Quotes & Sayings About Basketball Shots

My homies that are around me never give me that 'star pass.' I've hung out with some stars who are playing basketball and everyone let's them score all the baskets. Shooting pool, they let them make all the shots. My homies don't let me get away with that. — Jamie Foxx

The quality of the pass leads directly to the quality of the shot — Pete Carril

I believe that good defense embodies seven cardinal principle: reduce the number of your opponent's shots; force your opponent into low percentage shots; control everything within 18 feet; eliminate second shots; no easy baskets; point the ball on all long shots; and prevent the ball from going into the pivot man. — Adolph Rupp

Switch if you have to! It's not the mismatch that beats you, it's the open shot! — Rick Majerus

There's discussion in athletics about how sport - where they say 'SportsCenter' has ruined the fundamentals of basketball because it's - it only applauds dunks and three point shots and blocks, and I think, you know, the cable news has done the same thing for politics. — Dan Pfeiffer

I'm looking for activity. I put players in and take them out based on effort and defense, not making or missing shots — Doc Rivers

Anytime you have a Pat Riley running things, calling the shots, you are not going to question things because he has been through it. He knows what it is all about and what it takes to win. All we have to do on our end is play basketball because we know the right calls and the right decisions are going to be made up top. — Udonis Haslem

Basketball is a game of sacrificing yourself for the next guy, being a team that takes good shots, and taking the right shots — David Blatt

Most lay-ups and two foot jump shots around the goal are missed by not putting the ball up high enough on the backboard — Rick Majerus

How should we Democrats select the next presidential nominee? Smoke filled rooms? Brokered convention? National primary? Personally, I prefer jump shots from the top of the key. — Bill Bradley

Michael Jordan, the basketball great, is a case in point. In a famous Nike commercial, he said: 'I've missed more than nine thousand shots. I've lost almost three hundred games. Twenty-six times I've been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed.' For many the ad was perplexing. Why boast about your mistakes? But to Jordan it made perfect sense. 'Mental toughness and heart are a lot stronger than some of the physical advantages you might have,' he said. 'I've always said that and I've always believed that.' James — Matthew Syed

Basketball is a team game. But that doesn't mean all five players should have the same amount of shots. — Dean Smith

I'm not against taking shots, but I am against taking bad shots. — Henry Iba

I was just letting the shots fly. You know, I don't leave any bullets in the chamber. — Kobe Bryant

They continue to criticize me for my outside shooting, but I continue to make outside shots. — LeBron James

I had some shots that I felt like I should've made; I just didn't make them. I'm not going to shoot the ball great every night. — Kobe Bryant

You create shots for yourself by what you do without the ball more than what you do after you get it — Steve Alford

You have to make shots to win basketball games and we didn't do that. You also have to get back on defense, so it was a double-whammy. — Gregg Popovich

I don't watch a lot of other basketball away from the gym. But I do look at LeBron's box score. I want to see how many points, rebounds and assists he had, and how he shot from the field. If he had 30 points, nine rebounds and eight assists, I can tell you exactly how he did it, what type of shots he made and who he passed to. — Kevin Durant

If you're going to hire an assassin, let him go out and kill someone. I can't be Shaq taking six or seven shots. — Shaquille O'Neal

We play a different style than other teams. It's effective, but different. We run the floor, block shots and create turnovers. — Steve Nash

Good shooters take the shots; best shooters take most of the shots. — Don Meyer

You know how when you step on court your coach is like "go go go!"? And all throughout you just keep telling yourself to hit harder and harder and keep at it? You know how much you treasure those five-minute timeouts? You know how good you feel at the end of a session? You know how you're glad you're tired? No pills, no shots, just plain energy. I want to work like that. Whether I have to write ten thousand words or send five hundred emails, brainstorm for hours at a time, I want to have that energy. To keep fighting. To know it's all worth it.
Oh, yeah. That's my perfect day. — Thisuri Wanniarachchi

I'm pretty much able to play any style. I'm not here to demand 40 or 50 shots. But I would like 30. — Shaquille O'Neal

You never make any of the shots you never take. 87% of the ones you do take, you'll miss too. I make 110% of my shots. — Larry Bird

Coaching staff: I know there's days you look at that film and you want to kill me. I'm not playing defense, taking bad shots, getting too many techs. But you always believe that I can be the guy. Through the tough times, you guys never left my side ... That's something that I really appreciate and I never want to take you guys for granted. I thank you so much for being part of my life. And not just on the basketball court, but giving me talks about growing as a man first, and a basketball player next. — Kevin Durant