Hoopster At Heart Mugs

Devil Uses Halo for Hoop

"College basketball recruiters are after him."

"He tested positive for a new fever ... TB12."

"Did you know that when my mom played soccer, only the winner got a trophy?"

'Wait!... I don't want to take Brady out right now. He's just getting into rhythm.'

Before getting a basketball scholarship, Jack worked at a pancake house.

'You both know the rules -- walk 1 paces, turn, and tee off on each other.'

'Anything is possible in our great country, son. If an Afro-American can become president, a white man can become a pro basketball player.'

Basketball

Various men worshipping a statue of a football

'We're all getting older ok!' 'These days I'm down to the speed of sound!'

Basketball.

'Billy! Set your homework aside and get down here. There's another basketball recruiter here to see you.'

'My long-range goal is to turn pro and lead the league in product endorsements.'

'Billy - no! Do not ask for his autograph. He'll lose his natural fear of fans, become a nuisance, and then he'll need to be tranquilized and relocated to Europe.'

Freestyling.

"I'm going to shoot some hoops with members of the Flat Earth Society."

'He's got a good attitude, and he's tall. But he's got to get into the weight room.'

'He's known as the hardest-driving track coach in the country.'

Peacock on skateboard

"Behind the back, between the legs, around my disappointed parents, nothing but net."

Sporting maladies.

"Why does he keep in the same players?"

Happy-Go-Lucky-Father-Of-Two-Avid-Golfer-Longtime-Magnetic-Tape-Salesman-Kiwanis-Member or Thomas Pynchon?

"Now batting, No. 2, Derek Jeter—No. 2. Happy now, nut job?"

'I'm feeling a little remiss about missing both free throws.'

'So you're the referee who had the courage to call a Technical Foul on Bobby Knight.'

'Pull it over, Speedy.'

'You had to go for a walk--now we've lost our table.'

"Last dunk and then we need to do work."

'Son, there's more to life than dunking, There's also making big money from ads, like Yao Ming'

'OK. Sometimes, after games, when I'm all alone? I... I like to dress up in a NBA uniform.'

"Papi, when I grow up, I wanna be just like you!"

'Two pair ain't gonna cut it, Joseph. I've got three kings.'

Electronics. He's fascinated by the fast forward feature.