The invention of basketball was not an accident. It was developed to meet a need. Those boys simply would not play “Drop the Handkerchief.” – James Naismith Category: Basketball
I hate it. It looks like a stickup at 7-Eleven. Five guys standing there with their hands in the air. – Norm Sloan, on zone defense Category: Basketball
The rule was “No autopsy, no foul.” – Stewart Granger, on the pickup games of his childhood Category: Basketball
There are really only two plays: Romeo and Juliet, and put the darn ball in the basket. – Abe Lemons Category: Basketball
I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all but whatever I have placed in Gods hands, that I still possess. – Martin Luther Category: God
Speak ill of no man, but speak all the good you know of everybody. – Benjamin Franklin Category: good
I didnt know a time when there wasnt a war because I spent all my time from the age of two or three to eight in a coal cellar really. – David Bailey Category: Age
