1. "One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team." - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
2. "Any American boy can be a basketball star if he grows up, up, up." - Bill Vaughn
3. "Talent wins games, but team work and intelligence wins championships." - Michael Jordan
4. "The best teams have chemistry. They communicate with each other and they sacrifice personal glory for the common goal." - Dave DeBusschere
5. "I tell kids to pursue their basketball dreams, but I tell them to not let that be their only dream." - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
6. "You can practice shooting eight
hours a day, but if your technique is wrong, then all you become is very
good at shooting the wrong way. Get the fundamentals down and the level
of everything you do will rise." - Michael Jordan
7. "As far as carrying the torch for the years to come, I don't know. I just want to be the best basketball player I can be." - Kobe Bryant
8. "There are really only two plays: Rome and Juliet, and put the darn ball in the basket." - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
9. "You don't play against opponents, you play against the game of basketball." - Bobby Knight
10. "Even when I'm old and gray, I won't be able to play it, but I'll still love the game" - Michael Jordan
11. "Be strong in body, clean in mind, lofty in ideals." - Dr. James Naismith
12. "Basketball is a game that gives you every
chance to be great, and puts every pressure on you to prove that you
haven't got what it takes. It never takes away the chance, and it never
eases up on the pressure." - Bob Sundvold
13. "Basketball is like photography, if you don't focus, all you have is the negative." - Dan Frisby
14. “When it's played the way is spozed to be
played, basketball happens in the air; flying, floating, elevated above
the floor, levitating the way oppressed peoples of this earth imagine
themselves in their dreams.” - John Edgar Wideman
15. “Me shooting 40% at the foul line is just God’s way to say nobody’s perfect.” -Shaquille O’Neal
16. “I would tell players to relax and never
think about what’s at stake. Just think about the basketball game. If
you start to think about who is going to win the championship, you’ve
lost your focus.” - Michael Jordan
17. “I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.” - Michael Jordan
18. “Don’t let what other people think decide who you are.” - Dennis Rodman
19. “I have missed more than 9000 shots in my
career. I have lost almost 300 games. On 26 occasions I have been
entrusted to take the game winning shot...and missed. And I have failed
over and over and over again in my life. And that is why... I succeed.” - Michael Jordan
20. "If all I'm remembered for is being a good basketball player, then I've done a bad job with the rest of my life." - Isiah Thomas
21. "A basketball team is like the five
fingers on your hand. If you can get them all together, you have a
fist. That's how I want you to play." - Mike Krzyzewski
22. "I can do something else besides stuff a ball through a hoop. My biggest resource is my mind." - Kareem Abdul-Jabber
23. "You have to be able to center yourself, to
let all of your emotions go... Don't ever forget that you play with your
soul as well as your body." - Kareem Abdul-Jabber
24. "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." - Magic Johnson
25. "I'm tired of hearing about money, money, money, money, money. I just want to play the game, drink Pepsi, wear Reebok." - Shaquille O’Neal
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About Basketball....
Basketball (commonly nicknamed "B-ball" or "hoops") is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules. Basketball is one of the world's most popular and widely viewed sports.[1]
A regulation basketball hoop consists of a rim 18 inches in diameter and 10 feet high mounted to a backboard. A team can score a field goal by shooting the ball through the hoop during regular play. A field goal scores two points for the shooting team if a player is touching or closer to the hoop than the three-point line, and three points (a "3 pointer") if the player is "outside" the three-point line. The team with more points at the end of the game wins, but additional time (overtime) may be issued when the game ends with a tie. The ball can be advanced on the court by bouncing it while walking or running (dribbling) or passing it to a teammate. It is a violation (traveling) to walk with the ball, carry it, or to double dribble (to hold the ball and then resume dribbling).
Various violations are generally called "fouls". Disruptive physical contact (a personal foul) is penalized, and a free throw is usually awarded to an offensive player if he is fouled while shooting the ball. A technical foul may also be issued when certain infractions occur, most commonly for unsportsmanlike conduct on the part of a player or coach. A technical foul gives the opposing team a free throw.
Basketball has evolved many commonly used techniques of shooting, passing, and dribbling, as well as specialized player positions and offensive and defensive structures (player positioning) and techniques. Typically, the tallest members of a team will play "center", "small forward", or "power forward" positions, while shorter players or those who possess the best ball handling skills and speed play "point guard" or "shooting guard".
While competitive basketball is carefully regulated, numerous variations of basketball have developed for casual play. Competitive basketball is primarily an indoor sport played on carefully marked and maintained basketball courts, but less regulated variations are often played outdoors in both inner city and rural areas.
Basketball (commonly nicknamed "B-ball" or "hoops") is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules. Basketball is one of the world's most popular and widely viewed sports.[1]
A regulation basketball hoop consists of a rim 18 inches in diameter and 10 feet high mounted to a backboard. A team can score a field goal by shooting the ball through the hoop during regular play. A field goal scores two points for the shooting team if a player is touching or closer to the hoop than the three-point line, and three points (a "3 pointer") if the player is "outside" the three-point line. The team with more points at the end of the game wins, but additional time (overtime) may be issued when the game ends with a tie. The ball can be advanced on the court by bouncing it while walking or running (dribbling) or passing it to a teammate. It is a violation (traveling) to walk with the ball, carry it, or to double dribble (to hold the ball and then resume dribbling).
Various violations are generally called "fouls". Disruptive physical contact (a personal foul) is penalized, and a free throw is usually awarded to an offensive player if he is fouled while shooting the ball. A technical foul may also be issued when certain infractions occur, most commonly for unsportsmanlike conduct on the part of a player or coach. A technical foul gives the opposing team a free throw.
Basketball has evolved many commonly used techniques of shooting, passing, and dribbling, as well as specialized player positions and offensive and defensive structures (player positioning) and techniques. Typically, the tallest members of a team will play "center", "small forward", or "power forward" positions, while shorter players or those who possess the best ball handling skills and speed play "point guard" or "shooting guard".
While competitive basketball is carefully regulated, numerous variations of basketball have developed for casual play. Competitive basketball is primarily an indoor sport played on carefully marked and maintained basketball courts, but less regulated variations are often played outdoors in both inner city and rural areas.
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