've got Georgetown, and I really just like everything about them. When I went down there with my mom, it really opened my eyes to what they were all about. I have to factor in what a school like that can do for me, even away from being a bask...

Nerlens Noel

In 1981, at age 31, I was voted the best player in basketball, and the most valuable player in the league.

Julius Erving

My father was a soccer player. All my friends played basketball though, so I stuck with basketball.

Steve Nash

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 started out as a football player. I liked to inflict pain. In basketball, it was the same thing.

Shaquille O'Neal

As a kid, I always idolized entrepreneurs. I thought they were cool people in the way that I thought basketball players were cool people. It's cool that some people get paid to dunk basketballs, but I'm not one of those people.

Ben Silbermann

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