I don’t believe professional athletes should be role models. I believe parents should be role models…” –Charles Barkley

•”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

•”First master the fundamentals.”–Larry Bird

•”We’re shooting 100 percent – 60 percent from the field and 40 percent from the free-throw line.”–Norm Stewart

•”If all I’m remembered for is being a good basketball player, then I’ve done a bad job with the rest of my life.” –Isiah Thomas

•”I know the Virginia players are smart because you need a 1500 SAT to get in. I have to drop bread crumbs to get our players to and from class.” –George Raveling

•”You can run a lot of plays when your X is twice as big as the other guys’ O. It makes your X’s and O’s pretty good.”–Paul Westphal

•”I can teach you how to dribble, pass and shoot the right way, but I cannot make you do it the right way.”–Jeff Tufford

•”The idea is not to block every shot. The idea is to make your opponent believe that you might block every shot.”–Bill Russell