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

You might be a redneck if… your high school basketball game got rained out.

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

I’ve been dunked on by (Vitaly) Potapenko and now (Zan) Tabak; the good part is that they don’t make posters of those guys.

professional basketball player

I sight down my nose to shoot, and now my nose isn't straight since I broke it. That's why my shooting has been off.

American basketball player

It looks like a stickup at 7-Eleven. Five guys standing there with their hands in the air.


I told him, ‘Son, what is it with you? … Is it ignorance or apathy?’

He said, ‘Coach, I don’t know and I don’t care.’

American basketball coach & executive

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

American basketball player

If I had a dollar for every time someone asked me that question… wait a minute, I do have a dollar for every time I've been asked that question.

American basketball player & coach

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

American basketball player

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

It’s almost like we have ESPN.

professional basketball player

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

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

American basketball coach

Stevie Wonder could make one of 23 shots.

(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

They say that nobody is perfect… then they tell you practice makes perfect. I wish they’d make up their minds.

professional basketball player

The way to stop Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is to get real close to him and breathe on his goggles.

American basketball player

I can’t keep referring to basketball players as Khloe Kardashian’s husband and his friends.

(1983 – ) American comedian & actor

We can't win at home and we can't win on the road. My problem as general manager is I can't think of another place to play.

(1941 – ) American basketball executive

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

Coaches who start listening to fans wind up sitting next to them.

professional basketball player & coach