I come from an area where it’s mostly, like, football and basketball, those are the sports. So my brother started surfing… I used to make fun of him for it, and then he challenged me to do it, and I’m a huge competitor, and I did it ,and I got hooked.
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.
I didn’t start sweating until I had children. That was one of the first things I realized when my daughter Violet was born – I started getting wicked BO. You know there’s a difference between basketball BO and stress BO? This was definitely stress BO. Like, new dad BO.
If I played basketball, and you played with me, and all of a sudden you become my head coach, there isn’t anything you can tell me, dude. Because your years in the league were just as long as mine. Why are you coaching me? That’s one of the things that I hate.
Celebration is big for me. From my younger days, when I used to win mementos while playing basketball, I have always believed in sharing my success. It has to be there. It lifts the energy levels of the entire side if you are positive and vocal when a wicket falls.
Playing basketball all my life, I’ve collected a lot of different basketball shoes. It’s pretty much all I wear.
We know the WNBA is not making billions of dollars like the NBA, but we want to be in a place where we don’t have to play basketball all year round.
I love sports. I’ve played basketball, baseball, soccer, tennis, track and field growing up.
The biggest scandal I was ever involved in was – in high school, at a basketball game, I shot and scored for the other team.
You don’t contest shots without expending energy. You don’t get deflections – unless you walk into one every now and then – without expending energy. These are the things in basketball you have to really want to do.
Being named as a finalist for the USA Basketball National Team is an unbelievable feeling and an opportunity that is truly humbling. It is an honor to be included with such talented players and I look forward to the chance to represent my country this summer.
I’ve always felt that, you know, the Almighty has a lot of things to do other than help my basketball team.
All-time favorite workout is basketball. It’s very hard to do basketball training, though, but it’s my favorite.
I feel like people who know me, my fans, I want them to know I’m just a regular 21-year-old kid who likes movies, who likes to have fun. It lets people see the other side of you and not just the basketball thing.
I would never do ‘Dancing With The Stars,’ because it’s just not fair. I am too good of a dancer. It would be like LeBron James playing little league basketball.
I think I started learning lessons about being a good person long before I ever knew what basketball was. And that starts in the home, it starts with the parental influence.
I have always maintained that in basketball the importance of the mental to the physical is about four to one.
When the Japanese occupied Korea in the early 20th century, they brought their passion for baseball with them, and the game swiftly surpassed basketball and soccer as the nation’s pre-eminent sport.
I’m what you would term a lifer. Basketball is what I love. It doesn’t matter where I’m doing it or in what position I’m doing it. I just love contributing to the game.
I liked football a lot, too, but basketball clearly is my first love.
The real guys that I knew were really cool people, who I played basketball with and traveled with on teams and knew their families and knew that they love their family. They just happen to do something that wasn’t all the way legal, but it was a part of their life, and you knew that they hustled.
I really want to start playing basketball. I actually bought a new basketball.
I remember wearing the big oversized baseball and basketball jerseys and Timbaland boots. I was a tomboy growing up. I recently caught a picture of myself, and I was like, ‘God! What was I thinking about?’
I was in school to play basketball; I wasn’t trying to be a doctor. It’s hard to talk about the NCAA rules and everything that happened in the past because I’ve just been focused on practicing and getting ready… I was trying to reach my dreams, and that’s to play in the NBA.
Basketball is so unique. It’s both a team and an individual sport.
I watch basketball all day every day. So when I’m watching the games, I watch it – I just enjoy watching basketball – but when I’m watching other people play, I’m really just watching as a student trying to figure different things out.
Basketball is like war in that offensive weapons are developed first, and it always takes a while for the defense to catch up.
When I’m in Miami I like to go and watch basketball, the Miami Heat.
When I said I retired from basketball playing, I have retired. You will not see me play again. That is a promise.
I was pretty hot-tempered all through school. I remember my high school basketball coach telling me: ‘Boy, if you don’t learn to control that temper, you’re gonna kill somebody.’
If you like playing basketball, you play basketball. If you like playing golf, you play golf.
My personal life is the same. At the end of the day, this is just a job. I love what I do, and it’s a great job. But it’s like my alter ego. There’s Chris Brown the singer. And there’s Christopher Brown, the down-home Tappahannock boy that plays video games and basketball and hangs out.
We are very passionate and very emotional people in Serbia. Everything we do, it is done with emotions. We are very good at sport, tennis, basketball, football ,water polo, volleyball. We always try to show this character and use it.
Sports were a big part of my life. I was the captain of the basketball team in high school, and captain of the basketball team at Princeton.
When I lose the sense of motivation and the sense to prove something as a basketball player, it’s time for me to move away from the game.
I played basketball in high school, and I love watching sports – I’ll watch everything except maybe hockey.
I never thought a basketball shoe would be named after a woman, let alone me.
I think, growing up, I was seen as the perfect power forward. For a long time, I thought maybe I was supposed to be a basketball player.
My whole career has been trying to please people in basketball. Now it’s time to please myself.
Basketball, man: it is a land of giants.
I played college basketball in West Virginia for two years, and then I graduated from NYU with a sports management degree because I realized the NBA’s not going to happen.
When I’m away from basketball, I hang out with my friends, chill, and that’s about it.
Where I’m from, Bastrop, Louisiana, you played football, basketball, and baseball; you ran track – and that was about it.
What you are as a person is far more important than what you are as a basketball player.
I’m someone who always comes on the court no matter what’s going on in my life. It’s all about basketball and my teammates and my team. I don’t let any distractions in, and I bring my best every night, regardless of what’s going on or what people are talking about.
Playing basketball is definitely one of my favorite things to do.
Since I’ve been a part of this league, I can’t recall when they’ve actually made rules that have actually helped to improve the game of basketball.
My father made me who I am. He gave me a basketball and told me to play with the ball, sleep with the ball, dream with the ball. Just don’t take it to school. I used it as a pillow, and it never gave me a stiff neck.
There’s so much that I want to do. I feel like I’m the Magic Johnson of rap. You know, Magic was great on the basketball court, but he’s bigger as a businessman.
I was always doing something physical. My brothers and I used to have handstand contests. We’d walk around the projects on our hands and see who could get the farthest. I was always playing football with them, basketball or racing in the street.
No guy on the basketball court is a threat to score with LeBron James out there. Not only will LeBron dominate from the offensive end as well, but he’s also doing it on the defensive end, which really makes him the complete package.
We’re talking about being relevant again. I want the Sixers to be on people’s tongues again… I want the Sixers to be the basketball team that people want to see.
I really do miss playing basketball. I don’t play a lot of pick-up games. But I do like using basketball as a form of cross training.
Sitting behind the bench at games is the hardest thing I’ve ever had to go through because basketball is really most of my happiness. So when I can’t go out there and exert energy and have fun and things like that, it kind of puts everything else into perspective.
After spending more than 17 years playing for the NBA, in the summertime, I always came back to community service and different basketball clinics.
My goals have gone from being an all-star to just being able to play basketball. I always took for granted that I could play. Now I know what a gift it is.
