Basketball Quotes

"The idea is not to block every shot. The idea is to make your opponent believe that you might block every shot."
-Bill Russell

"You don't play against opponents. You play against the game of basketball."
-Bobby Knight

"The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes in or not."
-Charles Barkley

"This is the second most exciting indoor sport, and the other one shouldn't have spectators."
-Dick Vertleib

"Giving [Earvin] "Magic" [Johnson] the basketball is like giving Hitler an army, Jesse James a gang, or Genghis Khan a horse."
-Jim Murray

"If I weren't earning $3 million a year to dunk a basketball, most people on the street would run in the other direction if they saw me coming."
-Charles Barkley