The invention of basketball was not an accident. It was developed to meet a need.

Basketball really had its origin in Indiana, which remains the center of the sport.

Basketball doesn't build character it reveals it.

Be strong in body, clean in mind, lofty in ideals.

I am sure that no man can derive more pleasure from money or power than I do from seeing a pair of basketball goals in some out of the way place.

Basketball is a pure invention.

Games have been called the lab for the development of moral attributes, but they will not, of themselves, accomplish this purpose. They must be properly conducted by competent individuals.

In case of dispute, the umpire shall throw it straight into the field.

Between a man and a woman, betrayal is not the ultimate sin. It is the withdrawal and departure from one another devoid of a decent just!

Marriage isn't for the weak or lazy. It's work, and it should be. What would be the point otherwise?

There's nothing less than that. I don't care about just going to the playoffs; I've been to the playoffs before.

Funny always makes the bad things go away.

I always think it's a good policy to like the people who like you.

Mountains cannot be surmounted except by winding paths.

Happiness is a way of praying.

They're expecting us to make mistakes, and they've set up a process that allows us to correct for that and do it again and iterate. So I think that's a real key to the films that we've made.

Love's stronger than fear and death.