Basketball Quotes and Sayings

If my primary purpose here at Indiana is to go out and win ballgames, I can probably do that as well as anybody can. I would just cheat, get some money from alot of people around Indianapolis who want to run the operation that way, and just go out and get the best basketball players I can. Then we’d beat everybody.
Bobby Knight

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

If all I’m remembered for is being a good basketball player, then I’ve done a bad job with the rest of my life.
Isiah Thomas

When I went to Catholic high school in Philadelphia, we just had one coach for football and basketball. He took all of us who turned out and had us run through a forest. The ones who ran into the trees were on the football team.
George Raveling

We’re shooting 100 percent - 60 percent from the field and 40 percent from the free-throw line.
Norm Stewart

You can run a lot of plays when your X is twice as big as the other guys’ O. It makes your X’s and O’s pretty good.
Paul Westphal

Giving “Magic” the basketball is like giving Hitler an army, Jesse James a gang, or Genghis Khan a horse.
Jim Murray

Just remember, their fans think their players are supermen. Well we’re the kryptonite, and we’re gonna win.
Jim Larranaga quotes

Basketball teams, after the perfunctory lay-up drill, fall into the crowded isolation and personal style of 10 city kids shooting at the same basket or playing one-on-one.
Ted Solotaroff

My responsibility is getting all my players playing for the name on the front of the jersey, not the one on the back.
Anonymous

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

As far as carrying the torch for the years to come, I don’t know. I just want to be the best basketball player I can be.
Kobe Bryant