Basketball Quotations

La Jolla Rec Center Basketball Court

Bob Wegener — Thu, 03 May 2012 15:59:47 -0700

Basketball Quote - Reporter - Bill Russell

Bob Wegener — Sun, 15 May 2011 21:32:10 -0700

"Young man, you have the question backwards."
--Bill Russell, after a reporter asked him how he would have fared against Kareem Abdul Jabbar.

Basketball Quote - True Joy - Phil Jackson

Bob Wegener — Wed, 11 May 2011 15:28:53 -0700

"In basketball -- as in life -- true joy comes from being fully present in each and every moment, not just when things are going your way."

- PHIL JACKSON, Sacred Hoops

Basketball Quote - Boy - Bill Vaughn

Bob Wegener — Thu, 05 May 2011 18:53:58 -0700

"Any American boy can be a basketball star if he grows up, up, up."

~Bill Vaughn

Basketball Quote - Superhero - Lebron James

Bob Wegener — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 18:59:59 -0700

“I’m like a superhero. Call me Basketball Man.”
- Lebron James

Basketball Quote - Things - John Wooden

Bob Wegener — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 17:01:18 -0700

"Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out." - John Wooden

Basketball Quote - Invention - James Naismith

Bob Wegener — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 13:24:56 -0700

" 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

Basketball Quote - Victory - Phil Jackson

Bob Wegener — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 17:07:49 -0700

"Yes, victory is sweet, but it doesn't necessarily make life any easier the next season or even the next day."

Basketball Quote - Incompetence - Bill Russell

Bob Wegener — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 17:03:15 -0700

"Incompetence should not be confined to one sex."
--on his opinion of female referees

Basketball Quote - Chasing Perfection - Kobe Bryant

Bob Wegener — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 16:57:31 -0700

"What I'm doing right now, I'm chasing perfection."