Subject: Sports » Basketball

If a coach starts listening to the fans, he ends up sitting next to them.

professional basketball player & coach

Shooting is just like toenails. They may fall off occasionally, but you know they'll always come back.

American basketball player

A tough day at the office is even tougher when your office contains spectator seating.

On his 916th game as coach at University of Alabama – I've been here so long that when I got here the Dead Sea wasn't even sick.

American basketball coach

I play my regulars; the only way a guy gets off the floor is if he dies.

(1922 – 2002) American college basketball coach

George McGinnis has got the body of a Greek god and the running ability of a Greek goddess.

American sportscaster

When Xavier McDaniel plays against Orlando Wooldridge, it's a coach's dream – X vs O.

American basketball player

That’s the one with all the ‘No Passing’ signs.

We can’t win at home… we can’t win on the road; as general manager, I just can’t figure out where else to play.

(1941 – ) American basketball executive

I think that the team that wins game five will win the series… unless we lose game five.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality

I'd never buy my girl a watch… she's already got a clock over the stove.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality

I liked the choreography, but I didn't care for the costumes.

(1939 – ) American actor, dancer, singer, producer & choreographer

We don’t pray after a game… that’s too late.

(1922 – 2002) American college basketball coach

I told you I needed to feed my family; they offered me 3 years at $21 million – that’s not going to cut it.

professional basketball player

Take his body apart and see what's in it.

American basketball player

 I don't like talking about money; all I know is the good Lord must have wanted me to have it.

professional basketball player, coach & executive

You can say something to popes, kings and presidents, but you can't talk to officials. In the next war they ought to give everyone a whistle.

(1922 – 2002) American college basketball coach

Many Americans follow pro basketball from November through June, for reasons that I found unexplainable, other than the fact that they were overly fascinated with soaring armpits.

(1929 – ) American author & sportswriter

Coach Red Auerbach makes mistakes, the entire Boston Celtics team makes mistakes, but they can get away with it because they have the world's largest eraser in center Bill Russell.

American basketball player

In my prime I could have handled Michael Jordan; of course, he would have been only 12 years old.

American basketball player & coach

Yeah, I regret we weren't on a higher floor.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality