Darryl Dawkins famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

When I dunk, I put something on it. I want the ball to hit the floor before I do.
-- Darryl Dawkins

#Basketball #Balls #Want
When everything is said and done there is nothing left to do or say.
-- Darryl Dawkins

#Done #Said And Done #Said
Well, you can certainly teach free-throwing. And you can teach the boys to pass at angles and run in curves. - University of Kansas Jayhawks head coach Phog Allen, reposting the contention of his Kansas predecessor and inventor of basketball James Naismith, pictured, that basketball could not be coached When I dunk, I put something on it. I want the ball to hit the floor before I do.
-- Darryl Dawkins

#Basketball #Running #Boys
I'm six foot eleven. My birthday covers three days.
-- Darryl Dawkins

#Feet #My Birthday #Three
Stevie Wonder used to come the ball games and they would have a guy sitting with him. And the guy would be holding on to his arm, telling him what's going on, and he would say, "Hey, the big chocolate guy just put down a thunder dunk. The chocolate guy with another monster dunk." And Stevie Wonder actually gave me the nickname Chocolate Thunder.
-- Darryl Dawkins

#Games #Guy #Chocolate
I was a power dunker. I want to go straight up, put it down on somebody. I want everybody under there.
-- Darryl Dawkins

#Want #Straight Up
I know what I want, but I'm not allowed to pick a favorite.If I was to say one guy, that guy would be feeling like 'I got this,' and I want everybody to have a chance.
-- Darryl Dawkins

#Guy #Feelings #Would Be
Music? All kinda music. I don't just listen to one thing; I listen to everything.
-- Darryl Dawkins

#All Kinds #One Thing #Just Listen
I think I got hooked up because I try to do good things with the NBA, and they always want somebody who's notable and who's personable with people.
-- Darryl Dawkins

#Thinking #Nba #People
Talk about the sickest dunk, we had one guy throw it off the library which was about 60-feet away, back onto the court it bounced, and he timed it, went over there and got it. It was outstanding, man. It was crazy.
-- Darryl Dawkins

#Crazy #Men #Feet
You gotta try something people ain't seen before, and you gotta go to the gym and work on your dunks. In a slam dunk competition, don't show up with three dunks. You got to have eight or nine dunks because if you get into the finals and two guys may do the same dunk or one guy does the dunk better than the other.
-- Darryl Dawkins

#Two #Eight #People
For years, people always say, "Ah, what about the dunk. It's still two points." But it energizes a team. If you're down and you get a monster dunk, everybody gets psyched. "Oh yeah, let's go, let's go." So it was dying down a little bit and guys, I think, they took it upon themselves. They got energy on it and started trying different stuff.
-- Darryl Dawkins

#Team #Thinking #Years
I got hooked up with the NBA Nation and the next thing I knew I was judging the Sprite Slam Dunk Showdown. They needed somebody who can travel on the weekends and go up to eight different cities.
-- Darryl Dawkins

#Weekend #Nba #Cities
I will try just about all the folk food we go to in any place.
-- Darryl Dawkins

#Trying #Folks

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