“This summer is going to be a different summer for a lot of people. Everyone is going to take care of their own business and everyone is going to do what's best for them, including me.” PeopleDifferentCareBasketballSummerIncludingTake CareOwn BusinessLakers Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“I'm going back to the old Shaq. I was normal last year - I was an earthling last summer. I had to go back to my alien roots.” YearsLastsBasketballNormalSummerRootsAliensLast YearLast SummerShaq Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“Baseball is green and safe. It has neither the street intimidation of basketball nor the controlled Armageddon of football.... Baseball is a green dream that happens on summer nights in safe places in unsafe cities.” DreamHappensNightCitiesStreetsFootballSafeBasketballSummerBaseballGreenControlledIntimidationUnsafeArmageddonSafe PlacesSummer Nights Author:Luke Salisbury
“Being named as a finalist for the USA Basketball National Team is an unbelievable feeling and an opportunity that is truly humbling. It is an honor to be included with such talented players and I look forward to the chance to represent my country this summer.” LooksCountryFeelingsOpportunityChancePlayerTeamHonorBasketballSummerUsaUnbelievableHumblingNational Team Author:James Harden
“Basketball, hockey and track meets are action heaped upon action, climax upon climax, until the onlooker's responses become deadened. Baseball is for the leisurely afternoons of summer and for the unchanging dreams.” DreamActionBasketballSummerBaseballResponseTrackHockeyAfternoonUnchangingBaseball GamesClimax Book:Games We Used to Play: A Lover's Quarrel with the World of Sports Source: Games We Used to Play: A Lover's Quarrel with the World of Sports
“[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
“Given a full summer to practice basketball, and especially my jump shot, I know that I could play in the NBA and do well.” KnowsWellsPlayGivenPracticeBasketballSummerShotsNba Author:Tony Gonzalez
“I'm most excited about going swimming and riding water slides, shooting off fireworks, and playing basketball, and things like that. That's what I really love doing. Summer is a great time.” WaterBasketballSummerExcitedShootingSwimmingRidingSlidesGreat TimesFireworksPlaying Basketball Author:Girl Talk
“It makes me think about how you hear these young people say, "I see you, man." Or even if you go and watch some basketball game over the summer and the announcer goes, "I see you," and you see that player smile. You know what I mean? That thing of just being recognized, especially when you do a little subtle thing. I don't know.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsMenMeanLittlesYoungGamesWatchesPlayerBasketballSummerSubtleJust BeingBasketball GameAnnouncersGame Over Author:Paul Beatty