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“When I was young I was on punishment a lot and I used to watch a lot of TV, and I asked myself a question: 'How come people like Mike? How come they like Magic? How come they like Bird? How come they don't like the big guys?' So I just throw a little bit of what they were doing. You smile, you act crazy and silly. And I think people like me because I'm different. I've always been a class clown type of guy. It comes natural.”

“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.”

Men Found Black Crazy Basketball Roots Snow Call Me Tropical Sasquatch

Author:Shaquille O'Neal

“You know what's crazy about Yao? He speaks perfect English. A lot of people don't know that. Perfect English. When I was over there, I called him. He's like, 'Whassup big fella?' Perfect English!”

People Knows Bigs Speak Perfect Crazy Basketball Nba Fellas

Author:Shaquille O'Neal

“If you told me two years I would miss the greatest basketball game ever to hang out with Nathan Lane, I'd say, 'You're crazy!'”

Ifs Years Two Games Crazy Missing Basketball Two Years Hanging Out Lanes Basketball Game Greatest Basketball

Author:Chris Rock

“I begged my mom for a beat machine, she spent a crazy amount of money - so there were no more Christmases, no more basketball camps, no more birthday gifts. I always knew that's what I wanted to do.”

Wanted Crazy Mom Amount Basketball Beats Machines My Mom Camps

Author:J. Cole

“It's intense in every sport. No matter what, USC vs. UCLA is crazy. Especially when it comes down to football and basketball, it's just nuts.”

Matter Sports Crazy Football Basketball No Matter What Intense Nuts Ucla Usc

Author:Akeem Ayers

“Magic is crazy. He is that crazy wild guy on the basketball court that is very intense and very serious. He is the guy who lives and eats and breathes basketball.”

Guy Magic Crazy Serious Basketball Court Breathe Intense Basketball Court

Author:Magic Johnson

“I never looked at the consequences of missing a big shot... when you think about the consequences you always think of a negative result.”

Source: I can't accept not trying: Michael Jordan on the pursuit of excellence

“At a really young age you just play ball and you have fun and you don't see basketball as something as a career, it just drives you crazy. But as the years went by and the goals got bigger for myself you realize that without almost being obsessed you won't reach those goals. So the older I get I think the more I realize that it's almost necessary to get to that level.”

Thinking Age Fun Goal Realizing Crazy Basketball Having Fun Obsessed

Author:Kristaps Porzingis

“The crowd gives us so much energy and we are able to really feed off of it. Hitting those shots and having the crowd go crazy helps boost our confidence. We love our fans.”

Giving Helping Able Energy Crazy Fans Confidence Basketball Shots Crowds Hitting Boost

Author:Steve Nash

“They didn't have a problem with me being wild and crazy when it came time to fill the arenas.”

Problem Crazy Basketball Arena Wild And Crazy

Author:Dennis Rodman

“But I have to say this in defense of humankind: In no matter what era in history, including the Garden of Eden, everybody just got here. And, except for the Garden of Eden, there were already all these games going on that could make you act crazy, even if you weren't crazy to begin with. Some of the crazymaking games going on today are love and hate, liberalism and conservatism, automobiles and credit cards, golf, and girls' basketball.”

“The secret is to have eight great players and four others who will cheer like crazy.”

“I was always in the gym. People would look at me crazy because I spent so much time there. But that's what it was about. I'm glad I did it.”

People Looks Crazy Basketball Glad Gym Look At Me

Author:Kevin Durant