Subject: Sports » Basketball (Page 6)

I heard Tonya Harding is calling herself the Charles Barkley of figure skating; I was going to sue her for defamation of character, but then I realized I have no character.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality

The earth in LA moved more in one hour than Benoit Benjamin did all last season with the Clippers.

American sports columnist & analyst

Ball handling and dribbling are my strongest weaknesses.

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

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

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

Kids are great. That's one of the best things about our business, all the kids you get to meet. It's a shame they have to grow up to be regular people and come to the games and call you names.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality

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

American sportswriter

We’ll just have to see if they can keep this Cinderella slipper alive.

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

Connecticut basketball coach

 You mean in the state?

(1922 – 2002) American college basketball coach

There are some remarkable parallels between basketball and politics; Michael Jordan has already mastered the skill most needed for political success: how to stay aloft without visible means of support.

(1925 – 2013) British prime minister & politician

 I don't like talking about money; all I know is the good Lord must have wanted me to have it.

professional basketball player, coach & executive

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

Beasley was 6’10” in college and 6’7” when he entered the NBA.

(1963 – ) American professional basketball player & sports personality

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

Basketball, a game which won't be fit for people until they set the basket umbilicus-high and return the giraffes to the zoo.

(1902 – 1971) American humorist & poet

I told one player, 'Son, I can't understand it with you. Is it ignorance or apathy?' He said, 'Coach, I don't know and I don't care.'

American basketball coach & executive

The rule was "No autopsy, no foul.”

Canadian basketball player

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