Sentence examples for dedication to basketball from inspiring English sources

He was only with me for one year". Irwin noticed Gage had a strong dedication to basketball and admired the way he coached throughout the time he knew him, he said.

I've been locking the gym up around midnight sometimes and I'll hear the bounce of a ball and I know it's Leone". Her dedication to basketball is admirable, but it has done nothing to ingratiate herself with her father, Desmond.

Remarkably, fear of a hand or other injury has never affected Jones's dedication to playing basketball.

But what has always made the Spurs special is the sum of its parts -- and an unrelenting dedication to team basketball on both ends of the court.

The N.B.A. will miss his acumen, his collected wisdom and his dedication to team-first basketball.

He had merely applied himself with singular dedication to another subject, basketball.

"I have a great deal of respect for the knowledge Herb possesses and for his dedication to the fundamentals of basketball," Coach DON CHANEY said.

The participants (ages 19 and under), from more than 15 countries across Latin America and the Caribbean, are selected by FIBA and the NBA in conjunction with participating basketball federations, based on their basketball skills, leadership abilities and dedication to the sport.

"Like the other young men here tonight, Isaiah committed himself through endless hard work and dedication to a potential career as a professional basketball player and we wanted to make sure he fulfilled at least this part of this dream," Silver told the crowd at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

Mr. Fisher also released a fresh Web video over the weekend, a spoof of the basketball sensation LeBron James's new commercial for Nike, which opens with Mr. James asking, "What should I do?" In the video, Mr. Fisher strides around a basketball court, talking about his dedication to Ohio and posing a similar question.

The campers were chosen based on their basketball skills, leadership ability and dedication to the sport.