Subject: Sports » Basketball

We have a great bunch of outside shooters; unfortunately, all our games are played indoors.

basketball coach

My nose didn't move… it definitely had position.

American basketball player

When I told my wife UConn would win the Big East tournament, she wanted to know why a team from Alaska got into the Big East tournament.

American sportswriter

Hey, some places this would be a foul!

(1922 – 2002) American college basketball coach

Here's a six-foot-ten guy in sneakers and the lady's asking me, 'Profession?'


Bill Walton is incredible; if you drop a toothpick on his foot, he'll have a stress fracture.

American basketball coach

You may be big in New York, but in Walters, Oklahoma, you're nobody.

(1922 – 2002) American college basketball coach

If you go out with a girl and they say she has a great personality, she's ugly; if they tell you a guy works hard, he can't play a lick… same thing.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality

When I was recruited at Auburn, they took me to a strip joint; when I saw those titties on Buffy, I knew that Auburn met my academic requirements.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality

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

American basketball player

The way to stop Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is to get real close to him and breathe on his goggles.

American basketball player

It’s almost like we have ESPN.

professional basketball player

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

American basketball player & broadcaster

Tell me where you want to go. If they have a team, I'll schedule them.

(1922 – 2002) American college basketball coach

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

I’ve won at every level, except college and pro.

American basketball player

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

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

(1922 – 2002) American college basketball coach

If you can walk with your head in the clouds and keep your feet on the ground, you can make a million dollars in the NBA

Canadian hockey player

How can you call a foul on my man for using his eye to foul the other team’s player on his elbow?

(1922 – 2002) American college basketball coach

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

American basketball player & coach