Passion For Basketball Quotes

#1. There are times when my passion for basketball led me into confrontations that I could have handled a lot better. I've always been too confrontational, especially when I know I'm right.

Bobby Knight

#2. Growing up, I played about every sport imaginable except soccer and hockey. I've always had a passion for basketball. I remember actually playing basketball when I was two or three years old. The time I knew that I could really take my game to the next level.

Dwight Howard

#3. Basketball is my passion, I love it. But my family and friends mean everything to me. That's what's important. I need my phone so I can keep in contact with them at all times.

LeBron James

#4. Basketball is my passion, and I love it, and I love to see my players succeed. I'm here for them and my children. That's my passion.

Rick Pitino

#5. I plan to coach at University of Louisville for as long as I can maintain the passion I have for the game of basketball. I don't want to coach anywhere else. I don't believe in anything else as much as I believe in this university and this state. I want to coach as long as they will have me.

Rick Pitino

#6. I truly love the game; I wouldn't be playing if I didn't love the game. I'm not getting paid astronomical dollars; it's truly for the love of the game of basketball.

Michael Jordan

#7. I'm looking for players who make their teammates better. You do that with enthusiasm and passion.

Mike Krzyzewski

#8. I didn't get into teaching and coaching for the number of wins or the money. It was a passion for trying to help young people

Bo Ryan

#9. We don't do things we aren't good at by nature. I wouldn't play basketball because I'm only 5' 1. Find what you enjoy - whether it's racing, flying a helicopter, being a doctor, or stitching clothes together. Once you've done that, you have the passion you need.

Danica Patrick

#10. I gave everything I had to basketball. The passion is still there, but the desire to play is not. It was a great ride.

Allen Iverson

#11. 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

#12. I'd rather be a face for happiness and doing things that you have a passion for, rather than faking it and pretending like I'm this face of women's basketball, when I can't stand the sport at all.

Elena Delle Donne

#13. You must have a passion to coach.

Rick Majerus