What makes a saying funny? What makes a date funny? In sports it’s usually because it’s outrageous, but there are other reasons. I’ll give you my top 5 funny basketball sayings or quotes, whatever you want to call them, and you can decide what makes them funny. So take a break from your daily basketball drills and practices and read this. And yes, if you were wondering if it’s okay to have some mixed up fun when playing basketball, it is. Actually, it’s fantastic. Isn’t that the point of playing? Now when you’re done laughing at these quotes, get back on the court and feel energized to take your basketball game to the next level.

5. “Some things you just can’t question. Like you can’t question why two plus two equals four. So don’t question it, don’t try to look it up. I don’t know who did it, all I know got it into my head that two plus two equals four. So certain things happen. Why is it raining? Why am I so sexy? I don’t know.” -Shaquille O’Neal

4. “These are my new shoes. They’re good shoes. They won’t make you rich like me, they won’t make you jump like me, they definitely won’t make you handsome like me. They’ll just make you have shoes like me. That’s all.” -Charles Barkley

3. I believe in higher education. You know, 6’8″, 6’9″, 6’10” -David Games

2. When the Marquette coach was asked how to make the game more exciting, he replied, “Eliminate the refs, raise the basket four feet, double the size of the basketball, limit player height to 5 foot 9 inches, bring back the central jump, allow taxi drivers to enter for free and allow players to carry weapons.-Al Mcguire

1″.They say that no one is perfect. Then they tell you that practice makes perfect. I wish they would make up their minds.” -Wilt Chamberlin

I hope these quotes have given your basketball game that extra boost you needed, especially if you were struggling. Sometimes the best medicine is laughter, so that’s what I hope I gave you. Some much needed laughs to help him play and help him rekindle that love he had for basketball because of the joy it brings. Yeah, and I’ve decided that what makes a basketball date fun is something that every basketball player has experience with. Like the last one. Everyone tells you that practice makes perfect, blah blah blah. Then that same person will tell you that no one is perfect. That can frustrate you, but if you focus on having fun, you’ll be fine.