Quotessence
Home / Authors / Darryl Dawkins
Darryl Dawkins

Darryl Dawkins Quotes

Basketball player

Filter quotes by topic

AllGuyWantTryingBallsIfsPeopleSlam DunkBasketballDifferentEight

Famous Darryl Dawkins Quotes

“For years, people always say, "Ah, what about the dunk. It's still two points." But it energizes a team. If you're down and you get a monster dunk, everybody gets psyched. "Oh yeah, let's go, let's go." So it was dying down a little bit and guys, I think, they took it upon themselves. They got energy on it and started trying different stuff.”

PeopleIfsThinkingTryingYearsLittlesStillsTwoDifferentGuyEnergyStuffBitsTeamDyingLittle BitDown AndYeahMonsters
Author:Darryl Dawkins
Create image

“Stevie Wonder used to come the ball games and they would have a guy sitting with him. And the guy would be holding on to his arm, telling him what's going on, and he would say, "Hey, the big chocolate guy just put down a thunder dunk. The chocolate guy with another monster dunk." And Stevie Wonder actually gave me the nickname Chocolate Thunder.”

BigsWould BeUsedGuyGamesWonderArmsSittingBallsMonstersHeyChocolateThunderHolding OnNicknamesBall Games
Author:Darryl Dawkins
Create image

“Well, you can certainly teach free-throwing. And you can teach the boys to pass at angles and run in curves. - University of Kansas Jayhawks head coach Phog Allen, reposting the contention of his Kansas predecessor and inventor of basketball James Naismith, pictured, that basketball could not be coached When I dunk, I put something on it. I want the ball to hit the floor before I do.”

WantWellsRunningBoysTeachBasketballBallsUniversityCoachesThrowingAngleCurvesInventorContentionPredecessorsKansasHead Coaches
Author:Darryl Dawkins
Create image