The invention of basketball was not an accident. It was developed to meet a need. Those boys simply would not play 'Drop the Handkerchief.'

James Naismith

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— James Naismith

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— James Naismith

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We wanted to play four quarters of basketball and I thought the effort was there.

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Be strong in body, clean in mind, lofty in ideals.

— James Naismith

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