Basketball Player Quotes

"The trouble with retirement is that you never get a day off."

"You know what they call the fellow who finishes last in his medical school graduating class? They call him 'Doctor.'"

"There are really only two plays: Romeo and Juliet, and put the darn ball in the basket."

"One day of practice is like one day of clean living. It doesn't do you any good."

"Finish last in your league and they call you idiot. Finish last in medical school and they call you doctor."

"Damn referees, I'll miss them less than anybody."

"It was a hole in one contest and I had a three."

"I don't jog, if I die I want to be sick."

"I don't have any tricky plays, I'd rather have tricky players."

"You may not be able to read a doctor's handwriting and prescription, but you'll notice his bills are neatly typewritten."

"In the field of motivation & action, do not wait for a clear sky; the most resilient journeys begin in the midst of the storm."

"Success is not a destination of comfort, but the daily practice of stepping into the unknown. As a poet & novelist, this is the foundational truth I have observed."

"Your potential is a fire waiting to be kindled by the friction of consistent effort."

"In the field of wisdom & life, the path to true wisdom begins when we question the certainties we have carried since childhood."

"Wisdom is the quiet space we cultivate between our thoughts, where clarity finally speaks. As a philosopher & thinker, this is the foundational truth I have observed."

"We seek truth not to change the world around us, but to clarify the lens through which we view it."

"I just listen to my Katy Perry. It's just her mood toward her music. She's always happy and perky. So, I mean, I like to be happy. Might as well listen to happy music."

"I just bring energy, try to put myself in a good mood, because you're not going to get through practice if you're drowsy, don't feel like doing nothing. Then it's going to be a long practice and coach is going to be all over you."

"Growing up, it was just me and my mom. I watched her struggle for 17 years, and when I was 19, I got a chance to pay off all of her debt after two paychecks. That's a crazy feeling."

"People who have a strong sense of determination about themselves, I feel like the sky is the limit for those types of people."

"I've just never liked giving up on anything."

"Different players play you different ways. Some players might be slow-footed so they got to backup. Some players might push you up. You've got to have a go-to that's a mix for both of them."

"You just gotta hang around people that are really outgoing, and you'll end up, before you know it, you'll be an outgoing person."

"Honestly I just shoot the ball and it goes in."

"I don't miss games. That's not me. That's how I'm built. I want to play."

"To raise a son by yourself and not having a car or not having the right income to make sure he can do all the things that he wants to do, but make him feel comfortable, is amazing."

"I'm an African-American man. I've got to live with that. I've got to be cautious everywhere I go."

"Imagine if a mob of Black people wanted to go in the White House. Imagine what'd happen. It'd be tear gas. It'd be rubber bullets. It'd be the whole nine yards."

"If I have friends in town visiting, we'll go get dinner, but if I'm just by myself, I'm at the house, watching random TV shows."

"I definitely want to be, long time down the road when my career ends, whenever somebody mentions a top-five center or top-five power forward, they always got to mention my name. That's how I want to be remembered."