“There was not too much to do as a kid when we arrived in Germany. Playing basketball and listening to music gave me something to do.” KidsToo MuchListeningBasketballGermanyListening To MusicPlaying Basketball Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“[The movies] glamorize game day a little bit too much. It's such a focus. They miss a lot of the nuts and bolts, and the time that goes into the preparation each week, or each couple of days in basketball.” LittlesGamesBitsToo MuchFocusWeekMissingCoupleBasketballLittle BitPreparationNutsBoltsNuts And BoltsGame Day Author:Vince Kehres
“The guy, Magic Johnson, built a business empire and you don't do that just because you have a pretty smile. The guy is definitely a smart guy, knows what he's doing. He's a basketball genius. So to downplay that and disrespect that, I thought it was stereotyping him way too much.” KnowsWayGuyToo MuchMagicGeniusBasketballSmartBuiltEmpiresStereotypeJohnsonDisrespectSmart Guy Author:Mychal Thompson
“I'm not playing for other people; if I start thinking in those terms I would put too much pressure on myself. I play basketball because that is what I love to do.” PeopleIfsThinkingInspirationalPlayTermToo MuchPlayerBasketballPressureFollow Your HeartListen To Your HeartPush YourselfInspirational BasketballListen To Yourself Author:Jeremy Lin
“Don't talk too much. Don't pop off. Don't talk after the game until you cool off.” BelieveGamesLeadershipToo MuchBasketballPopsCoachingNba Author:Bear Bryant
“I think black Americans expect too much from individual black Americans in terms of changing the status quo.” ThinkingIndividualBlackTermToo MuchBasketballStatus QuoChallenging Status QuoChallenging The Status Quo Author:Kareem Abdul-Jabbar