#bask

I have an incredible amount of basketball knowledge, and I think a lot of that is derived from having a Hall of Fame college basketball coach who was very knowledgeable of the game and I had a great high school coach who was also very knowledgeable. ↗

— Alonzo Mourning

#amount #basketball #coach #college #derived

Yeah, I like cars and basketball. But you know what I like more? Bananas. ↗

— Frankie Muniz

#basketball #cars #i #know #like

I am sure that no man can derive more pleasure from money or power than I do from seeing a pair of basketball goals in some out of the way place. ↗

— James Naismith

#basketball #derive #goals #i #i am

The invention of basketball was not an accident. It was developed to meet a need. Those boys simply would not play 'Drop the Handkerchief.' ↗

— James Naismith

#basketball #developed #drop #handkerchief #invention

Then you've got Georgetown, and I really just like everything about them. When I went down there with my mom, it really opened my eyes to what they were all about. I have to factor in what a school like that can do for me, even away from being a basketball player. ↗

— Nerlens Noel

#away #ball player #basketball #basketball player #being

With me and basketball, it became part of me. ↗

— Mike Krzyzewski

#became #me #part

And I want to do it the right way, like everybody else, not just a famous figurehead that gets a job because he is a famous basketball player. I want to really learn the business. ↗

— Shaquille O'Neal

#basketball #basketball player #because #business #else

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. ↗

— Shaquille O'Neal

#ball #basketball #dream #father #gave

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

— Shaquille O'Neal

#down #else #everybody #everybody else #i

Basketball is in my blood. It is my obligation to try. ↗

— Hakeem Olajuwon

#blood #obligation #try