#basketball

We learn to make a shell for ourselves when we are young and then spend the rest of our lives hoping for someone to reach inside and touch us. Just touch us—anything more than that would be too much for us to bear. ↗

— Bill Russell

#bill-russell #life #truth #life

Basketball is like photography, if you don't focus, all you have is the negative. ↗

— Dan Frisby

#photography

It's not to hurt anyone, but basketball can be rough. ↗

— Sue Wicks

#basketball #hurt #rough

I just want to try to ignore the scrutiny and all the distractions and just play hard basketball and let the best come... Improving game by game and trying to improve my game is what I want to do. ↗

— Andrew Bogut

#best #come #distractions #game #hard

In 1981, at age 31, I was voted the best player in basketball, and the most valuable player in the league. ↗

— Julius Erving

#basketball #best #i #league #most

I never knew what basketball was. I started playing on the playground. People used to laugh at me and joke at me because I was so tall and I didn't know the game and couldn't play it. ↗

— Patrick Ewing

#because #game #i #joke #knew

I played sports year around: basketball, soccer, softball and I ran track year around, from the time I was, like, six, seven. ↗

— Gabrielle Union

#basketball #i #like #played #ran

But the point of using the number was to show that sex was a great part of my life as basketball was a great part of my life. That's the reason why I was single. ↗

— Wilt Chamberlain

#great #i #life #my life #number

I'm just a seasonal guy. Basketball, football, baseball, boxing, golf. Give it to me all the time. ↗

— Jerry Ferrara

#basketball #boxing #football #give #golf

Theaters are great. They're designed to sound good, not for basketball. ↗

— Les Claypool

#designed #good #great #sound #theaters