“I failed, I think, seven [or] eight times before I finally got my first [championship]. It was just, you know, just about me growing up. Now that I'm an old, old veteran-age 29-I do things a lot differently. I don't go to the gentlemen's clubs anymore. I had to slow that down.” ThinkingKnowsFirstsAgeWinningGrowing UpGrowingBasketballSevenClubsEightGentlemanChampionshipVeteran Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“In the seven or eight years we were together, we were never together.” YearsTogetherBasketballSevenEightLakers Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“If you're going to hire an assassin, let him go out and kill someone. I can't be Shaq taking six or seven shots.” IfsI CanBasketballSixShotsSevenAssassinsLet Him GoShaq Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“If you have a child who is seven feet tall, you don't cut off his head or his legs. You buy him a bigger bed and hope he plays basketball.” IfsChildrenPlayCuttingFeetBedBasketballBiggerSevenLegsTall Author:Robert Altman
“You obviously have your routines that you rely on, then you go out and play and have fun. For us in basketball, we have a seven-game series, so you have time to adjust if you need to. It's a fun experience to go through, and one that I'll remember for a long time.” IfsNeedsLongPlayRememberGamesFunBasketballLong TimeSeriesSevenHaving FunRely Author:Stephen Curry
“I played sports year around: basketball, soccer, softball and I ran track year around, from the time I was, like, six, seven.” InspirationalYearsSportsBasketballSixSevenTrackSoccerRanSoftball Author:Gabrielle Union
“If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that's a full day. That's a heck of a day. You do that seven days a week, you're going to have something special.” IfsThinkingLaughingWeekSpecialCryBasketballSevenNbaSomething SpecialBasketball CoachSeven DaysGreat BasketballDon't Ever Give Up Author:Jim Valvano
“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 would rather have a player who has mastered two or three moves than to try to teach him six or seven.” TryingTwoMovingThreeTeachPlayerBasketballSixSevenCoachingBasketball Coaching Author:Norm Sloan
“He's very knowledgeable. That's the one advantage that I see in Kobe Bryant's career compared to Michael Jordan. Ten years into Kobe Bryant's career, we're seeing a very polished 27-year-old player who's probably got another seven or eight great years ahead of him.” YearsCareersPlayerSeeingTenBasketballAdvantageSevenEightJordanPolishedKnowledgeableGreat Year Author:Scottie Pippen