Basketball Rules Quotes

I want to play basketball so bad.

I always thought the objective of basketball was to get the maximum amount of movement to get the easiest shot, closest to the basket. With the three-point rule, the whole strategy changes, and you make a move and then throw it 30 feet out, where somebody takes a standing jump shot.

The NBA fits my game.

I'm going to watch basketball regardless of whether I coach or watch it on TV.

Manute Bol taught my family the game of basketball.

The NBA man, we have always been progressive.

President Obama recently sat down with ESPN and said the NCAA should reduce the shot clock for basketball games. Then he said, 'And while we're at it, is there any way they can reduce the 'being president clock?'

The game of basketball has been amazing to me, to my family.

The hand check has always been a part of pro basketball.

The first time I watched basketball was in 2010.

The invention of basketball was not an accident. It was developed to meet a need. Those boys simply would not play 'Drop the Handkerchief.'

I want everyone to know: You can play basketball in Canada and you can still get to where you need to go.

When the NBA first resorted to it in 1979, I must admit I thought it was a circus rule, the equivalent of asking players to be shot out of cannons or swallow swords, something borrowed from the stepchild ABA with its red, white and blue basketballs. A 3-point line? The beautiful game of basketball didn't need a clown shot.

In the NBA they've taken away so much of the hand-checking and the physicality of how guys are able to guard you. So if you touch me, I'm gonna throw the ball toward the rim and get shots.

The game of basketball is not played with throwing punches, throwing elbows.

Absolutely, there's still a place for smaller guards. This is the time for it, really. You can't hand check, you can get your space wherever you want, plus you can create your own opportunities.

Walking has been ridiculous in college basketball the past 15 years.

When I was young, we were taught not to dunk. We were taught not to stand out from the rest of the team. It's different now.

At one point, I said to the officials that you guys haven't called walking for 20 years, now you don't know what it is. When you call walking, you're about half right.

I'm glad the NCAA is pushing back the 3-point line a foot. I'm a big supporter of the 3-point shot; it's exciting. I hope the high schools adopt the same rule.

I'm a huge fan of basketball. Any time you get a chance to watch basketball, I do it.

I gravitate toward the team thing. I'm not a golfer - I much prefer basketball.

I consider myself a basketball aficionado and really understand and know the nuance. I'm a fan of the game. But more than an everyday fan. I love the nuance of the game.

Well, I tried to play defense. But when they did call a foul on Shaq, I tried to make sure they called a foul.

It's a different animal when you're in the NBA. You come in this league and you've got 7-footers who play 7 foot who are going to protect that rim come hell or high water.