“I can score the basketball, but I think I can pass pretty well or I can make the correct pass. I'm not the type of guy who's just going to throw the ball inbounds to a guy who's wide open. I can make the right pass.” ThinkingWellsI CanGuyTypeBasketballBallsWideScoreType Of Guy Author:Kevin Durant
“As a military child I first learned how to deal with different types of people and how to deal with order.” PeopleFirstsChildrenDifferentOrderDealsMilitaryTypeBasketball Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“When I was young I was on punishment a lot and I used to watch a lot of TV, and I asked myself a question: 'How come people like Mike? How come they like Magic? How come they like Bird? How come they don't like the big guys?' So I just throw a little bit of what they were doing. You smile, you act crazy and silly. And I think people like me because I'm different. I've always been a class clown type of guy. It comes natural.” PeopleThinkingLittlesDifferentBigsYoungUsedGuyBitsNaturalClassWatchesMagicCrazyTvsTypeBasketballLittle BitBirdSillyPunishmentLike MeClownMikeDoing YouBig GuysType Of GuyLike Mike Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“I've been the type of person [and] the type of athlete, I don't like to be given anything. I like to earn.” PersonsGivenTypeBasketballAthlete Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“My first motion capture game was with Sony - NBA: The Life. It was very ahead of its time. Brandon Akiaten, he was the writer and director. He had a real vision of what this game was meant to be; it was a basketball game where I was the Jerry Maguire sports agent type guy. And it was great!” FirstsRealGuyGamesSportsVisionTypeDirectorsBasketballAgentsNbaMeant To BeCaptureJerryWere Meant To BeSonyBasketball Game Author:Nolan North
“My whole thing was, just being me. Now, you look around the NBA and all of them have tattoos, guys wearing cornrows. Now you see the police officers with the cornrows. I took a beating for those types of things.” LooksWholeGuyTypeBasketballPoliceNbaOfficersJust BeingTattooBeing MePolice OfficerJust Being Me Author:Allen Iverson
“I know, basketball is a dance. I didn't understand the significance of that type of training at first. I was supposed to read poems.” KnowsFirstsTypeBasketballTrainingSignificance Author:Dirk Nowitzki
“I've always been a workout type guy. So if I'm feeling down or I'm not happy with something, I go to the gym and I get a shot of energy. If things don't go well in any aspect of my life, I'm going to the gym and I'm going to shoot. That's my one type of place that's a safe haven where I go and it's just me, the basketball and the hoop, and I'm just doing something I love to do.” IfsWellsFeelingsGuyEnergyHavensTypeSafeBasketballShotsAspectGymWorkoutNot HappySafe HavenFeeling Down Author:LaMarcus Aldridge
“[The NBA] used to be a small band of basketball groupies. Now there are a lot more corporate-type people working in the league.” PeopleUsedTypeBandBasketballUsed To BeCorporateLeagueNbaGroupie Author:Jerry West
“People got to realize that the owners who been paying me are a lot richer than I am. It's not like I was born rich; I had to play basketball to make this type of money.” PeoplePlayRealizingBornRichTypeBasketballOwners Author:Moses Malone
“In planning any type of offense, when a player leaves a spot always replace him with another offensive player.” PlayerTypeBasketballPlanningSpotsCoachingOffensiveOffenseBasketball Coaching Author:Hubie Brown
“In all the research you do as a coach, studying other coaches and championship-type situations, you find that all those teams combined talent with great defense. You've got to stop other teams to win.” WinningSituationStudyTeamTalentTypeBasketballResearchDefenseCoachesCoachingChampionshipBasketball CoachingInspirational BasketballMotivational BasketballBasketball CoachBasketball MotivationBasketball TeamGood BasketballGreat BasketballBasketball WinningAwesome BasketballWinning Basketball Author:Pat Riley
“Probably the most important aspect of individual defensive play is the 'close-out.' This approach to the ball should be made in a 'step-drag action' with advanced foot moving forward first and then the back foot in a boxer's type shuffling of the feet.” ShouldFirstsMadeImportantPlayActionMovingIndividualStepsFeetTypeBasketballApproachAspectBallsMoving ForwardCoachingDragBasketball CoachingBoxersShuffling Author:Tex Winter
“You can talk without saying a thing. I don't ever want to be that type of person.” WantPersonsTypeBasketball Author:Charles Barkley