“Once you begin reviewing judgment calls, which in basketball there are many, you put yourself on a very slippery slope in terms of what could be reviewed, and ultimately the number of reviews that could take place that would make it unwieldy.” TermNumbersBasketballJudgmentReviewsSlipperySlopesSlippery Slope Author:Stu Jackson
“The first three championships that I won, I won them. I had big numbers and I won them. And last year, the guys won it for me. They won it for the big guy. Numbers are overrated. There's a lot of guys in this league who can say they've got great numbers. But they can't say they've got four rings in the last six years.” YearsFirstsBigsLastsGuyThreeWinningNumbersFourBasketballSixRingsLeagueLast YearChampionshipOverratedBig Guys Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“As a basketball fan, I get sick and tired of people talking about numbers. To me, the world is getting too materialistic.” PeopleWorldNumbersTalkingFansBasketballSickTiredMaterialisticPeople Talking Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“They're going to come to me and they're going to say numbers for three years and I'm going to use my division and if it sounds good when I hear it, then I'll take it. But I'm not going to say I'll take less (than the max) . . . Put it this way. I won't take a BMW from somebody when I know I can get a Maybach from somewhere else.” IfsKnowsWayYearsI CanUseThreeSoundNumbersBasketballDivisionThree YearsSomewhere ElseMaxBmw Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“I'm not really worried about my numbers now as a 36-year-old. I'm not trying to be the first, experimental case of a 36-year-older trying to maintain his numbers, especially when I'm on a team like this. Can I do the same stuff I could do when I was Amare's age? Of course not. I'm not going to even try. However, I feel that I'm the baddest 36-year-old out there.” FeelsTryingYearsFirstsAgeCoursesStuffNumbersCasesTeamBasketballWorried Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“I have a lot left. There's only four or five good centers in the league and I'm in that number. ... I've been in it for 17 years but I've missed three years because of injury. If you do the math, I've still got three years left. You got that?” IfsYearsStillsThreeLeftNumbersFiveFourBasketballMathLeagueInjuryThree Years Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“In every game, there's three teams out there. There's the two basketball teams and the team of officials. If the two teams are evenly matched, it can come down to number of possessions. If one out-of-bounds call goes the wrong way, that can be the difference.” IfsWayTwoThreeGamesDifferencesNumbersTeamBasketballBoundsPossessionOfficialsWrong WayMatchedBasketball Team Author:Tom Heinsohn
“Now tell me this. What would you consider the greatest spectator sport in the country today? Would you say it was baseball, basketball, football?... It's politics. That's right, politics. Millions and millions of people following it every day in the newspapers, over the TV and the radio. Now mind you, they wouldn't get mixed up in this themselves for all the tea in China, but they know the names and numbers of all the players. And what they can't tell the coaches about strategy. Oh, you should see some of the letters I get.” PeopleKnowsShouldMindCountryTodayPoliticsNamesSportsNumbersMillionsPlayerFootballTvsBasketballLettersBaseballStrategyRadioFollowingChinaCoachesNewspapersTeaSpectators Author:Frank Nugent
“Get your education. The number of guys who are blessed to be in the league is so small compared to the number of high school players [who want to play in the league]. But one thing you can do is get your college education. If you are blessed enough to get a scholarship to play college basketball, make sure you get your college degree, too, then move on from there.” IfsWantEnoughPlaySchoolMovingGuyCan DoNumbersPlayerOne ThingCollegeBasketballDegreesHigh SchoolBlessedLeagueScholarshipCollege EducationCollege DegreeCollege Basketball Author:Tim Duncan
“People that don't know me think that basketball is my life 24/7. Trust me, there is much more to my life. My number one priority in my life is my family.” PeopleThinkingKnowsLife IsNumbersBasketballMy FamilyPrioritiesKnow MeTrust MeBasketball Is My Life Author:Dick Vitale
“Once people couldn't trust the college game, some checked out the pro game, but that was in big trouble, too. We had no clock and a lot of faults. People looked at the slow pace and at big guys like George Mikan and said pro basketball was just for overgrown pituitary cases. Baseball and football were numbers one and two and pro basketball wasn't even in the same universe.” PeopleSaidTwoBigsGuyUniverseGamesNumbersCasesTroubleFootballCollegeBasketballBaseballFaultsClockPaceBig Guys Author:Dolph Schayes
“When I played football, basketball and baseball, I was always a starter. I played baseball as the number three or number four hitter. Playing baseball, I was the third baseman or pitcher. Football, I was the quarterback. I was always versatile. It came to me naturally. It was always easy.” ThreeEasyNumbersFourFootballBasketballBaseballThirdsPitcherQuarterbackStartersVersatilePlaying BaseballNumber Three Author:Future
“I am the number one Ninja and I have killed all the Shoguns in front of me.” MotivationalNumbersFrontsBasketballNinjaShogunsPythagorean Theorem Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“I felt that a number of people might have questioned my loyalty, but I continue to be a patriotic American.” PeopleMightFeltNumbersBasketballLoyaltyPatrioticAmerican Patriotic Author:Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
“Basketball is an endurance sport, and you have to learn to control your breath; that's the essence of yoga, too. So, I consciously began using yoga techniques in my practice and playing. I think yoga helped reduce the number and severity of injuries I suffered. As preventative medicine, it's unequaled.” ThinkingSuccessSportsNumbersPracticeBasketballYogaEssenceBreathsMedicineTechniqueInjuryEnduranceSeverityYoga PracticeHatha YogaHot YogaEndurance Sports Author:Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
“Becoming number one is easier than remaining number one.” SportsNumbersBecomingEasierBasketballBaseballCompetitionMotivational Sports Book:Life on the Run Source: Life on the Run
“On a good team there are no superstars. There are great players who show they are great players by being able to play with others as a team. They have the ability to be superstars, but if they fit into a good team, they make sacrifices, they do things necessary to help the team win. What the numbers are in salaries or statistics don't matter; how they play together does.” IfsDoeMatterPlayHelpingShowsAbleTogetherWinningAbilityNumbersPlayerSacrificeTeamFitBasketballAthleteMotivational SportsStatisticsSalarySuperstarGood Team Author:Red Holzman
“I believe that good defense embodies seven cardinal principle: reduce the number of your opponent's shots; force your opponent into low percentage shots; control everything within 18 feet; eliminate second shots; no easy baskets; point the ball on all long shots; and prevent the ball from going into the pivot man.” MenBelieveLongForceI BelieveEasyNumbersPrinciplesFeetBasketballLowsShotsBallsSevenDefenseOpponentsCoachingPercentagesBasketsBasketball CoachingCardinalsLong Shots Author:Adolph Rupp
“I'll always be Number 1 to myself.” SportsNumbersBasketballMotivational SportsHockey Author:Moses Malone
“It's hard to put it in perspective right now. I'm starting to feel a little emotional about what's going to happen Friday night. Getting your number put in the rafters is always something that as a kid ... you dream of seeing happen to you.” FeelsLittlesHardDreamHappensKidsNightNumbersSeeingEmotionalPerspectiveRight NowBasketballStartingFridayFriday NightRafters Author:Scottie Pippen
“It's going to be great. A lot of the players are coming. I wasn't here when they put (Jackson) up in the rafters. But to have him here as my number goes up, it brings back a lot of great memories.” MemoriesNumbersPlayerBasketballGreat MemoriesRafters Author:Scottie Pippen