“In this millennium that we live in, the 'Hack-a-Shaq'has proven not to work. It might work a couple games every now and then, but when it comes to the playoffs or a championship series, it doesn't work - not at all.” MightGamesCoupleBasketballSeriesWorking ItNow And ThenChampionshipProvenMillenniumHacksPlayoffsFree ThrowShaq Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“I want to go to police academy, I want to actually go out and make a couple of arrests. I want to go undercover.” WantCoupleBasketballPoliceAcademyUndercoverPolice Academy Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“It's not like being a professional basketball player where you're in a big house. Maybe three, four or five guys make a couple million bucks a year, but that's it. The rest of them have second jobs.” YearsBigsJobsGuyThreeHouseMillionsFiveFourPlayerCoupleBasketballBucksBasketball PlayerBig Houses Author:Frank Grillo
“[The movies] glamorize game day a little bit too much. It's such a focus. They miss a lot of the nuts and bolts, and the time that goes into the preparation each week, or each couple of days in basketball.” LittlesGamesBitsToo MuchFocusWeekMissingCoupleBasketballLittle BitPreparationNutsBoltsNuts And BoltsGame Day Author:Vince Kehres
“When I was in school, I was very much into just sports, mostly basketball, and didn't really see myself as much of a student. But once I got into college, I figured I wasn't going to be play beyond college. I started to think what was I going to do, since I wouldn't be able to make a living with basketball. There were a couple of things I liked to do. I wrote poetry, spoken word mostly.” ThinkingPlayAbleSchoolSportsStudentsCollegeCoupleBasketballSpoken Word Author:Matt de la Pena
“When I was in seventh grade, I was caught stealing money from the visiting team's locker room during a basketball game. So I was sent to The Brothers. That's what they called this parochial school up in Goshen, New York. I was supposed to get closer supervision there and more "masculine influence," whatever that means. But I was thrown out for telling a couple of really lame kids on the playground that I had heroin.” MeanKidsSchoolGamesRoomsTeamInfluenceNew YorkBrotherCoupleBasketballCaughtStealingGradesThrownMasculineVisitingHeroinLamePlaygroundsLockersLocker RoomSupervisionBasketball GameSeventh Grade Author:George Carlin
“That was always a dream of mine to play division one basketball. Not knowing that I wasn't going to get the opportunity because of my past and previous couple of years in college. The opportunity to play with only one year of eligibility was great.” YearsPlayDreamPastOpportunityKnowingMinesCollegeCoupleBasketballDivisionNot KnowingMy PastEligibility Author:John Starks
“And I remember leaving my place in L.A. and - my father is a big fight fan - and I said, 'Dad, I got a couple of days off and I'm getting ready to go to Houston to sign to fight Muhammad Ali.” SaidBigsRememberFightingFatherFansReadyCoupleDadBasketballLeavingMuhammadHoustonDays Off Author:Wilt Chamberlain
“I came to the realization a couple months ago that I am fat. If you get tired from walking - and that's all that golf is - then you are officially fat.” IfsMonthsCoupleWalkingBasketballTiredGolfFatsRealization Author:Charles Barkley