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It's good that I put my personal ego aside. My basketball ego was, 'Why we negotiating?' But my personal ego didn't take it personal. I put my personal ego aside a little bit.
Going in, you want to play a perfect season and play throughout the whole entire season, but injuries are a part of basketball.
I do play with a chip on my shoulder. That's who I am. That's how Philadelphia basketball players are raised.
I played basketball; I ran track and also played soccer. I think that I am naturally athletic.
Basketball is one of my favourite sports; I love playing it and watching it on TV.
So you're dealing with a coach, and you're dealing with a guy who's actually experienced NBA basketball from a player's perspective and actually goes about it that way.
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.
I have feelings, but not when it comes to basketball. I'm here to win. I'm not here to make friends.
I don't know about bullying and all of that stuff. That doesn't work in basketball.
The one thing about college basketball is you don't have to have the best player to win.
All I wanted to do is coach in the NBA. I didn't want anything to do with college basketball.
Up until I was about 12, I was a ballet dancer and a basketball player.
I grew up with baseball; I played in Little League and went to games with my dad. But I, as I grew up, became more of a basketball fanatic than a baseball one.
Once I argue with somebody, I'm cool; I let it pass. I'm back to playing basketball.
Momentum is a whole lot in the game of basketball. People dwell on momentum, but that really does matter.
I sing the 'Star Spangled Banner,' so I can get into football, basketball and baseball games for free.
Football, basketball, and the Olympic sports all have their problems with banned substances.
The thing is 3,900 out of 4,000 college basketball players are very happy to have a scholarship. They're happy. They've got a $70,000 scholarship and they've got money in their pocket. It's the other hundred guys and they're all going to make money playing basketball and the top guys are going to make a lot of money.
Dr. King used to meet me outside the basketball stadium and give me $20 bills to get by.
Few would deny that blacks have become very dominant in athletics: football, basketball, track, now dominant in tennis and dominant in golf.
It is a very humbling honor to be selected as a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame.
The only reason I went to college was to play basketball. I injured my knee and couldn't play.
By analogy, if we were to develop a soccer team, then we would not invite basketball and volleyball players to the try outs. We would invite soccer players to apply.
I had attached my life to basketball so closely that it made me physically ill.
If there wasn't any business and it was just strictly basketball, then there would be no issue, it would probably be done by now. But the team has to protect.
The invention of basketball was not an accident. It was developed to meet a need. Those boys simply would not play 'Drop the Handkerchief.'
Under Armour's success depends in part on endorsements from celebrity athletes, many of whom - like Stephen Curry, the basketball star - are African-American.
I think every player who truly loves basketball wants to be in the game at all times.
As a kid from Detroit, I played whatever sport was in season: football, basketball, wrestling, whatever it was. I was an active kid.
In 1955-56, Saint Joseph's won the first Big Five championship, compiled a 23-6 overall record, and entered its first postseason competition ever - the National Invitation Tournament - finishing third. That season's success seemed to vault St. Joe's into the national collegiate basketball scene, and it has been there since.
Saint Joseph's still is among the smaller-enrollment institutions with a big-time basketball program. The Jesuits still offer the same high-quality education. St. Joe's students and alumni are as supportive as ever, and their spirit is unquenchable.
I need a hobby, and I don't want it to be basketball. I want it to be music. So to get away from music, I do other music.
Basketball's eras are defined by teams - Celtics, Lakers, Bulls - and baseball's epochs are defined by players - Ruth, Robinson, Mantle - but with football, it's the sideline strategists, the nutty professors and top coated Lears.
When I grew up, I never - I wasn't allowed to go out. I missed my prom because I went to an AAU tournament and all that stuff. For me, it was basketball, basketball, basketball.
Nothing can prepare an 18-year-old for the fishbowl that is Duke basketball. So that was difficult.
I've got a basketball signed by all the greats from Julius Irving to Oscar Robinson. It was at an All Star game I got them all to sign it. So that ain't going nowhere. I'm going to die with that in my casket.
As all of us with any involvement in sports knows, no two umpires or no two referees have the same strike zone or call the same kind of a basketball game.
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!
I had a sketch called 'Fedora Basketball,' which was about basketball players having to wear hats; in addition to scoring points, they have to make sure their fedoras don't fall off.
Kobe Bryant is my favorite basketball player. He takes risks. He goes for the shot. He isn't cautious with whatever he does.
My type of basketball is about how to create space, how to maneuver, how to get your shot off.
My dream is to be able to play basketball, and if I can go out there and do it, run up and down, and come off the court again healthy, that's goal one.
I tried to make a point of doing things outside the box, of not having basketball consume me.
My mother was a champion high-jumper. My three brothers are basketball players. We've all been very athletic.
I couldn't tell you why I never played. I played basketball, hockey. I just never got into football.
Everybody plays basketball in D.C. Not on a team. Just around the way. Anywhere. I actually loved basketball.
I just put my anger and resentment into basketball. Even the stuff from my childhood.
I would never tell anybody to give up hockey - the great sports we have here - basketball, lacrosse - rugby coming into its own - we've got so many great team sports, and I say hold on to them.
Handball, swimming, running, jumping, basketball, and boxing were as much a part of me as breathing.
If this acting thing doesn't work, I'd just put in my resume for NBA.com. I'm a really huge basketball fan... I'll talk all sorts of trash.
And the question about if I ever dreamed of making the putt on the last hole of a U.S. Open when I was a kid, no, I didn't. But I hit a lot of game-winning shots on the basketball court when I was a kid.
I could handle the basketball but I wasn't quick enough to move defensively. Offensively, I was fine. I could get around, I could do stuff, but defensively I wasn't quick enough. I couldn't keep up. That was the biggest thing. And that was at the Division II level.
I play basketball on Sundays and I'm a very spiritual guy; I read a lot of Eastern philosophy and I meditate.
I used to play soccer when I was in Morocco, but I was more of a basketball player. I played high school basketball, I played AAU basketball.
I've been interested in basketball since I was a little kid - like, 3. The Bulls were my team. If you grew up in Gary, the Bulls were everybody's team.
For example, Michael Jordan earns $100million a year but continues to play basketball and remains a modest human being.
Music was definitely a way out. Instead of playing basketball, I was going to recording studios.
In Indiana, we don't have an official state religion, but if we did, it would be basketball.
I was a total jock growing up. I went to super-dorky basketball clinics and was handpicked to play on a state team called the Texas Heat.
Once I grew from 6'1' to about 6'6', by that time I was going into 12th grade, and that's when I started wanting to play basketball, because, pretty much basketball players always got the girl.
I have shot a basketball my whole life and it is both physical and it is mental as well. Overall I think confidence plays a huge role in shooting.
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