Basketball has so much showboating you'd think it was invented by Jerome Kern.
Art Spander |
Basketball, a game which won't be fit for people until they set the basket umbilicus-high and return the giraffes to the zoo.
Ogden Nash |
I believe in higher education. You know, 6'8", 6'9", 6'10"
David Games |
If cocaine were helium, the NBA would float away.
Art Rust |
I'm in favour of drug tests, just so long as they are multiple choice.
Kurt Rambis |
In basketball, the first person to touch the ball shoots it. Either that or the coach carefully diagrams a set play and then the first player to touch it shoots it.
Gene Klein |
Many Americans follow pro basketball from November through June, for reasons that I found unexplainable, other than the fact that they were overly fascinated with soaring armpits.
Dan Jenkins You Call It Sports... (1989) |
On females officiating in the NBA -Incompetence should not be confined to one sex.
Bill Russell (1976) |
On his academic aspirations - The only way I can make five As is when I sign my name.
Alaa Adbehuby |
On his Washington State college team - Fans never fall asleep at our games because they're afraid they might get hit with a pass.
Gaorge Raveling |
On how to make the game more exciting - Eliminate the referees, raise the basket four feet, double the size of the basketball, limit the height of the players to 5 feet 9 inches, bring back the centre jump, allow taxi drivers in for free and allow the players to carry guns.
Al McGuire |
Part of the charm of basketball lies in the fact that it's a simple game to understand. Players race up and down a fairly small area indoors and stuff the ball into a ring with Madonna's dress hanging on it.
Dan Jenkins You Call It Sports... (1989) |
The game is too long, the season is too long and the players are too long.
Jack Dolph (1973) |
The trouble with officials is they just don't care who wins.
Tommy Canterbury |
This is the second most exciting indoor sport, and the other one shouldn't have spectators.
Dick Vertlieb |
You can say something to popes, kings and presidents, but you can't talk to officials. In the next war they ought to give everyone a whistle.
Abe Lemmons (1977) |
