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Trying to take money out of politics is like trying to take jumping out of basketball.

~Bill Bradley

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Everyone needs a coach. It doesn't matter whether you're a basketball player, a tennis player, a gymnast or a bridge player.

~Bill Gates

Topics: Basketball Basketball Player Bridge Coach Everyone Gymnast Matter Needs Player Tennis Tennis Player Whether You

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Free agency screws everybody's allegiances up. Whether it be football, baseball, hockey, basketball, whatever it may be. It's really hard.

~Bill Goldberg

Topics: Agency Baseball Basketball Everybody Football Free Free Agency Hard Hockey May Really Up Whatever Whether

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The fact is that everybody around a college basketball game - the coaches, the announcers, even the referees at a lower level - calculates when the game is really over. They calculate it with intuition and guesswork.

~Bill James

Topics: Around Basketball Calculate Coaches College Even Everybody Fact Game Intuition Level Lower Over Really

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I played in Joe Louis in a playoff game. I played there when the roof caved in for half a season. The facility is great for basketball because it goes straight up, so you feel like the fans are on top of you.

~Bill Laimbeer

Topics: Basketball Because Facility Fans Feel Game Goes Great Half Joe Joe Louis Like Louis Played Playoff Roof Season Straight Top Up You

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First impressions matter more in basketball than in any other sport, and they can be savored only in person. Players can't hide behind pads or helmets, so we can stare at them, evaluate every move they make: running, jumping, walking, even ogling the cheerleaders. We can see every ripple and tattoo. If they're lazy, we can tell.

~Bill Simmons

Topics: Any Basketball Behind Evaluate Even Every First First Impressions Hide Impressions Jumping Lazy Make Matter More Move Only Other Pads Person Players Ripple Running See Sport Stare Tattoo Tell Than Them Walking

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There's a tipping point that happens with soccer in which you just kinda get it. I was drawn to it because the best soccer teams play similarly to my favorite basketball teams - like the eighties Lakers or eighties Celtics - teams that emphasized teamwork over individualism and relied on passing as their biggest ongoing edge.

~Bill Simmons

Topics: Basketball Because Best Biggest Drawn Edge Eighties Emphasized Favorite Get Happens Individualism Just Kinda Lakers Like Ongoing Over Passing Play Point Similarly Soccer Teams Teamwork Tipping Which You

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I want the 'Book of Basketball' to do well if only so I can shop an absolutely ridiculous topic for my next book: like, a book about basketball cards, or an unauthorized biography of A. J. Daulerio.

~Bill Simmons

Topics: About Absolutely Basketball Biography Book Cards Like Next Only Ridiculous Shop Topic Want Well I Can

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Basketball is one of those rare opportunities where you can make a difference, not only for yourself, but for other people as well.

~Bill Walton

Topics: Basketball Difference Make Make A Difference Only Opportunities Other People Rare Those Well Where You Yourself

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Chick Hearn was my favorite broadcaster ever - he's the one who taught me to think basketball, how to love basketball.

~Bill Walton

Topics: Basketball Broadcaster Chick Ever Favorite He How Love Me Taught Think To Love Who

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