“So after 11 years you're just picking up all this information. I'm a basketball junky, so I watch old players. The '90s was a great era of basketball. I watched so much of that. That just helped me be a student of the game and pick up any moment. It's the 10,000 hour rule. You're just trying to master your craft.” TryingYearsMomentsGamesHoursWatchesPlayerInformationStudentsMastersBasketballPicksCraftsErasChampionshipNba Championships Author:Andre Iguodala
“I was really fortunate. I don't believe in luck so I was really fortunate. God really blessed me in terms of my health. ... I was really healthy. But I tried to do my part in terms of preparation, in terms of perseverance. I tried to do my part to make sure that I was always ready to play and try to stay ahead of the game. I tried to beat people with my mind. I wasn't the biggest or the one that jumped the highest, but I had a real high basketball IQ and I knew it. ... I was a student of game and tried to prepare and be professional and have a good attitude. All of those things helped me have a long career.” PeopleTryingMindBelieveLongRealPlayGamesTermAttitudeCareersStudentsReadyHealthyBasketballHighestBeatsBlessedLuckPerseveranceDon't BelievePreparationFortunateGood AttitudeLong CareersAhead Of The Game Author:Avery Johnson
“If every university president said, 'The revenue producing sports: basketball, football - potentially revenue producing at most universities - maybe in a few cases women's basketball, if every one of them had a monitor that reported directly to the university president and no 'student-athlete' ever gets into this college or university who could not plausibly be admitted if we did not have a football or basketball team, end of problem. It won't happen because it's like unilaterally disarming. You know your opponent won't do it and then you'll get crushed in every game, but it's a simple thing.” IfsKnowsSaidEndsProblemHappensGamesSportsPresidentSimpleCasesTeamStudentsFootballCollegeBasketballUniversityAthleteOpponentsRevenueCrushedSimple ThingsBasketball TeamDisarmingStudent Athlete Author:Bob Costas
“When I was in school, I was very much into just sports, mostly basketball, and didn't really see myself as much of a student. But once I got into college, I figured I wasn't going to be play beyond college. I started to think what was I going to do, since I wouldn't be able to make a living with basketball. There were a couple of things I liked to do. I wrote poetry, spoken word mostly.” ThinkingPlayAbleSchoolSportsStudentsCollegeCoupleBasketballSpoken Word Author:Matt de la Pena
“I love basketball, but playing basketball doesn't fully define who I am. I was always a good student, too.” StudentsBasketballWho I AmGood StudentsPlaying BasketballLove And BasketballI Love Basketball Author:Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
“As I've said, basketball has been, I think, a real cooperative venture. There have been a lot of people that have been involved in it: coaches, administrators - not recently - fans and nobody, nobody any more so than students over the years.” PeopleThinkingYearsHas BeensSaidRealSportsFansStudentsInvolvedBasketballCoachesVentureCooperativesAdministrators Author:Bobby Knight
“While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use, he who has learned to trust nature finds need for ever fewer external directions. He will discard formula after formula, until he reaches the conclusion: Let nature take its course.” NeedsFactsUseCoursesStudentsBasketballStoresConclusionFormulasFewerOverzealous Author:Larry Bird
“I would suggest that teachers show their students concrete examples of the negative effects of the actions that gangsta rappers glorify.” InspirationalShowsActionTeacherEffectsExampleStudentsBasketballNegativeRapperConcreteGlorifyGangstaGangsta Rap Author:Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
“When you watch the game, be a student of the game.” GamesWatchesStudentsBasketballCoachingBasketball CoachingInspirational BasketballMotivational BasketballBasketball CoachBasketball MotivationBasketball TeamGood Basketball Author:Don Meyer