'QUOTES'

"Even when i'm old and gray, i won't be able to play it, but i'll still love the game". - Michael Jordan.

"First master the fundamentals". Larry Bird.

"I try to do the right thing at the right time. They may just be little things, but usually they make the difference between winning and losing". - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

"Basketball is like war in that offensive weapons are developed first, and it always takes a while a for the defense to catch up". - Red Auerbach.

"Good, better, best. Never let it rest. Until your good is better and your better is best". - Tim Duncan.

"They said playing basketball would kill me. Well, not playing basketball was killing me". - Magic Johnson (after being diagnosed as HIV positive)

WHITE PAPER - PBA TESTIMONIALS
Prasanna Jayasankar, President, Professional Basketball Ace Club.

"We Started With the dream of raising the standard of Basketball to professional levels and now PBA is at it's 7th year. Started as a City tournament six years ago, we are proud to say that the PBA KC Tech tournament is now the prestigious invitation tournament for Schools at the National level".
   
Ashok Verghese. Joint Director, Hindustan Group of Institutions.

"For the last few years we are supporting the PBA club and it is a delight to associate with such determined sports enthusiasts with unending passion for the sport. I hope, as in the previous years, this year's tournament will also be a good experience for the younger brigade".
   
Harish Sharma, Secretary General, Basketball Federation of India.

"It is a great pleasure to see that Basketball in India is becoming quite popular, the standard of the game has been raised at School level with Tournaments like this one the "Professional Ace Basketball Club" being conducted All India level for School Boys & Girls. Such competitions go a long way in improving, encouraging and promoting the game in places where it is not played at a regular feature and talent may be available at the grass-rot".
   
W.I.Devaram, DGP (Retd.) Vice President, Sports Development Authority of Tamilnadu.

"It is time for the 3rd National School Invitation Basketball Tournament for Boys and Girls. From what i saw of previous tournament and what is know of the organising capacity of the Professional Basketball Ace Club i can safely say that the tournament will be conducted in an exemplary manner and that it will continue to attract more and more teams from all over India".
   

A.N.Dyaneswaran, I.A.S., (Retd.), Chief Patron & Chairman, Tamilnadu Basketball Association.

"Basketball a loveable and laudable game has not achieved its place in India. Professional Basketball Ace Club, is rightly tapping the talents from the foundation stage ie. at school level by conducting National School invitation basketball tournament every year to life the game where it ought to have been".
 
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