“Why don't they allow professional wrestling at the Olympics? They allow pro basketball players and hockey players. Olympic pro wrestling would be awesome. The team from Mexico could wear those Mr. X masks. The French wrestler could hit his opponent with a baguette. Or perhaps just surrender.” Would BeFunnyPlayerTeamBasketballSurrenderOpponentsMaskHockeyWrestlingMexicoOlympicsBasketball PlayerWrestlerHockey PlayerPro WrestlingLondon OlympicsProfessional WrestlingBaguettes Author:Craig Ferguson
“I take my sport damned seriously. Basketball is my life. There are other people who go into important games as if they were any other game. I'm a brooder and I spend a lot of time thinking about my opponent, about the things he can do and about what I have to do to win. I don't think I'll ever be able to change that.” PeopleIfsThinkingImportantAbleGamesWinningSportsCan DoBasketballOpponentsBasketball Is My Life Author:Dirk Nowitzki
“If every university president said, 'The revenue producing sports: basketball, football - potentially revenue producing at most universities - maybe in a few cases women's basketball, if every one of them had a monitor that reported directly to the university president and no 'student-athlete' ever gets into this college or university who could not plausibly be admitted if we did not have a football or basketball team, end of problem. It won't happen because it's like unilaterally disarming. You know your opponent won't do it and then you'll get crushed in every game, but it's a simple thing.” IfsKnowsSaidEndsProblemHappensGamesSportsPresidentSimpleCasesTeamStudentsFootballCollegeBasketballUniversityAthleteOpponentsRevenueCrushedSimple ThingsBasketball TeamDisarmingStudent Athlete Author:Bob Costas
“You don't play against opponents, you play against the game of basketball.” PlayGamesSportsBasketballAthleteOpponentsMotivational SportsFamous BasketballInspirational BasketballMotivational BasketballBasketball CoachPlaying GamesMotivational Inspirational SportsBasketball MotivationBasketball TeamGood BasketballFunny BasketballAwesome SportsBasketball GamePlaying BasketballBasketball TrainingYouth SportsAwesome BasketballDon't Play Games Author:Bobby Knight
“The idea is not to block every shot. The idea is to make your opponent believe that you might block every shot.” BelieveIdeasMightBasketballShotsCoachesBlockOpponentsCoachingMotivational SportsNbaBasketball PlayerFamous BasketballInspirational BasketballMotivational BasketballBasketball CoachBasketball MotivationBasketball TeamGood BasketballGreat BasketballFunny BasketballAwesome SportsSports CoachCoaches MotivationalCoaches And PlayersPlayer To CoachEncouraging BasketballGreatest BasketballYouth SportsAwesome Basketball Author:Bill Russell
“I think sportsmanship is knowing that it is a game, that we are only as a good as our opponents, and whether you win or lose, to always give 100 percent.” ThinkingGivingGamesWinningLosesKnowingBasketballPercentOpponentsWin Or LoseSportsmanshipGive 100 PercentGood Sportsmanship Author:Sue Wicks
“Your biggest opponent isn't the other guy. It's human nature.” HumansMotivationalGuySportsHuman NatureBasketballAthleteOpponentsMotivational SportsInspirational SportsAthleticOther GuysMotivational Inspirational SportsAthlete MotivationalBest SportsShort SportsShort Inspirational SportsShort Motivational SportsBest AthleteAwesome SportsInspirational AthleteAthletic MotivationalAthletic InspirationalInspirational History Author:Bobby Knight
“We feel that the 2-2-1 press is a very effective means of controlling tempo and providing us with opportunities to capitalize on the mistakes of our opponents. At the same time we feel it is a very safe press because we work very hard at the necessary rotations.” FeelsMeanHardOpportunityMistakeSafeBasketballPressesOpponentsCoachingProvidingTempoBasketball CoachingRotation Author:Jim Calhoun
“Offensively, you do what you do best and you do it again and again. Defensively, you attack your opponent's strength.” BasketballOpponentsCoachingAgain And AgainBasketball Coaching Author:Vince Lombardi
“In evaluating the way in which ball possessions are gained during the course of a game, we find that 60 to 80 percent of the possessions are gained by rebounding and after an opponent's score. Twenty percent come from opponents's error, and only 5 percent of the possessions come from steals and interceptions. A study of the way ball possessions are gained makes it seem highly impractical to base pressure defense on interceptions and steals.” WaySeemsCoursesGamesStudyBasketballPercentBallsTwentiesPressureErrorsPossessionDefenseStealingOpponentsCoachingScoreBasketball CoachingInterceptions Author:Ralph Miller
“The basic premise of my system is to fatigue your opponents with constant pressure defensively and constant movement offensively.” MovementBasketballPressureConstantOpponentsCoachingFatiguePremisesBasketball CoachingBasketball Coach Author:Rick Pitino
“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
“Play against the Game, not your opponent.” PlayGamesBasketballOpponentsCoachingBasketball Coaching Author:Bud Wilkinson
“When you go out on the court whether it be for the championship or just a scrimmage, have confidence that your abilities and what you've learned in your drills are better than your opponent's. This does not mean you should disregard your opponent. Before taking the court for any game, you should do a lot of thinking about what you have to do to beat your opponent and what he must or can do to beat you.” ThinkingShouldMeanDoeGamesCan DoAbilityBasketballBeatsCourtOpponentsChampionshipDisregardHave ConfidenceDrills Author:Bob Pettit
“I realize now that there's a strength in dunking that I can use to my advantage. When you dunk all the time it isn't as demoralizing to the opponent, but when you dunk at a key moment in the game you can use it to change the momentum.” I CanMomentsUseGamesRealizingKeysBasketballAdvantageOpponentsMomentumDemoralizingDunking Author:Kobe Bryant
“I learned at a young age to dribble with both hands, and that allows me to be more creative when I go against bigger and stronger opponents.” HandsMotivationalAgeYoungCreativeBasketballBiggerStrongerOpponentsYoung AgeNba PlayerDribble Author:Steve Nash