Basketball Quotes

Some quotable inspirational quotes about basketball…

The invention of basketball was not an accident.  It was developed to meet a need.  Those boys simply would not play “Drop the Handkerchief.”
James Naismith

Me shooting 40% at the foul line is just God’s way to say nobody’s perfect.
Shaquille O’Neal

A basketball team is like the five fingers on your hand. If you can get them all together, you have a fist. That’s how I want you to play.
Mike Krzyzewski

I always dreamt of being a basketball player. A dream that only I believed in.
David Duchovny

Basketball is in my blood. It is my obligation to try.
Hakeem Olajuwon

Hockey is a sport for white men. Basketball is a sport for black men. Golf is a sport for white men dressed like black pimps.
Tiger Woods

I played basketball to try to get my parents from working so hard.
James Worthy

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

The only reason I went to college was to play basketball. I injured my knee and couldn’t play.
Jeffrey Dean Morgan

If you’re a basketball player, you’ve got to shoot.
Oscar Robertson

My greatest gift that I have in life is basketball.
Isiah Thomas

It took me a while to realize that basketball wasn’t football.
Merlin Olsen

It’s not to hurt anyone, but basketball can be rough.
Sue Wicks

The business always gets in the way of basketball.
Jason Kidd

Fans never fall asleep at our games, because they’re afraid they might get hit by a pass.
George Raveling

Trying to take money out of politics is like trying to take jumping out of basketball.
Bill Bradley

Any American boy can be a basketball star if he grows up, up, up.
Bill Vaughn

Ask not what your teammates can do for you. Ask what you can do for your teammates.
Magic Johnson

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

The game is my wife. It demands loyalty and responsibility, and it gives me back fulfillment and peace.
Michael Jordan