#basketball

My father was a soccer player. All my friends played basketball though, so I stuck with basketball. ↗

— Steve Nash

#father #friends #i #played #player

It took me a while to realize that basketball wasn't football. ↗

— Merlin Olsen

#football #me #realize #took #while

Nobody cared about swimming. You could draw a crowd for basketball. ↗

— Merlin Olsen

#basketball #cared #could #crowd #draw

Kobe Bryant is my favorite basketball player. He takes risks. He goes for the shot. He isn't cautious with whatever he does. ↗

— Haley Joel Osment

#basketball #basketball player #bryant #cautious #does

He knew I enjoyed the relationships of college basketball. All along, he was the wise one. ↗

— Rick Pitino

#basketball #college #enjoyed #i #knew

I think we have our sports within our own culture that are huge with baseball, football, basketball, and hockey. Those are the sports in America that we grow up with and soccer isn't really there yet. ↗

— Claudio Reyna

#baseball #basketball #culture #football #grow

I think I was a good student, because I jumped over a school. My main interest was basically history and literature. Sports were basically basketball and swimming at a pool. I was so happy. ↗

— Shimon Peres

#basketball #because #good #good student #happy

You don't play against opponents, you play against the game of basketball. ↗

— Bobby Knight

#against #basketball #game #opponents #play

When I said I retired from basketball playing, I have retired. You will not see me play again. That is a promise. ↗

— Karl Malone

#basketball #i #me #play #playing

Basketball is my passion, I love it. But my family and friends mean everything to me. That's what's important. I need my phone so I can keep in contact with them at all times. ↗

— LeBron James

#contact #everything #family #friends #i