Words matter. These are the best George Mikan Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
New York is the center of commerce news media, television, advertising dollars.
Basketball players, the good ones, are no one-shot specialisls. This is a game which puts a premium on your ability to hit that hoop consistently, and to excel in it you’ve got to have a variety of shots.
Sports provides the chance for the athlete, unlike the ordinary person, to open the door and meet people.
The experts say I was the first real big man who was able to dominate a game. Who am I to make liars of them? But there were some other fine big centers besides me in the 1940s – Bob Kurland, Don Otten, Arnie Risen and Ed Macauley, to name a few.
Chicago’s my old home town.
Little Slater Martin, I think, was one of the best point guards ever, and we had Whitey Skoog, a great shooter, at the other guard.
With the 24-second clock, they throw up the shot so fast you don’t see plays worked very often. With the extra six seconds, you can regroup after a missed shot and work another play. It would put more coaching in the game.
I’m very near-sighted and can hardly see without my glasses.
When they widened the lane to prevent me from staying so close to the basket that just created more opportunity for me to pass the ball around.
I have led the pro league scoring for flve years and that’s honor enough for anybody.
I used to score a lot of points by putting in rebounds.
Some just don’t know the fundamentals of the game. And a smart player can contain guys like that.
There’s such a thing as retribution in sports.
The athlete has the advantage of being able to advertise in the media what he wants to do when he retires.
We had one of the best point guards in the game in Dugie Martin. He fed me for a lot of my points, and he even gave Bob Cousy a lot of trouble.
When I played, it was the center’s duty to be within 10 feet of the basket.
Heck yes; a center always likes to shoot like a guard. But that just wasn’t my thing to do.
We used to dunk in pregame practice, not in the game.
Coach Meyer taught me everything I know about the game. He taught me to think it. I’d never had a coach before him.
I never forced my boys to play basketball. I only work with them on individual problems when they come to me.
Kareem copied my hook shot.
Our guards were 5-10, 5-11. Now you’ve got guys 6-9 playing guard.
They amputated my my right leg right below the knee. It was a tough decision, but it had to be done.
I had a habit of when I dressed before a game to place my eyeglasses on a locker shelf for safety.
If we can’t get a shot after five passes, what’s Ihe use of trying to set up a shot at all?
