Subject: Sports » Basketball (Page 4)

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

American basketball player & coach

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

American sportscaster

The trouble with officials is they just don't care who wins.

American basketball player & coach

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 don’t want to shoot my mouth in my foot, but those are games we can win.

professional basketball player

We are in the business of kicking butt and business is very, very good.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality

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

Yeah… it’s called defense, I mean I wouldn't know anything about it personally but I've heard about it through the grapevine.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality

We told Stanley Roberts to go on a water diet, and Lake Superior disappeared.

(1941 – ) American basketball executive

Part of the charm of basketball lies in the fact that it's a simple game to understand. Players race up and down a fairly small area indoors and stuff the ball into a ring with Madonna's dress hanging on it.

(1929 – ) American author & sportswriter

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

The company should change its name to Mike.

American basketball player

I miss America. I miss crime and murder. I miss Philadelphia. There hasn't been a brutal stabbing or anything here the last 24 hours. I've missed it.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality

These people haven’t seen the last of my face. If I go down, I’m going down standing up.

American basketball player

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

American sports executive

The Orlando Magic were so bad last season, the cheerleaders stayed home and phoned in their cheers.

(1941 – ) American basketball executive

Unstoppable, Baby!

professional basketball player

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

American sportswriter

I looked up in the stands and I thought I saw my wife and kids booing.

American basketball Coach

If it's your brain, you'll be fine. That's the smallest organ in your body.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality

It was the toughest seven-man zone we faced all year.

(1922 – 2002) American college basketball coach