Best Dunking Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“I used slam dunking as a tool for intimidation.”

“One time, I put up 40, 50 points dunking on Shawn Bradley. After the game, he brought his family over. He was like, 'This is my wife. She wants to take a picture.' I'm like, 'Nice to meet you.' I smile into the camera, take the picture, and then feel guilty about dunking on him so many times.”

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Author:Shaquille O'Neal

“Historically the Puritans left England to escape religious persecution, and they promptly turned around and started persecuting the people they didn't agree with - the scarlet letter A, and the stocks and the dunking board came from that. That puritanism is still there.”

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Author:Hugh Hefner

“Basketball is like war in that offensive weapons are developed first, and it always takes a while for the defense to catch up.”

“In the history of the treatment of depression, there was the dunking stool, purging of the bowels of black bile, hoses, attempts to shock the patient. All of these represent hatred or aggression towards what depression represents in the patient.”

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Author:James Hillman

“Dunking is something guys care more about than girls, There's something about jumping that seems to fascinate guys. Girls are more, like, 'As long as the ball goes in, who cares how you got it there?'”

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Author:Lisa Leslie

“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.”

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Author:Michael Arrington

“Sports are basically our way of feeling sorry for ourselves. Most men can't become athletes. We're watching guys who actually made it. We see them dunking and making touchdowns. Then we think about ourselves when we were younger.”

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Author:Kevin Hart

“If you go in in the morning and have had a rough night, dunking your face in ice water is really good.”

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Author:Gwyneth Paltrow

“I'm not a role model... Just because I dunk a basketball doesn't mean I should raise your kids.”

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Author:Charles Barkley

“If I weren't earning $3 million a year to dunk a basketball, most people on the street would run in the other direction if they saw me coming.”

Source: Outrageous!

“When I first submerged my feet into frigid water, they hurt so badly I yanked them out again. I persisted, dunking them for longer and longer periods, until the cold finally blistered.”

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Book:The Sara Gruen Collection: Water for Elephants - At the Water's Edge - Ape House

Source: The Sara Gruen Collection: Water for Elephants - At the Water's Edge - Ape House

“So after E, it’s A for ‘Acceptable,’ and that’s the last pass grade, isn’t it?” “Yep,” said Fred, dunking an entire roll in his soup, transferring it to his mouth, and swallowing it whole. “Then you get P for ‘Poor’ ” — Ron raised both his arms in mock celebration — “and D for ‘Dreadful.’ ” “And then T,” George reminded him. “T?” asked Hermione, looking appalled. “Even lower than a D? What on earth does that stand for?” “ ‘Troll,’ ” said George promptly.”

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Author:J. K. Rowling

“I realize now that there's a strength in dunking that I can use to my advantage. When you dunk all the time it isn't as demoralizing to the opponent, but when you dunk at a key moment in the game you can use it to change the momentum.”

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Author:Kobe Bryant

“I haven't been able to slam-dunk the basketball for the past five years. Or, for the thirty-eight years before that, either.”

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Author:Dave Barry

“I'm laid back, I take my time, get the job done. Lebron is high flying, dunking, passing the ball well. He's getting the job done, too. But we're different.”

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Author:Carmelo Anthony

“When I dunk, I put something on it. I want the ball to hit the floor before I do.”

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Author:Darryl Dawkins

“If people are well paid for reality television and cotton candy and dunking a basketball, why can't they be well paid for changing young minds?”

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Book:One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories

Source: One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories

“I'm not going to put my energy into dunking every time I get the ball. That's stupid.”

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Author:Andrew Bogut

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