I do not like football, which I think of as a game in which two tractors approach each other from opposite directions and collide. Besides, I have contempt for a game in which players have to wear so much equipment. Men play basketball in their underwear, which seems just right to me. Anna Quindlen
Baseball is the only game left for people. To play basketball, you have to be 7 feet 6 inches. To play football, you have to be the same width. Bill Veeck
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
The game is my wife. It demands loyalty and responsibility, and it gives me back fulfilment and peace. Michael Jordan
I’m not out there sweating for three hours every day just to find out what it feels like to sweat. Michael Jordan
Basketball is like war in that offensive weapons are developed first, and it always takes a while for the defense to catch up. Red Auerbach
Basketball is like photography, if you don’t focus, all you have is the negative. Dan Frisby
Even when I’m old and gray, I won’t be able to play it, but I’ll still love the game. Michael Jordan
Any American boy can be a basketball star if he grows up, up, up. Bill Vaughan
This is the second most exciting indoor sport, and the other one shouldn’t have spectators. Dick Vertleib
I haven’t been able to slam-dunk the basketball for the past five years. Or, for the thirty-eight years before that, either. Dave Barry
If I weren’t earning $3 million a year to dunk a basketball, most people on the street would run in the other direction if they saw me coming. Charles Barkley