Subject: Sports » Basketball (Page 4)

It’s almost like we have ESPN.

professional basketball player

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

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

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

American basketball player

I believe in higher education… you know, 6'8", 6'9", 6'10."

When I was recruited at Auburn, they took me to a strip joint; when I saw those titties on Buffy, I knew that Auburn met my academic requirements.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality

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

American basketball player

Yeah, I regret we weren't on a higher floor.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality

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

American sportswriter

This players getting taller thing is getting out of hand. What we need to do is sink the baskets into the floor at each end of the court and recruit midgets.

(1922 – 2002) American college basketball coach

We don’t pray after a game… that’s too late.

(1922 – 2002) American college basketball coach

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

American sportscaster

Complaints About NBA Referees Growing Ugly

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

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality

We may have broken rules … but we did not cheat.

Connecticut basketball coach

Bill Walton is incredible; if you drop a toothpick on his foot, he'll have a stress fracture.

American basketball coach

What do you have when you've got an agent buried up to his neck in sand? … Not enough sand.

(1941 – ) American basketball executive

If you go out with a girl and they say she has a great personality, she's ugly; if they tell you a guy works hard, he can't play a lick… same thing.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality

Magic Johnson is the best player who plays on the ground, and Michael Jordan is the best player who plays in the air.

American basketball player

Because there are no fours.

professional basketball player

Baseball happens to be a game of cumulative tension but football, basketball and hockey are played with hand grenades and machine guns.