Subject: Sports » Basketball (Page 3)

Interviewer: Auburn is a pretty good school; to graduate from there I suppose you really need to work hard and put forth maximum effort.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality

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

I call Los Angeles the city of alternatives. If you don't like mountains, we got the ocean. If you don't like Knott's Berry Farm, we've got Disneyland. If you don't like basketball, we've got the Clippers.

American television personality

You can run a lot of plays when your X is twice as big as the other guy's O.

American basketball player & coach

I want to be like Maxwell House coffee – good to the last drop.

professional baseball player

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

The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes in or not.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality

He had eyes in his ears.

American basketball announcer

I haven't been able to slam-dunk the basketball for the past five years… or, for the thirty-eight years before that, either.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

I'm in favor of drug tests, just so long as they are multiple choice.

American basketball player & coach

We can't win at home and we can't win on the road. My problem as general manager is I can't think of another place to play.

(1941 – ) American basketball executive

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

American 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

There are some remarkable parallels between basketball and politics; Michael Jordan has already mastered the skill most needed for political success: how to stay aloft without visible means of support.

(1925 – 2013) British prime minister & politician

[I employ] two offenses: the GMA, or "general milling around," and the Daylight Offense, as in "The first guy who sees daylight after he crosses mid-court shoots."

(1922 – 2002) American college basketball coach

I don't know what kind of test they can give him; he's delirious half the time anyway.

American basketball coach

A road runner taking you through every ditch, every irrigation canal, barbed wire fence and cattle guard.

American basketball player

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.

American basketball player & coach

 I don't think we've been beaten by officials more than five times this season.

college basketball coach

Charles joined my family for a day at the beach and my children asked if they could go into the ocean; I had to tell them “Not right now kids, Charles is using it.”

(1941 – ) American basketball executive