Top 17 Muggsy Bogues Quotes

We tied the milk crates on each end of the fence, and we had our own milk crate basketball pickup game, and it was a good time ’cause we could jump off the fence and dunk the basketball. You had to be creative in order to play, and I wanted to play.

Speed was one of the criteria for me – one of my strengths. But I had to use them all… everything I had.

It’s a whole new world once you get to the professional rankings, being able to continue to stay on top.

Growing up as a kid in inner city of Baltimore, Maryland, the way I played the game, I used to always steal the basketball.

I loved the game. I loved it from the start. I was always with a basketball. I’d even dribble a basketball when I’d throw out the trash – and I got so that I could do it without spilling the trash.

I have a business in North Carolina but am open to coaching or broadcasting as well. I’ve got four years on my contract and want to play as long as I can with my knees, but I’ll let God take care of that.

As a small guard, you need to understand how you impact the game and make sure you impact it in the way that you can showcase your talent on the floor and having that understanding of the game. Tony Bennett was a smaller guard, too. We all have different strengths.

Our main thing was playing basketball and just trying to win games. Doing that was a representation of who you are and people wanting to associate themselves with you.

I understood my path and what I meant to the game and what I mean to kids. Not only kids, but individuals around the world. Folks that didn’t think that the game was meant for smaller people. For me, I always felt that, tall or small, the game was for all.

Everybody has a way to get to college. You study in high school, you do your work. There are always grants or loans that can be available. I guarantee you – if you want it, you can get it. Don’t close the door on yourself.

My mom always brought home a present once a week for all of us. We never felt like we ever needed anything. We never felt poor. So I never felt I had to go out and do something wrong to get money.

I was wrestling all the way to high school, but it kind of came in the same season as basketball, so I had to pick and choose one, and I decided to go all the way with basketball.

It all depends on the athlete. It all depends on if the bigger guys come out, and they become a Shaquille O’Neal, or if they become a Porzingis…You don’t ever lose sight of those type of players, even though the game has changed.

I was just trying to play the game, having fun. It was a hobby for me at the time.

There was a TV show that came on every week called the ‘Bowery Boys,’ and there was a character named Muggsy. The way I played basketball and the nickname stuck with me. No one calls me Tyrone except one person: Mom!

I played all sports when I was young. I was into wrestling, basketball, baseball, football, and I ran track. But wrestling was my main sport because there was no criterion height-wise.

Wake Forest came knocking on the door, and I accepted that offer. It changed my life completely.