Subject: Sports » Basketball (Page 6)

We don’t need refs, but I guess white guys need something to do.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality

He [Magic Johnson] comes into the league with all that fancy stuff and they call it magic; I’ve been doing it for years and they call it schoolyard.

professional basketball player

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

American basketball player & broadcaster

I always laugh when people ask me about rebounding techniques; I've got a technique… it's called just go get the damn ball.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality

Incompetence should not be confined to one sex.

American basketball player & coach

Fans never fall asleep at our games because they're afraid they might get hit with a pass.

American basketball coach

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

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

American basketball coach

I remember sitting down with the Rockets and saying, 'Yeah. I'm going to retire.' They said, 'Well, we'll give you $9 million.' And I said, 'You got a pen on you?'

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality

How can you call a foul on my man for using his eye to foul the other team’s player on his elbow?

(1922 – 2002) American college basketball coach

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

(1941 – ) American basketball executive

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

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

You don't hesitate with Michael, or you'll end up on some poster in a gift shop someplace.

American basketball player

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

You out rebounded a dead man by one.

(1922 – 2002) American college basketball coach

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

I liked the choreography, but I didn't care for the costumes.

(1939 – ) American actor, dancer, singer, producer & choreographer

I think the world is run by C students.

(1928 – 2001) American basketball coach

Shooting is just like toenails. They may fall off occasionally, but you know they'll always come back.

American basketball player

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

American basketball broadcaster