Subject: Sports » Basketball (Page 4)

Because there are no fours.

professional basketball player

To win, you've got to put the ball in the macramé.

American basketball player

The rule was "No autopsy, no foul.”

Canadian basketball player

If you had come with me, you could be the principal of a high school by now.

(1922 – 2002) American college basketball coach

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

American basketball player

Basketball is like war in that offensive weapons are developed first, and it always takes a while for the defense to catch up.

American basketball coach

The L.A. Lakers are so good they could run a fast break with a medicine ball.

When I went to Catholic high school in Philadelphia, we just had one coach for football and basketball. He took all of us who turned out and had us run through a forest. The ones who ran into the trees were on the football team.

American basketball coach

Cleveland is trying to win the championship and Detroit has one foot in Cancun.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality

The way my team are doing, we could get Wilt Chamberlain in a trade and find out that he's really two midgets Scotch-taped together.

American basketball player & coach

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

That guy has muscles in places most people don't have places.

American basketball broadcaster

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

The way defenses are operating these days, the other team starts picking you up when you walk out of the hotel lobby.

American college basketball coach

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

American basketball player

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

American sportscaster

It’s almost like we have ESPN.

professional basketball player

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

American sports executive

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

American basketball player & broadcaster

We lost some mighty good boys from last year because of paroles, but, crime being what it is, we've picked up some good ones since then, too.

basketball coach

For over 20 years the Boston Celtics have stood for something. The only thing they stand for now is the [national] anthem.

American sportswriter