Darryl Dawkins Professions : Basketball player Born : January 11, 1957 Died : August 27, 2015 Browse All Authors Top 14 quotes by Darryl Dawkins When I dunk, I put something on it. I want the ball to hit the floor before I do. Darryl Dawkins balls basketball sports When everything is said and done there is nothing left to do or say. Darryl Dawkins said-and-done done said 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 chocolate guy games I'm six foot eleven. My birthday covers three days. Darryl Dawkins my-birthday three feet 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 Darryl Dawkins basketball running boys 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 would-be feelings 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 eight two people 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 was a power dunker. I want to go straight up, put it down on somebody. I want everybody under there. Darryl Dawkins straight-up want 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 nba people thinking 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 feet men 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 nba weekend cities I will try just about all the folk food we go to in any place. Darryl Dawkins folks trying 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 years thinking Similar Authors Bill Walton basketball-player Brandon Jennings basketball-player Byron Scott basketball-player Buck Williams basketball-player Brittney Griner basketball-player Brad Daugherty basketball-player All Authors
