Quotes Sent in By Christine K... a North Jersey Blast player!

Larry Bird, commenting at the ceremony when his Indiana State No. 33 jersey was retired: "We had a special team. We played together, played to win, and everyone knew their roles. ...Everyone knew I was going to take all the shots."

Jonathan Feigen, of the Houston Chronicle, commenting on the 2004 Orlando Magic plan to raise ticket prices $2.50 next season: "Your team is by far the worst in the NBA. Your star player has said he has trouble caring,. You fired your coach and demoted the general manager. Naturally, it's time to raise prices."

Mal Florence, The Times' Lakers beat writer, was told by his boss to come home after the Lakers 33-game win streak was stopped by the Milwaukee Bucks, in 1972. Upon leaving the hotel, Lakers coach Bill Sharman saw Florence leaving and asked, "Where are you going, Mal?" Florence replied: "I don't cover losers."

Phil Jackson, commenting on Kobe Bryant: "I won't coach this team next year if he is still here. He won't listen to anyone. I've had it with this kid." 

To win, you've got to put the ball in the macramé. ~Terry McGuire

I look at the NBA as a football game without the helmet. ~Tom Tolbert

Nothing there but 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 

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 a tie is like kissing your sister, losing is like kissing your grandmother with her teeth out. ~George Brett, 1986

The fewer rules a coach has, the fewer rules there are for players to break. ~John Madden

Shaquille O'Neal: "I've won at every level, except college and pro."