“Creativity can be learned like basketball, which does not mean we will all be NBA stars.” MeanDoeStarsEducationCreativityBasketballNba Author:Edward de Bono
“Damian Lillard is having a better year than Chris Paul. Lillard got snubbed when he was left off of the USA Men’s Basketball team, and now the All-Star team.” MenYearsLeftStarsTeamBasketballUsaBasketball TeamAll Stars Author:Kenny Smith
“It`s not the NBA Finals, it's not even a regular-season game. It's the All-Star game, it's a celebration. A celebration of talent, speed, grace. Let`s put it on display and have some fun.” GamesFunStarsGraceTalentBasketballSeasonsFinalsSpeedNbaCelebrationDisplayAll StarsNba Finals Author:David Stern
“Let's put it in old movie Mafia terms. There are guys that are in position to get by but they didn't wait their turn. They back-doored the top guy to get the power. For example, Sonny Corleone went up there, and he wanted to be the top guy. And the Godfather said, 'You know what dude, I'm a star.' That's what I'm doing now, and that's what I was trying to do with what's-his-name.” KnowsTryingSaidWantedGuyTurnsNamesStarsWaitingTermExamplePositionBasketballMafiaLakersOld MovieCorleone Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“I think probably one of the coolest things was when I went to play basketball at Rucker Park in Harlem. First of all, who would think that Larry the Cable Guy would go to Harlem to play basketball? And I was received like a rock star. It was amazing! There were people everywhere. There were guys walking by yelling, Git r done!” PeopleThinkingFirstsDonePlayGuyStarsRocksWalkingBasketballParksRock StarCablesYellingLarryHarlem Author:Larry the Cable Guy
“I sing the Star Spangled Banner, so I can get into football, basketball and baseball games for free.” I CanGamesStarsFootballBasketballBaseballBannerBaseball Games Author:John Cullum
“I've been watching basketball for a long time, I'm a historian of the game. I don't know any other team that's gotten to the Finals without two All-Stars... I cannot remember thinking of it. I don't even know if it's ever happened, for a team to lose two All-Stars and still be able to make it to the Finals.” IfsThinkingKnowsLongStillsTwoAbleRememberGamesStarsLosesHappenedTeamBasketballLong TimeFinalsHistorianChampionshipNba ChampionshipsAll Stars Author:LeBron James
“There are lots of things that I will probably never experience in this life. Military combat. Being dictator of a small central American country. Dunking a basketball. Being a famous rock star. Or walking on Mars. But one thing I have been, and will always be, is an entrepreneur.” Has BeensCountryStarsOne ThingRocksMilitaryWalkingBasketballEntrepreneurThis LifeCombatDictatorMarsRock StarDunking Author:Michael Arrington
“But at the same time, my parents always encouraged my brother and me to be happy with what we were doing. My parents were athletes in high school; my mom and my dad were the stars of the basketball team, but they never pushed my brother and me to be anything we didn't want to be.” WantSchoolStarsParentTeamBrotherMomDadBasketballHigh SchoolMy DadAthleteMy MomMy BrotherBasketball Team Author:Jonathan Groff
“I did quite a lot of fencing when I was a kid, I was a swimmer, and I played a lot of basketball. I was a fencer for Great Britain, but I only did that because I watched Robin Hood, Star Wars, Highlander and The Three Musketeers, and I wanted to emulate Richard Harris and the great British actors that I grew up watching.” WarKidsWantedThreeActorsStarsGrewBasketballGrew UpBritishBritainHoodEmulateRobinsGreat BritainSwimmerRobin HoodFencingHighlanderMusketeersThree Musketeers Author:Kieran Bew
“The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don't play together, the club won't be worth a dime.” IfsWorldWayMayPlayWholeTogetherIndividualStarsSportsLeadershipTeamBasketballBaseballDetermineClubsBunchWorking TogetherMotivational SportsTeamworkWholenessTeammateTeam BuildingDimesTeam WorkInspirational TeamBest TeamSports TeamTeam SpiritGreat SportsGreat TeamTeam PlayerTeamwTeam WorkingGreatest SportsBuilding A TeamCooperation TeamworkInspirational TeamworkCooperation And TeamworkTeam MemberMotivational TeamworkInspirational Team BuildingImportance Of TeamworkLeadership TeamworkIndividual EffortTeam GoalTeam Work InspirationalGreat TeamworkTeam MotivationalTeam Building InspirationTeamwork And LeadershipGroup EffortUnity And TeamworkTeam MatePlaying TogetherInspiring Team BuildingGreat Team BuildingInspiring TeamworkGreat Team WorkTeamwork In BusinessTeam SuccessTeams Not Working TogetherTeam BondingTeamwork SuccessIndividual PerformanceIndividual Success Author:Babe Ruth
“When you are speaking to your team after a game, never talk about the kid who was the star of the game. Talk about what your other players did to help the team win. Be sure to spread the wealth... Then have individual meetings with one to three players to praise and reinforce. Make sure you touch them.” HelpingKidsThreeGamesWinningIndividualStarsWealthPlayerTeamBasketballPraiseMeetingsSpreadCoachingBasketball Coaching Author:Mike Krzyzewski
“The team is the star, never an individual player.” IndividualStarsPlayerTeamBasketballCoachingBasketball Coaching Author:John Wooden
“The greatest ally you have to get things working well and the players performing as a team is the bench. Don't be afraid to use it, either for the star player or anyone else.” WellsUseStarsPlayerTeamBasketballPerformingCoachingAlliesBenchesBasketball Coaching Author:John Wooden
“We want to show how hip-hop, which kind of fuels today's basketball stars, is directly related to jazz.” WantKindShowsTodayStarsBasketballJazzHip HopHipsRelatedFuelHops Author:Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
“I felt like when we came back from the All-Star break we needed everybody to feel like they were part of the team, ... I'm just trying to do whatever the team needs at any given time.” NeedsFeelsTryingGivenStarsFeltBreakTeamNeededBasketballAll Stars Author:Kobe Bryant
“Any American boy can be a basketball star if he grows up, up, up.” IfsFunnyStarsGrowsBoysGrowing UpBasketballNbaFamous BasketballInspirational BasketballMotivational BasketballBasketball TeamGood BasketballGreat BasketballFunny Basketball Author:Bill Vaughan