“I used to play soccer when I was in Morocco, but I was more of a basketball player. I played high school basketball, I played AAU basketball.” PlaySchoolUsedPlayerBasketballHigh SchoolSoccerBasketball PlayerMorocco Author:French Montana
“In many ways, my job in soccer was like my job in basketball now. I had to protect the goal. That was the name of the game, not letting the other team score.” WayJobsGamesNamesGoalTeamProtectBasketballSoccerScoreNba Author:Hakeem Olajuwon
“I played all kinds of sports when I was young: tennis, handball, basketball, some soccer. I focused on basketball when I was 16 or 17 and then came to the U.S. when I was 20.” KindYoungSportsBasketballFocusedAll KindsSoccerTennisHandball Author:Dirk Nowitzki
“I played basketball and soccer my freshman year in high school.” YearsSchoolBasketballHigh SchoolSoccerFreshmanFreshman YearFreshman Year In High School Author:Mia Hamm
“We have to move the meter in sports in Africa, especially basketball. With the growth of the NBA globally, we have to figure out more ways to develop facilities, coaching, leagues, and youth development in Africa. The talent is incredible. Especially physically. How do we get the youth to start playing at an early age just like in soccer? The future is bright. We now have an NBA office in Africa, we have legends and Hall of Famers, we have African assistant coaches, front office members, and some prominent African players over the last 10 years. So we must plan well for the next 10.” WayYearsWellsAgeLastsMovingNextSportsGrowthPlayerPlansTalentFrontsFiguresYouthDevelopmentMembersBasketballOfficeIncrediblesCoachesSoccerLeagueCoachingHallsNbaLegendsFacilityAssistantsMeterProminentFuture Is BrightFront OfficeAssistant Coaches Author:Masai Ujiri
“Baseball is like cricket, and I grew up in a country where they had cricket. So I understand cricket, soccer and basketball. I played basketball at the club level and a little bit in college, so thats why Im a basketball fanatic.” LittlesCountryBitsLevelsCollegeGrewBasketballLittle BitGrew UpBaseballClubsSoccerCricketFanatics Author:Patrick Soon-Shiong
“Growing up, I played about every sport imaginable except soccer and hockey. I've always had a passion for basketball. I remember actually playing basketball when I was two or three years old. The time I knew that I could really take my game to the next level.” YearsTwoRememberPassionThreeNextGamesSportsLevelsGrowing UpGrowingBasketballSoccerHockeyThree YearsNext LevelThree Year OldsPlaying Basketball Author:Dwight Howard
“[At nine years old] I didn't really know what that meant at the time. I thought it might be in a warm summer sport like softball, but I played a variety of sports growing up - basketball, soccer and track. I really didn't care. I just wanted to be an Olympian.” KnowsYearsMightCareWantedSportsGrowing UpGrowingBasketballSummerTrackWarmNineVarietySoccerSoftballNine YearsOlympian Author:Elana Meyers
“I've written in every imaginable location; a repurposed closet, the kitchen table, the bleachers while my kids had basketball practice, the front seat of the car when they were at soccer. In airports. On trains. In the break room when I was supposed to be wolfing down dinner. In the back of classrooms when I was supposed to be paying attention.” KidsRoomsAttentionBreakPracticeWrittenCarFrontsBasketballTablesTrainDinnerSupposed To BeSoccerPay AttentionKitchenSeatsClassroomLocationClosetsAirportsKitchen TableBleachers Author:Laurie Halse Anderson
“I also tell them that your education can take you way farther than a football, baseball, track, or basketball will - that's just the bottom line.” WaySportsLinesFootballBasketballBaseballBottomTrackSoccerBottom Line Author:Bo Jackson
“Tattoos don't impress me. For me it's just another awkward part of fame. It's extraordinary - tattoos in basketball and soccer, it's quite extraordinary.” FameBasketballExtraordinarySoccerAwkwardImpressTattoo Author:Phil Collins
“I know American football. I know a little bit about soccer. I know baseball, I know basketball. But, rugby is a foreign language.” KnowsLittlesLanguageBitsFootballBasketballLittle BitBaseballSoccerRugbyAmerican FootballForeign Language Author:Morgan Freeman
“Basketball is at its best when you have athletes in space making plays. It's the same for soccer, you have great athletes in space making plays and that's when the game becomes beautiful. You have spacing and skill and coaching. It's all synergetic. You don't have to be a basketball fan to appreciate that. You can be a person who appreciates movement. It's almost like a ballet at that point.” BeautifulBasketballAppreciateAthleteSoccerCoachingBalletGreat Athlete Author:Shane Battier
“I played basketball and soccer but they are very different games, obviously. However, playing any kind of sport always helps you develop physically.” KindDifferentHelpingSportsBasketballSoccer Author:Alexander Ovechkin
“My father was a soccer player. All my friends played basketball though, so I stuck with basketball.” FatherPlayerBasketballMy FriendsStuckSoccerSoccer Player Author:Steve Nash
“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
“Indeed, the maligned American pastime of baseball may be by-far the greatest and best sport by one criterion, when it comes to emulating and training for genuinely useful Neolithic skills! Think about it. The game consists of lots of patient waiting and watching (stalking), throwing with incredible accuracy and speed, sprinting, dodging... and hitting moving objects real hard with clubs! And arguing. Hey, what else could you possibly need? Now, tell me, how do soccer or basketball prepare you to survive in the wild, hm?” ThinkingNeedsMayRealHardMovingGamesSportsWaitingObjectsSkillsBasketballTrainingBaseballPatientIncrediblesClubsSpeedArguingHeySoccerThrowingHittingCriteriaAccuracyStalkingPastimeBest Sports Author:David Brin
“That's the awesome part. Little girls now have a chance to look up and see women playing soccer, basketball, softball and now hockey - and know they can win a gold medal, too.” KnowsLooksLittlesMotivationalGirlWinningChanceBasketballGoldSoccerLook UpHockeyRole ModelsInspirational SportsMedalSoftballGold MedalsPlaying SoccerPlaying Hockey Author:Angela Ruggiero