I have an incredible amount of basketball knowledge, and I think a lot of that is derived from having a Hall of Fame college basketball coach who was very knowledgeable of the game and I had a great high school coach who was also very knowledgeable. Alonzo Mourning
I have been coaching recently. I coached high school basketball in Arizona, and I hope that more opportunities become available.Kareem Abdul Jabbar
I lived to play basketball. Growing up as a kid, Bill Russell and the Boston Celtics were my favorite team. The way they played, the teamwork, the sacrifice, the commitment, the joy, the camaraderie, the relationship with the fans.Bill Walton
I play basketball for love and money, and they come in interchangeable order, depending on how things are going when you ask the question. Tom Heinsohn
I played basketball in high school, and I love watching sports - I'll watch everything except maybe hockey. Andy Roddick
I really do miss playing basketball. I don't play a lot of pick-up games. But I do like using basketball as a form of cross training. Jackie Joyner Kersee
I started out as a football player. I liked to inflict pain. In basketball, it was the same thing. Shaquille ONeal
I started playing baseball and soccer. Those were my sports on the streets and in school when I was growing up. I didn't even start playing basketball until I was 14. Earl Monroe
I tell kids to pursue their basketball dreams, but I tell them to not let that be their only dream. Kareem Abdul Jabbar
I think I started learning lessons about being a good person long before I ever knew what basketball was. And that starts in the home, it starts with the parental influence. Julius Lrving
I think I've gotten more attention after the Olympics than any other U.S. athlete, and it's really great that people are recognizing who I am and what I do. You look at Shaq and you see a basketball player. You look at Tiger Woods and you see a golfer. But people are responding to who I am. Johnny Weir
I think that basketball players should get the job done no matter how it looks on the screen. Oscar Robertson
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