“My name is Kobe Bryant, I’m 17 years old. I have the hunger, the motivation and the desire to be the best possible basketball player that I could be.”— Kobe Bryant, goalcast.com
“Dear Basketball, From the moment I started rolling my dad’s tube socks And shooting imaginary Game-winning shots In the Great Western Forum I knew one thing was real: I fell in love with you.”— Kobe Bryant, theplayerstribune.com
“The game itself is a very rhythmic game, and I think that basketball players are just naturally drawn to music.”— Kobe Bryant, espn.com
“Well you see the object of the game is to win, so if you're going to talk trash you might as well try to psych your opponent out.”— Kobe Bryant, espn.com
“I think Michael was able to compete in every part of the game. He was able to compete in every part of the game because of his size. You know, Michael was 6'6", so he was able to compete on rebounding the basketball, defending every player on the court, scoring obviously, I think his leadership was…”— Kobe Bryant, espn.com
“It's just about the love of the game, not just competing. It's a game that we all enjoy and we all love playing.”— Kobe Bryant, espn.com
“You know, if you want to be a NBA basketball player, and you set yourself in the mindframe that you’re not going to be denied, and that's what you want to accomplish, then you’re going to accomplish it.”— Kobe Bryant, espn.com
“I mean, it's just a game. No matter where you're from, it doesn't matter. If you pick up a basketball, and go on your driveway pr go to the playground, and play basketball. The more you play, the better you get.”— Kobe Bryant, espn.com
“Yeah, its amazing, because the game seems to transcend any language or cultural barriers that may be there. And its beautiful to see people reacting so enthusiastically to the game of basketball.”— Kobe Bryant, espn.com
“OK, the zone's not working. They're a little too big to play man-to-man. And we can't shoot for shit.”— Harold Ramis, Len Blum, Daniel Goldberg, Janis Allen, Triipper Harrison, Bill Murray, imdb.com
“Basketball is like poetry in motion, cross the guy to the left, take him back to the right, he's fallin' back, then just J right in his face. Then you look at him and say, ‘What?’”— Spike Lee, Jesus Shuttlesworth, Ray Allen, imdb.com
“You said we're a team. One person struggles, we all struggle. One person triumphs, we all triumph”— Mark Schwahn, Jason Lyle, Channing Tatum, imdb.com
“Marie: Oooh, all of a sudden you have scruples. Frank: I have scruples Marie. I've got scruples the size of basketballs.”— Kathy Ann Stumpe, Frank Barone, Peter Boyle, imdb.com
“Matt: Mary's a team player. She has basketball to fit in. Simon already knows who he is, and Ruthie's five. Eric: You forgot Lucy. Matt: No I didn't. She's the one you need to worry about. Eric: Why's that? Matt: Well, because she always feels left out.”— Jack LoGiudice, Matt Camden, Barry Watson, imdb.com
“A good basketball game can have us all on the edge of our seats. Games are all about the glory, pain and the play by play. And then there are the more solitary games....The games we each play all by ourselves....The social games, the mind games, we use them to pass the time to make life more interes…”— Blythe Robe, Dr. Meredith Grey, Ellen Pompeo, imdb.com
“I think a lot of it was racist, quite honestly. And the reason I’m going to say that is, I’ve never heard anybody go up in arms about, ‘Oh my god, they’re letting these kids go out and play minor-league baseball’ or, ‘They’re letting these kids come out and play minor-league hockey.’ They’re not mak…”— Stan Van Gundy, detroitnews.com
“Needless to say, being alone on an island with Curry is not an ideal vacation for most NBA players.”— Maximo Gonzales, clutchpoints.com