“I was in Chicago in 1994 and at this time I had no thoughts of coming back and playing the game of basketball, Bryon Russell came over to me and said, "Why'd you quit? You know I could guard you." When I did come back in 1995 and we played Utah in '96, I'm at the center circle and Bryon Russell is standing next to me. I said, "You remember what you said in 1994 about, 'I think I can guard you, I can shut you down, I would love to play against you?' Well, you're about to get your chance.” ThinkingKnowsWellsSaidI CanPlayRememberNextGamesChanceBasketballStandingQuittingCirclesChicagoComing BackUtah Author:Michael Jordan
“My dream was to become a rec league coach. I love basketball so much, I love playing it, I just never thought I'd make it to college, NBA, or be standing up here today. It is a surreal feeling. So many people doubted me and motivated me. I failed so many times and got back up. I got through the toughest times with my family, but I'm still standing.” PeopleInspirationalStillsFeelingsDreamTodayCollegeBasketballStandingMy FamilyCoachesLeagueNbaMotivatedSurrealDoubtedMvpLove And BasketballI Love Basketball Author:Kevin Durant
“About the time you think you are getting to know the moves in this game, someone comes along and does everything but undress you on the basketball floor. Standing there under the basket with your hands cupped - and finding that you dont have the ball in them - is a great little old leveler.” ThinkingKnowsLittlesDoeHandsMovingGamesBasketballFindingsStandingBallsBasketsStanding There Author:Tom Heinsohn
“Although I grew up in Kansas City, ... I have always kept more or less au courant of Texas barbecue, like a sports fan who is almost monomaniacally obsessed with basketball but glances over at the N.H.L. standings now and then.” SportsCitiesFansGrewBasketballGrew UpStandingObsessedTexasNow And ThenGlancesKansasBarbecueKansas CitySports Fan Author:Calvin Trillin
“I care about systematically playing basketball. If the spacing isn't right, if guys are standing on top of each other, if there aren't lanes to be provided, or rebounders available to offensively rebound the ball, or we don't have defensive balance when a shot goes up, all of these things are fundamental basketball. I follow it.” IfsCareGuyBalanceBasketballShotsStandingBallsFundamentalsAvailableI CareLanesReboundPlaying BasketballSpacing Author:Phil Jackson
“The world is not checking in with us to see what skills we've picked up, what idea we've concocted, what dreams we carry in our hearts. When a job opens, whether it's in the chorus line or on the assembly line, it goes to the person standing there. It goes to the eager beaver the boss sees when he looks up from his work: the pint-sized kid standing at the basketball court on the playground waiting for one of the older boys to head home. "Hey, kid, wanna play?"” WorldBelieveLooksHeartPersonsIdeasPlayHomeDreamKidsJobsWaitingLinesBoysSkillsBasketballStandingCourtHeyLook UpBelieve In YourselfBossAssemblyChorusPlaygroundsStanding TherePintsBeaversAssembly LineBasketball CourtChorus LineEager Beaver Book:Now, Let Me Tell You What I Really Think Source: Now, Let Me Tell You What I Really Think
“I hate it. It looks like a stickup at 7-Eleven. Five guys standing there with their hands in the air.” LooksHandsFunnyGuyHateFiveAirBasketballStandingI HateNbaElevenStanding ThereFunny BasketballHands In The Air Author:Norm Sloan
“Standing on the court and holding up that trophy - it's so great you want to keep doing it over and over again.” WantBasketballStandingCourtTrophies Author:Tim Duncan