Basketball (and Other Things) Quotes

“(For sale: basketball shoes, once worn.)”
― Shea Serrano, Basketball (and Other Things): A Collection of Questions Asked, Answered, Illustrated

“I trust Steph Curry to destroy everyone on a basketball court. Off the court, I trust him to destroy a cashmere turtleneck or a suede long coat and that’s about it.”
― Shea Serrano, Basketball (and Other Things): A Collection of Questions Asked, Answered, Illustrated

“then they couldn’t gather a rebound after a miss → then Alonzo Mourning slit their throats. It was rough.5 It doesn’t rate as painful or regretful as some of the other ones because there’s not one specific person we can pin it on and also”
― Shea Serrano, Basketball (and Other Things): A Collection of Questions Asked, Answered, Illustrated

“Why the name change, Mr. Hard?’ the country clerk asked as he prepared to stamp the eight-year-old John’s paperwork official. ‘It’s just two little letters,’ the clerk said with a smile. ‘And where are your parents, anyway?’ John took the toothpick he was chewing out of his mouth. ‘Just stamp the fucking paper,’ he said, then he flicked the toothpick at the clerk. John Harder was born.”
― Shea Serrano, Basketball (and Other Things): A Collection of Questions Asked, Answered, Illustrated

“So in a six-minute stretch we see display fearlessness, tenacity, intelligence, savvy, a firm allegiance to team, assertiveness, toughness, and a willingness to obliterate a man in front of the woman that man's supposed to marry. Jim Halpert [The Office] is a winner.”
― Shea Serrano, Basketball (and Other Things): A Collection of Questions Asked, Answered, Illustrated

“Rule NO 3 [of the Fictional Basketball Player Draft]: Rick Fox isn't allowed to participate in any capacity. There's no real reason for this rule other than pettiness. In all actuality, his character from "OZ", a superstar-NBA-player-turned-felon named Jackson Vahue, would've probably gone very high in the draft. It's just that I don't like Rick Fox, is all. So he ain't invited.”
― Shea Serrano, Basketball (and Other Things): A Collection of Questions Asked, Answered, Illustrated