#basketball

Basketball, in America, is like a culture. It is like a foreigner learning a new language. It is difficult to learn foreign languages and it will also be difficult for me to learn the culture for basketball here. ↗

— Yao Ming

#america #basketball #culture #difficult #foreign

In the original script, my character was a basketball player rather than a boxer. I didn't think I could pull that off. I'm a little short to be a basketball player! ↗

— Eddie Murphy

#basketball #basketball player #boxer #character #could

Basketball isn't as popular in Canada as it is in the US. Hockey is by far the most popular sport in Canada. ↗

— Steve Nash

#canada #far #hockey #most #popular

I had an extremely boring time doing 20 to 30 trades a day while everyone was talking about baseball or basketball. So I stood there fantasizing about a device that could do the same thing I was doing. ↗

— Thomas Peterffy

#baseball #basketball #boring #could #day

I'm not super social, don't really go to parties, or basketball games, or football games very often, the big social occasions. ↗

— Taylor Phinney

#basketball #big #football #football games #games

Basketball talent is basketball talent, no matter if it comes from the suburbs or the city. Take the time to know and understand me before you judge me. Only God can do that. Roses do grow from concrete! ↗

— Chris Webber

#before #city #comes #concrete #god

I want to be in the Guinness Book of World Record’s for something ridiculous like juggling poison-tipped porcupines, playing the piano blindfolded while tightrope walking in tights, or throwing a rubber ball in a circular rim adorned with a dangling white nylon net. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#funny #guinness-book-of-world-records #piano #funny

You need to be more careful, or you could hurt yourself." Right. Thank you, Mrs. Detweiler. I never would have come to that conclusion by myself. I was planning on incorporating a backflip into my next walk across the classroom but on second thought... ↗

— Janette Rallison

#basketball #fall #falling #funny #gymastics

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