Subject: Sports » Basketball (Page 4)

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

American basketball player & coach

I think that the team that wins game five will win the series… unless we lose game five.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality

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

American basketball player & coach

Basketball has so much showboating you'd think it was invented by Jerome Kern.

American sportswriter

I learned a long time ago that minor surgery is when they do the operation on someone else, not you.

American basketball player

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

American sports executive

You out rebounded a dead man by one.

(1922 – 2002) American college basketball coach

On his 916th game as coach at University of Alabama – I've been here so long that when I got here the Dead Sea wasn't even sick.

American basketball coach

I’m not playing favorites… all my favorites have graduated.

(1922 – 2002) American college basketball coach

This year we plan to run and shoot. Next season we hope to run and score.

American basketball coach

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

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

American basketball coach

You can't even jump high enough to touch the rim, unless they put a Big Mac on it.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality

I play my regulars; the only way a guy gets off the floor is if he dies.

(1922 – 2002) American college basketball coach

Hell, there ain't but 15 black millionaires in the whole country & half of 'em are right here in this room.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality

These are my new shoes. They’re good shoes. They won’t make you rich like me, they won’t make you rebound like me, they definitely won’t make you handsome like me. They’ll only make you have shoes like me. That’s it.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality

The secret is to have eight great players and four others who will cheer like crazy.

American basketball coach

Just give him the ball.

American basketball player

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

Hey Stanley, you could be a great player if you learned just two words: I'm full.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality

My beard is the only beard in the history of Western civilization that makes Bob Dylan's look good.

American basketball player