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It was just a normal family. We were playing basketball, we were playing soccer. It was home-cooked meals, just peaceful and happy times.
When I look back at my basketball career, I want to say I tried to inspire as much as I could.
Basketball is my escape, and I cannot bring any of my problems onto the court.
The basketball great Kobe Bryant started his own venture-capital firm. LeBron James has rebranded himself as not just an athlete but also an investor and entrepreneur.
All-time favorite workout is basketball. It's very hard to do basketball training, though, but it's my favorite.
I pray if I ever find out I have only about three minutes to live it's during a basketball game, because then I'll have, what, 10, 12 years to live?
In the original script, my character was a basketball player rather than a boxer. I didn't think I could pull that off. I'm a little short to be a basketball player!
I boxed. I did track and field; I did basketball, football, any sport I was able to sign up for.
I had no experience with broadcasting basketball games, so I took a tape recorder and went to a playground where there was a summer league, and I stood up in the top of the stands and I called the game.
The game of basketball is one thing, but the image of the game is another thing.
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.
I'm a huge fan of basketball. Any time you get a chance to watch basketball, I do it.
I was taught by teachers, and if it's one thing I have it's a basketball mind and I try to pass it on and pay it forward.
We're talking about being relevant again. I want the Sixers to be on people's tongues again... I want the Sixers to be the basketball team that people want to see.
During the season, I'm always locked in one gear, ready to play basketball, always keeping my guard up.
In high school, my principal was a priest and my assistant basketball coach. We were close. In high school, I would talk to him a little bit.
Charles and I go back since college. None of us thought this would happen, we just wanted to play basketball. This is the highest honor that can ever be paid, and it's mind-blowing.
I played all kinds of sports when I was young: tennis, handball, basketball, some soccer. I focused on basketball when I was 16 or 17 and then came to the U.S. when I was 20.
After I made it to the NBA, I said that I didn't want to be the last player from Africa. After my rookie year, I went to the league and talked about this, and they embraced my idea and started conducting basketball clinics in Africa, and that's when I knew I wouldn't be the last African.
I don't like the sleaziness, the corruption. I don't like the fraud that college basketball has become.
My days shouldn't be hard because I'm doing what I'm doing and that's playing basketball.
I wanted to be a hockey player. Where I grew up, the basketball courts were rarely used. I was terrible in school and actually said, 'I'm going to be a hockey player.'
I just try to focus in to what I'm supposed to do at the line and shoot the basketball.
I feel like me and Batman have a lot in common. Out on the basketball court, I'm a vigilante.
Basketball is a team game. But that doesn't mean all five players should have the same amount of shots.
I enjoy basketball. I enjoy coaching basketball. It's the out-of-season stuff I didn't handle well.
Everybody was pressuring me to play basketball, so I was like, 'OK, I'll do it.'
I was the kid in basketball camps wanting to see the new gear that comes out or the gear that the camps give.
In my first film, I was a basketball player. Like every good actor, I lied when they asked me if I could play.
My father brought a basketball to the hospital when I was born, and he already had it embedded in his head that I would be a ball player.
The biggest scandal I was ever involved in was - in high school, at a basketball game, I shot and scored for the other team.
In my 20s, I could just power through stuff and be fine, but now, in your 40s? It's kind of like Kobe Bryant. He plays basketball a little bit differently than he did when he first started out.
I love to play basketball, but I haven't played in awhile. But if I could get back on the court and play, I definitely would.
Everybody knows that, in general, a basketball player needs to be tall and a fashion model needs to be skinny, but how skinny is too skinny?
I'm a competitive type of person, whether it's playing a game of basketball or playing business games.
I can shoot a three pointer in basketball, and I can kick a soccer ball.
I don't really differentiate from big-time college basketball to any other kind of basketball. It's basketball. It's fundamentals and defense and shooting - they're all the same.
I do something that I don't think anyone else does. I warm up before a game. Baseball and basketball players warm up, so why shouldn't the announcer warm up?
As I have conveyed before, ultimately I would like to lead a team's basketball operation and be a part of a successful franchise.
I'm not a role model... Just because I dunk a basketball doesn't mean I should raise your kids.
By delivering a wide array of programming to YouTube, the NBA will be able to connect with its existing worldwide fan base and reach a vast new audience that is passionate about basketball.
I went into the military because I didn't get a scholarship, a basketball scholarship I thought that I would get.
I was a very passionate basketball player, really enjoyed the sport. I played it my entire life.
I have always maintained that in basketball the importance of the mental to the physical is about four to one.
In basketball, there's a lot of pushing, grabbing, and shoving going on that nobody else sees. That's why I'm training with MMA fighter Donald 'Cowboy' Cerrone.
Hard fouls are a part of playoff basketball, and I think that's how basketball should be. I don't take those fouls personally.
No one missed more basketball in the history of NBA than I did. I played 14 seasons, on the roster for 14 years, and I missed more than nine-and-a-half full seasons.
The fact is that everybody around a college basketball game - the coaches, the announcers, even the referees at a lower level - calculates when the game is really over. They calculate it with intuition and guesswork.
Free agency screws everybody's allegiances up. Whether it be football, baseball, hockey, basketball, whatever it may be. It's really hard.
Balancing schoolwork and basketball was very, very hard, but a lot of benefits came along with it.
Las Vegas is a big draw. There are a lot things to do there other than basketball.
I grew up in the woods; we were either on three-wheelers or four-wheelers or we were playing basketball.
I played everything. I played volleyball, did track, cross-country, but basketball was my main sport, my main focus.
I'm a huge LeBron James fan. I love The Heat. He's an incredible basketball player.
Basketball games - and seasons - make great narratives; they feature distinct acts, heroes and villains, and guaranteed resolutions.
I'm the youngest of eight kids in my family. All tall, we all played basketball, so at my earliest memory, I was bouncing a ball in the backyard.
I've been playing as early as I can recall. I don't even remember the first time I picked up a basketball.
I guess I concentrated exclusively on basketball because of my height. If I was shorter, I don't think I would play.
When I was coming up through the programs with the Amateur Basketball Association, it was height: they looked for the tall players, and they looked to develop us. I was 15 when they first got me.
My maternal grandmother was a star on her high school basketball team in small-town Mississippi.
I think the thing that makes Indiana basketball special is that they have incredible teams, both college teams and pro teams, and they're all about grit.
KG is Minnesota basketball, he is the Timberwolves - what he did, just the intensity he brought to the game.
My father really put that in my head that defense is one of the key things in basketball.
Yoga helps me with basketball, but it helps me outside of it more than anything.
Most of the time, it's easy for us basketball players to adjust to our situation.
I'm just really excited to play basketball in America and to be free and all that.
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