Basketball God Quotes

#1. Larry Bird is like a basketball god to me for what he's done for my career.

Jalen Rose

#2. I just go out there and play basketball. God's given me the ability. The only thing I can do is go out and play.

Chamique Holdsclaw

#3. If you're God's instrument, Owen," I said, "how come you need my help to stuff a basketball?

John Irving

#4. And when other people see me play basketball ... the way I treat my teammates, the opponents, the refs, that's all a reflection of God's image and God's love so that's the stuff I try to focus on.

Jeremy Lin

#5. Michael Jordan is God disguised as a basketball player.

Larry Bird

#6. I wasn't a bad guy. I just wanted God to give me a second chance.

Allen Iverson

#7. God didn't miss any of us.

Al McGuire

#8. Thank God for Jerry Springer's show. I thought only black folks were that screwed up until I watched Jerry Springer.

Charles Barkley

#9. First off, I'd like to thank God for changing my life. He let me really realize what life is all about. Basketball is just a platform, In order for me to inspire people. And I realize that.

Kevin Durant

#10. Doesn't matter where you come from, what you have or don't have ... All you need to have is faith in God, and undying passion for what you do, what you choose to do in this life, and a relentless drive and the will to do whatever it takes to be successful at whatever you put your mind to.

Stephen Curry

#11. Nature, God, Buddha - someone has given me this health. I can break dance still; I can run; I can play basketball. In my mind, I can do anything. As long as I have that spirit, I'm going to keep doing it.

James Hong

#12. Yoga reduced my stress and bodily tension. It allowed me to bring my body back into balance, to emerge from my fertility struggle with my sense of self esteem and self worth intact, and to forge a stronger bond with my husband.

Brenda Strong

#13. I was blessed with a God-given talent and my mother raised me the right way.

LeBron James

#14. And be grateful. Our scars have the power to remind us that the past was real.

Hannibal

#15. Basketball talent is basketball talent, no matter if it comes from the suburbs or the city. Take the time to know and understand me before you judge me. Only God can do that. Roses do grow from concrete!

Chris Webber

#16. I've pretty much done all I can here and, you know, God will carry me the rest of the way, so I'm pretty comfortable with that.

Kobe Bryant

#17. Have. Harry Truman, of all people, comes to mind, when he said, concerning his administration's programs, We'll just try them ... and if they don't work ... why then we'll just try something else.

Robert M. Pirsig

#18. I remember wearing the big oversized baseball and basketball jerseys and Timbaland boots. I was a tomboy growing up. I recently caught a picture of myself, and I was like, 'God! What was I thinking about?'

Drew Sidora

#19. I think that my God-given physical attributes, big hands, and big feet, the way that I'm built, proportion-wise, just made basketball the most inviting sport for me to play.

Julius Erving

#20. You know, God gave me a gift to do other things besides play the game of basketball.

LeBron James

#21. Standing on that platform, I said a silent prayer. I thanked God for giving me the strength and the opportunity to come back, to play basketball again, and to be part of that whole magnificent Olympic experience. It's a memory I will always cherish.

Magic Johnson

#22. One of the main arguments that I make in my new book, 'The Great Degeneration,' is that the rule of law in the U.S. is becoming the rule of lawyers.

Niall Ferguson

#23. If I have an antipathy for any class of people, it is for fine ladies. I almost match my Husband's detestation of partridge-shooting gentlemen.

Jane Welsh Carlyle

#24. It was a slow process. You gotta remember I hadn't recorded a song sober in seven years. So it took me awhile to even feel like I could record a song sober.

Eminem