Quotes About Basketball And God

#1. 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

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

John Irving

#3. If I'm elected president, I'll make people's voice the foundation of policymaking.

Tsai Ing-wen

#4. There is a fundamental difference, however, between asking to be permitted to keep a vegetative relative on costly machinery, and asking the taxpayers or society as a whole to pay for such machinery.

Jacob M. Appel

#5. 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

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

Larry Bird

#7. Obstinacy and dogmatism are the surest signs of stupidity. Is there anything more confident, resolute, disdainful, grave and serious than an ass?

Michel De Montaigne

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

Allen Iverson

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

Al McGuire

#10. For a long time all I wanted for Christmas were books about outdoor survival. I was convinced that the woods were calling me. I camped a lot, I took classes. At 18, I told myself if I don't live in the woods by myself by the time I'm 25, I have failed.

Chris Evans

#11. We know darned well that in Bosnia, certain governments and the secretary had said tens of thousands are needed in Srebrenica and those people were never provided.

Alex Morrison

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

Charles Barkley

#13. What was a prayer, if not creation? Making something where nothing existed. Creating a wish out of despair, a plea out of anguish. Bowing one's back before the Almighty, and forming humility from the empty pride of a human life.

Brandon Sanderson

#14. Things: your perspective or beliefs about yourself, and a quality we can call "like-ability." Like-ability can be defined as the ability to build rapport so that others listen to you. We listen to the people we like.

Andy Andrews

#15. the wall is there to teach us.

Daniel Gottlieb

#16. 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

#17. 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

#18. 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

#19. There is a disease to which plays as well as men become liable with advancing years. In men it is called doting, in plays dating.The more topical the play the more it dates.

George Bernard Shaw

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

LeBron James

#21. Ha!' said the tall man drily. 'He was in high luck. Rich old uncles who die are in shockingly short supply.

Susanna Clarke

#22. If you have all the research, all the ground rules, all the directives, all the data - it doesn't mean the ad is written. Then you've got to close the door and write something - that is the moment of truth which we all try to postpone as long as possible.

David Ogilvy

#23. 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

#24. I'm sorry I laughed ... I know it isn't funny for you. It was incredibly stupid of me to laugh. Does it hurt a lot anywhere?
'Not really,' I said.
'Only a bit in your soul?'
'Maybe a bit.'
'Let it sink,' he said. 'Just leave it. You can't use it for anything.

Per Petterson

#25. 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

#26. 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

#27. 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

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

Jalen Rose

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

LeBron James

#30. 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

#31. We live in a vague world. And it gets vaguer all the time. In this environment, the power of the specific, measurable and useful promise made and kept is difficult to overstate.

Seth Godin