A tough day at the office is even tougher when your OFFICE contains spectator seating.
– Nik Posa

Any American boy can be a basketball star if he grows up, up, up.
- Bill Vaughn

Be strong in body, clean in mind, lofty in ideals.
- James Naismith

Basketball doesn’t build character it reveals it.
- Author Unknown

Basketball is like photography, if you don’t focus, all you have is the negative.
- Dan Frisby

Boards, Boards, Boards.
- Knute Rockne

Everybody pulls for David, nobody roots for Goliath.
- Wilt Chamberlain

Good, better, best. Never let it rest. Until your good is better and your better is best.
- Tim Duncan

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

If you are going to take it to the bank, then you better cash it in.
- Shannon Fish

If the NBA were on channel 5 and a bunch of frogs making love were on channel 4, I’d watch the frogs, even if they were coming in fuzzy.
- Bobby Knight

If you meet the Buddha in the lane, feed him the ball.
- Phil Jackson

Left hand, right hand, it doesn’t matter. I’m amphibious.
- Charles Shackleford

My responsibility is getting all my players playing for the name on the front of the jersey, not the one on the back.
- Author Unknown

One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Sometimes a player’s greatest challenge is coming to grips with his role on the team.
- Scottie Pippen

This is the second most exciting indoor sport, and the other one shouldn’t have spectators.
- Dick Vertleib

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

There are really only two plays: Romeo and Juliet, and put the darn ball in the basket.
- Abe Lemons

They say that nobody is perfect. Then they tell you practice makes perfect. I wish they’d make up their minds.
- Wilt Chamberlain

We have a great bunch of outside shooters. Unfortunately, all our games are played indoors.
- Weldon Drew

When I was young, I never wanted to leave the court until I got things exactly correct. My dream was to become a pro.
- Larry Bird