“We [Americans] are a football-baseball-basketball-golf culture with some ocassional forays into tennis and less often the winter sports.” CultureSportsFootballBasketballBaseballGolfWinterTennis Author:Michael Wilbon
“Moving to the US was quite a transition for me, to say the least! There were, and still are so many new things to get used to: the language, food, culture, even the style of basketball is different here!” StillsDifferentMovingUsedCultureLanguageStyleBasketballTransitionNew ThingsFood Culture Author:Yao Ming
“How do you build a successful organization or culture? It's the people. The people part, in business and basketball, is huge.” PeopleCultureSuccessfulHugeBasketballOrganizationSuccessful Organizations Author:Bob Myers
“Like a versatile baller, George Dohrmann swings seamlessly from position to position: investigative journalist, social critic, gifted storyteller. The result is a gem of a book that addresses THE question central to contemporary basketball: how does such an unseemly culture spring from such an essentially beautiful game? You'll come away rooting harder than ever for the kids and harder than ever against the basketball profiteers.” DoeBookKidsBeautifulCultureGamesSocialResultsPositionBasketballSpringHarderCriticsContemporaryJournalistAddressesSwingsGiftedStorytellerGemsVersatileBallers Author:L. Jon Wertheim
“Hip-hop culture itself has completely consumed everything involved in entertainment. When you think about basketball like the way those guys dress; I don't know if you notice but people care about how you dress these days.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWayCareGuyCultureInvolvedBasketballDressesHip HopEntertainmentHipsThese DaysHopsConsumed Author:Ryan Montgomery
“Hip-Hop itself, the culture, the way that it's going you could always see the effect that it has on basketball.” WayCultureEffectsBasketballHip HopHipsHops Author:Ryan Montgomery
“A champion needs a motivation above and beyond winning.” NeedsMotivationCultureWinningBasketballChampionWill To WinAbove And BeyondMotivation To WinWinning Championships Author:Pat Riley