I don't care about numbers, man. I just want to win basketball games. I'm not going in there trying to be Lew Alcindor - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - one of the best players of all time. If I could do that it would be unbelievable but I'm not trying to do that.
Andrew Bogut - Basketball - Winning - Best - Competitive

All aspects of my game need improvement. There's not one part of my game that's perfect. That's the challenge of being a professional athlete. Michael Jordan was close to perfect and he could still have a bad game. You can never be perfect and it just makes you work that much harder.
Andrew Bogut - Basketball - Improvement - Perfection

I’m happiest when I'm on the court.
Andrew Bogut - Basketball - Happy Quotes

The best players in the world play in the NBA, but I think that they play more for the public, for entertainment reasons. Most of the actions are one-on-one, and that was the reason that they had problems at the Worlds and the Olympics, because the other national teams were playing real team basketball.
Andrew Bogut - Basketball - Best - Problem - Sports

I put 100% of myself into every game, and I pay more attention to the basket. It's not important who we're playing against, I always give everything I've got, I'm playing at the same level, and the result are stats that I'm proud of.
Andrew Bogut - Basketball - Improvement

My personal life is the same. At the end of the day, this is just a job. I love what I do, and it's a great job. But it's like my alter ego. There's Chris Brown the singer. And there's Christopher Brown, the down-home Tappahannock boy that plays video games and basketball and hangs out.
Chris Brown - Fame - Celebrity - Jobs - Love - Music - Basketball

I like low-maintenance girls, but at the same time, classy. She needs to take care of herself. But also be a girl who isn't afraid to get sweaty and play basketball, so it's cool if she's a tomboy.
Chris Brown - Relationships - Girls - Basketball - Tomboy

I'm a leader. I'm the leader of this team, and they look for me at any point in the game, and that's not just scoring-wise, I do other things.
LeBron James - Leadership - Winning - Basketball

I'm not afraid of nothing, I just like the challenge, and I love being here.
LeBron James - Fear - Competitive - Basketball

I thank God for the God-given talent He gave me. I worked hard to get to the point where I'm at.
LeBron James - God - Work - Basketball

Man, meeting Michael Jordan for me was like.. black Jesus walking towards me. It was overwhelming to me to finally meet the guy I've looked up to my whole life.
LeBron James - Jesus - Celebrity - Basketball

I truly love the game of basketball. I truly love the game. I wouldn’t be playing if I didn’t love the game.
Michael Jordan - Basketball - Love

I viewed it as a business, but I always viewed it as a game. An opportunity to show my skills, my basketball skills, amongst the best in the world.
Michael Jordan - Basketball - Business - Sports

I am aware that most people only see me as Shaq.. the guy on the court. But there is another side to who I am, Shaquille O'Neal. And Shaquille O'Neal wants to explore every part of life. He wants the opportunity to pursue all of his desires.. that includes being a part of the music industry as an MC. Music is and will always be a part of who I am.
Shaquille O'Neal - Music - Life - Basketball

I know that this is sport first and business second, and people have to do what's right for them.
Shaquille O'Neal - Basketball - Business - Sport

Those guys today don't like to bang. It's something you had to be good starting out doing. I started out as a football player. I liked to inflict pain. In basketball, it was the same thing.
Shaquille O'Neal - Basketball - Football