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• I could’ve played basketball, but my mind was on baseball. I didn’t know what I was in for. In high school it was a matter of talent. No one told you what to do.

  Eric Davis

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  Tags in Basketball, School

• And it blew my mind when I started to get wind of the fact that they actually liked me being around. That was humbling, because Kentucky basketball is a big deal, and I am not the biggest fan – I am just the most notorious one.

  Ashley Judd

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Humbling, Notorious, Basketball

• I wanted to do two things when I was growing up, about your age. I wanted to play in the NBA, and I wanted to be a businessman after my basketball career was over, and that is what I am doing now.

  Earvin Johnson Jr.

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Basketball, Player, Businessman, Career

• Basketball isn’t as popular in Canada as it is in the US. Hockey is by far the most popular sport in Canada.

  Steve Nash

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  Tags in Basketball, Canada

• Someday I might have to put down a basketball and have a regular 9-to-5 like everybody else.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Basketball

• In baseball, you don’t know nothing.

  Yogi Berra

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  Tags in Basketball

• I understand business and understand the ugly face of baseball, which is the business part of baseball.

  Pedro Martinez

  Topics in Business

  Tags in Understand, Basketball

• But the point of using the number was to show that s*x was a great part of my life as basketball was a great part of my life. That’s the reason why I was single.

  Wilt Chamberlain

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Basketball, My Life, Single

• The thing I like about my body is that it’s strong. I can move furniture around my apartment. I can ride my horse… I can play basketball. It’s a well functioning machine.

  Cindy Crawford

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Strong, Thing, Basketball

• I play basketball on Sundays and I’m a very spiritual guy; I read a lot of Eastern philosophy and I meditate.

  Garry Shandling

  Topics in Spirituality

  Tags in Self, Basketball, Philosophy

• I’m not a role model… Just because I dunk a basketball doesn’t mean I should raise your kids.

  Charles Barkley

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Mean, Basketball

• 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.

  Charles Barkley

  Topics in Sports

  Tags in Basketball, Direction

• I knew I was dog meat. Luckily, I’m the high-priced dog meat that everybody wants. I’m the good-quality dog meat. I’m the Alpo of the NBA.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Topics in Sports

  Tags in Basketball

• Sometimes a player’s greatest challenge is coming to grips with his role on the team.

  Scottie Pippen

  Tags in Basketball

• That was a great rebound. His basketball IQ is great. That was one where we knew we had the game.

  Aaron Brooks

  Topics in Sports

  Tags in Great, Game, Basketball

• I enjoy the last quarter of all basketball games.

  Sarah Silverman

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Basketball, Games

• I use to think I’d have a future playin basketball but all I’ve been doin’ is puttin people in caskets ya’ll.

  Z-Ro

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  Tags in Playing, Basketball