Frederking Basketball Quotes

There have been times when I have failed. But there have never been times when I thought I would fail ~ Michael Jordan

I'm not going to try to go out there and outdo him. I don't have to try to outdo him, I'm Shaq. ~ Shaquille O'Neal

Approach the game with no preset agendas and you'll probably come away surprised at your overall efforts. ~ Phil Jackson

When I bought the [WNBA] team, I saw that no one really cared about them. Like the locker facilities that these young women have to work in-they weren't right. I want to give them the best locker room facilities and show them they're valued-because if you show them value, they're going to perform better. And this goes for all women, not just basketball players. ~ Sheila Johnson

Don't worry about being cool. Worry about being the best ~ Jeff Van Gundy

Then you've got Georgetown, and I really just like everything about them. When I went down there with my mom, it really opened my eyes to what they were all about. I have to factor in what a school like that can do for me, even away from being a basketball player. ~ Nerlens Noel

The greatest strength any human being an have is to recognize his or her own weaknesses. When you identify your weaknesses, you can begin to remedy them - or at least figure out how to work around them. ~ Pat Summitt

I like my sex the way I play basketball, one on one with as little dribbling as possible. ~ Leslie Nielsen

I used to play soccer when I was in Morocco, but I was more of a basketball player. I played high school basketball, I played AAU basketball. ~ French Montana

My whole thing is, if you love me, then love me. If you don't, then believe what you hear and run with that. ~ Allen Iverson

Characteristics of a Team Player We all fit into different niches. Each of us must make the effort to contribute to the best of our ability according to our own individual talents. And then we put all the individual talents together for the highest good of the group. Thus, I valued a player who cared for others and could lose himself in the group for the good of the group. I believe that quality makes for an outstanding player. It is also why the best players don't always make the best team. I mean by this that a gifted player, or players, who are not team players will ultimately hurt the team, whether it revolves around basketball or business. Understanding that the good of the group comes first is fundamental to being a highly productive member of a team. ~ John Wooden

Christian equality can be described as equity, or even-handedness. Egalitarianism, in contrast, demands sameness, or equality of outcome. These two visions of equality are about as comparable as dry and wet. Think of it in terms of ten teenage boys trying to dunk a basketball: equity means that they all face the same ten-foot standard, and only two them them can do it - equity thus usually means differences in outcome. Egalitarianism wants equality of outcome, and there is only one way to get that - lower the net. Sameness of outcome requires differences in the standards. ~ Douglas Wilson

Practices should be for the players and not the coach. Practices should be fun for the players, positive in nature, and last no more than two hours. ~ Norm Sloan

Everything is done out of respect, whether it's a cheer or a boo. ~ Shaquille O'Neal

Good teams become great ones when the members trust each other enough to surrender the Me for the We. ~ Phil Jackson

I can score the basketball, but I think I can pass pretty well or I can make the correct pass. I'm not the type of guy who's just going to throw the ball inbounds to a guy who's wide open. I can make the right pass. ~ Kevin Durant

Being involved in competition is a privilege and an opportunity. Seek to make the most of that opportunity by pushing yourself to the limit of your abilities. When it is over, you will have earned the respect of your opponents, your coaches, and yourself. ~ Tony La Russa

We'd been in the locker room changing after playing basketball, which I hated because I totally sucked at it. Seriously, sucked out loud at it. Like, sucked so bad that I'd managed to hit myself in the head with the ball when I was trying to shoot a free throw. ~ Jennifer Estep

Anyone can win a slam-dunk contest. The real Superman is dead. He was assassinated by Pat Riley. I'm the Big Cactus now and ready to roll again. ~ Shaquille O'Neal

I think the greatest all-around athlete ever was Jim Brown. He played lacrosse, basketball and ran track at Syracuse. He played professional football for the Browns. ~ Will McDonough

The best teams play for each other, not with each other ~ Jeff Van Gundy

I go out with white women. This makes a lot of people unhappy, mostly black women. ~ Dennis Rodman

It feels good to be a part of history. ~ Kevin Durant

You never realize the value of coaching until your children play for a coach ~ Don Meyer

People always talk about going on offensive runs. But you can go on defensive runs too ~ Tom Thibodeau

Any time a little midget does something like this, you gotta give him a 10!. ~ Charles Barkley

Well aren't you a prick." If a prick turns down a girl that's been pounded more times than a basketball court, then by all means, call me a prick. I ~ Randa Lynn

Being that I'm a tropical black man I don't get to see much snow. When I see snow I go crazy. That's why they call me Sasquatch. There's no Sasquatch found in the snow so I had to go back to my Sasquatchian roots. ~ Shaquille O'Neal

Eddie Robinson is about one word: winning and losing. ~ Paul Collier

Going from Army base to base as a kid taught me to be a man of all nations. I'd go to the Jewish people and say, 'Shalom, brother.' I go to the Muslim people and say, 'Salaam aleikum.'I go to the Chinese people and say, 'Nee hao mah,' which means, 'How you doin'?' I go to the Japanese people and say, 'Konnichiwa.' I go to San Antonio, Texas, and I get along with Mexicans. Then I go to Louisiana and hang with the Creoles. Moving around a lot made me a man of all people. ~ Shaquille O'Neal