I have a certain taste, and I might be like, ‘I like this,’ when other people are like, ‘I can’t wear that.’ And in basketball, I might be able to do things other guys might not. – Russell Westbrook
You need a teaching coach who understands the game of basketball, not just some guy coming on the court talking about Xs and Os. – Oscar Robertson
I played basketball. I went to school and played basketball and was trying to pursue that as a career path and kind of just fell into acting. – Robbie Jones
One thing my dad always told me, was he would make sure I always had what he didn’t have. He couldn’t play basketball because he didn’t have tennis shoes – so I had five pairs of tennis shoes. – Robert Griffin III
If you played basketball growing up, you learn the importance of follow-through when you shoot: forming the gooseneck, waving good-bye to the ball, reaching into the far off hoop like it’s a cookie jar – think Michael Jordan’s last shot as a Bull. – Rowan Ricardo Phillips
I was a baseball player at North Central High School in Spokane, Washington even though I was all-city in basketball, even when I signed a letter of intent to play quarterback at Washington State. – Ryne Sandberg
A lot of people look at a basketball team as an anchor tenant for an arena. I look at an arena as the anchor tenant for a much larger program. – Ross Perot, Jr.
I think that basketball players should get the job done no matter how it looks on the screen. – Oscar Robertson
Someday I might have to put down a basketball and have a regular 9-to-5 like everybody else. – Shaquille O’Neal
The midpoint of the NBA season comes a little after the turn of the calendar year. As we settle into the new promises we’ve made to ourselves, basketball teams are busy evaluating how the promises they made to themselves over the summer are going. – Rowan Ricardo Phillips
A strange potion runs through the basketball blood of Portland. It’s stayed hot from the days of games at the Memorial Coliseum, where the Blazers played from their inception in 1970 until 1995. – Rowan Ricardo Phillips
My goals have gone from being an all-star to just being able to play basketball. I always took for granted that I could play. Now I know what a gift it is. – Rebecca Lobo
I started out as a football player. I liked to inflict pain. In basketball, it was the same thing. – Shaquille O’Neal
For ‘Iron Man’ I had to improv with Robert Downey Jr., which is like going up against LeBron in basketball. At one point he stopped and said, ‘Can we give a round of applause to Olivia, because she’s rocking it right now.’ – Olivia Munn
When, you know, when you’re playing basketball, you have to have confidence in your moves if they’re gonna work. – O’Shea Jackson, Jr.
Basketball is like war in that offensive weapons are developed first, and it always takes a while for the defense to catch up. – Red Auerbach
There have been players with Indian heritage, but there hasn’t been a Native-American professional basketball player who became a regular for all sorts of social and political reasons. – Sherman Alexie
In 2013, the 76ers hired Sam Hinkie as general manager and president of basketball operations. – Rowan Ricardo Phillips
People see my body and ask me what I do to work out. I play a lot of basketball, so I’m constantly dribbling and running up the court. I take a basketball with me everywhere I go! – Romeo Miller
The way skateboarding contests were in the past was like going to a basketball game and being told at the end of the game what the score was and who won. Think about how unengaging that would be if you didn’t know who was ahead or if it was a close game. – Rob Dyrdek
Anytime you’re playing basketball, and you have a coach who you have to respect, you’ve got to be very disciplined. – Romeo Miller
It takes a tremendous amount of skill to be a football player. And some of these guys have enough skills to do other sports. Soccer could be one. Basketball could be another. Things where you need incredible hand-eye coordination are always options. I think a football player would be able to adapt to a lot of sports. – Troy Polamalu
I can play basketball, run track, and play volleyball, so yeah, I’ve always been an athlete at heart. – Vivica A. Fox