Darryl Dawkins

I will try just

I will try just about all the folk food we go to in any place. Darryl Dawkins

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

For years, people always

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 … Read more

You gotta try something

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 … Read more

Talk about the sickest

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

I think I got

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

Music? All kinda music.

Music? All kinda music. I don’t just listen to one thing; I listen to everything. Darryl Dawkins

I know what I

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

Well, you can certainly

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 … Read more

I was a power

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