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I played basketball to try to get my parents from working so hard.

Hockey is a sport for white men. Basketball is a sport for black men. Golf is a sport for white men dressed like black pimps.

Tiger Woods

Men

Basketball

Golf

What you are as a person is far more important that what you are as a basketball player.

John Wooden

Basketball

I played varsity on all of them for four years. I'm 5'9 and that's not that tall for a center so I was a forward. I loved playing volleyball and basketball and track I was good at, but it stressed me out.

Bridgette Wilson

Basketball

Years

Once I grew from 6'1" to about 6'6", by that time I was going into 12th grade, and that's when I started wanting to play basketball, because, pretty much basketball players always got the girl.

I played baseball, and that's pretty much it. Basketball came late, this was, basketball was the sport that I tried to master, I kind of mastered baseball, so basketball was one of those things where I wanted to master this game, so that's why I probably play it the way I do.

Charles and I go back since college. None of us thought this would happen, we just wanted to play basketball. This is the highest honor that can ever be paid, and it's mind-blowing.

Both of us played basketball, and I played tennis and my knees are done. Now if you ask us head-to-head who wins at golf, I'm asking for a couple of strokes.

I try to never lose sight of what a special time it is to be a women's basketball player.

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

Sue Wicks

Basketball

Hurt

Handball, swimming, running, jumping, basketball, and boxing were as much a part of me as breathing.

Michael Jordan was a tremendous basketball player.

Lee Trevino

Basketball

The caliber of play suffered and attendance declined year by year. Interest in college football was exploding, and there was this new game called basketball.

It wasn't about the X's and the O's and the strategy; it was more about keeping 12 guys focused and committed to a task. That group dynamic, and then helping them to grow as people and basketball players.

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.