“Promise yourself to make all your friends know there is something in them that is special and that you value.” KnowsValuesSpecialPromiseBasketballCoachingNba Author:John Wooden
“I'm still here. I'm a force to be reckoned with... you have to come take my spot, and not through Twitter and not through the media, come take my spot. I'm ready to go. As big men in the league, there are two who have done something special during this millennium. I'm one and Tim Duncan is the other. Anyone else has to come upstairs and see the Shogun. I'm still the Shogun.” MenStillsTwoDoneBigsForceSpecialMediaReadyBasketballSpotsLeagueSomething SpecialMillenniumUpstairsDuncanShoguns Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“I'm very good at noticing talent. I knew he was special then and obviously he is now.” SpecialTalentBasketballVery GoodNbaNoticing Author:LeBron James
“To represent the United States in international competition is special recognition that not many players receive and I am really looking forward to helping USA Basketball regain its status in international basketball.” StatesHelpingUnitedUnited StatesPlayerSpecialBasketballCompetitionInternationalRecognitionUsaLooking Forward Author:Jermaine O'Neal
“He was a terrific guy. It is a great loss to the sports world. Wilt Chamberlain had a special place in basketball history and he will be missed. We had many battles with Wilt. He was a fun guy to be around; he was a 'Gentle Giant.'” WorldGuyFunSportsLossSpecialBattleBasketballGentleGiantsTerrificSpecial PlacesGreat LossChamberlain Author:Tom Heinsohn
“There is still an assumption among many people that to be black is to be lower class. In the last fifteen to twenty years, perhaps even further back than that, there's also been an explosion of a very wealthy black class in the United States, but those people are often treated as special cases: they're athletes, entertainers. Jay-Z. Basketball players. The country metabolizes the fact these rich black people exist, but it seems only to reinforce the idea that every other black person is limping along in poverty.” PeopleCountryBlackPovertyRichPlayerSpecialBasketballAthleteAssumptionWealthyBlack PeopleBasketball Player Author:Ayana Mathis
“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
“Only run special plays for special players; find plays that fit your players.” PlayRunningPlayerSpecialFitBasketballCoachingBasketball Coaching Author:Don Meyer
“For us to be the team that got him that historic 10th championship is special for us.” TeamSpecialBasketballChampionshipHistoric Author:Kobe Bryant