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Our offense is like the Pythagorean theorem: There is no answer!

Shaquille O'Neal

American basketball player

This is the second most exciting indoor sport, and the other one shouldn't have spectators.

Dick Vertlieb

American sports executive

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The earth in LA moved more in one hour than Benoit Benjamin did all last season with the Clippers.

Peter Vescey

American sports columnist & analyst

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He had eyes in his ears.

Chick Hearn

American basketball announcer

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I told Zollie Volchok [Sonics general manager] we needed an ultrasound machine and he asked me why we needed music in the locker room.

Lennie Wllkens

American basketball player & coach

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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.

Abe Lemons

(1922 – 2002) American college basketball coach

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If I ever need a heart transplant, I want his [Bobby Knight’s]… it’s never been used.

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All I know is, as long as I led the Southeastern Conference in scoring, my grades would be fine.

Charles Barkley

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality

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If I had a dollar for every time someone asked me that question… wait a minute, I do have a dollar for every time I've been asked that question.

Scott Skiles

American basketball player & coach

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

Larry Bird

professional basketball player, coach & executive

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If cocaine were helium, the NBA would float away.

Art Rust

American sportscaster

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Because there are no fours.

Antoine Walker

professional basketball player

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I remember sitting down with the Rockets and saying, 'Yeah. I'm going to retire.' They said, 'Well, we'll give you $9 million.' And I said, 'You got a pen on you?'

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(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality

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

Geoff Petrie

American basketball player

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I only know how to play two ways: reckless and abandon.

Earvin 'Magic' Johnson

American basketball player

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Any time Detroit scores more than 100 points and holds the other team below 100 points, they almost always win.

Doug Collins

professional basketball player

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To say a good defensive center is more important than a high-scoring forward is like saying that the intestinal tract is more vital than the circulatory system.

Tetford Taylor

American basketball player

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I told him, ‘Son, what is it with you? … Is it ignorance or apathy?’

He said, ‘Coach, I don’t know and I don’t care.’

Frank Layden

American basketball coach & executive

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

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If you’re going to make every game a matter of life or death, you’re going to have a lot of problems… for one thing, you’ll be dead a lot.

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(1931 – ) American college basketball coach

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Subject: Sports » Basketball (Page 3)

Our offense is like the Pythagorean theorem: There is no answer!

This is the second most exciting indoor sport, and the other one shouldn't have spectators.

The earth in LA moved more in one hour than Benoit Benjamin did all last season with the Clippers.

He had eyes in his ears.

I told Zollie Volchok [Sonics general manager] we needed an ultrasound machine and he asked me why we needed music in the locker room.

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.

If I ever need a heart transplant, I want his [Bobby Knight’s]… it’s never been used.

All I know is, as long as I led the Southeastern Conference in scoring, my grades would be fine.

If I had a dollar for every time someone asked me that question… wait a minute, I do have a dollar for every time I've been asked that question.

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

If cocaine were helium, the NBA would float away.

Because there are no fours.

I remember sitting down with the Rockets and saying, 'Yeah. I'm going to retire.' They said, 'Well, we'll give you $9 million.' And I said, 'You got a pen on you?'

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

I only know how to play two ways: reckless and abandon.

Any time Detroit scores more than 100 points and holds the other team below 100 points, they almost always win.

To say a good defensive center is more important than a high-scoring forward is like saying that the intestinal tract is more vital than the circulatory system.

I told him, ‘Son, what is it with you? … Is it ignorance or apathy?’

He said, ‘Coach, I don’t know and I don’t care.’

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

If you’re going to make every game a matter of life or death, you’re going to have a lot of problems… for one thing, you’ll be dead a lot.

Complaints About NBA Referees Growing Ugly