Basketball Is Life Quotes

The game is my wife. It demands loyalty and responsibility, and it gives me back fulfillment and peace.

Michael Jordan

Motivational, Basketball, Loyalty

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Heart is what separates the good from the great.

Michael Jordan

Basketball, Heart, Gymnastics

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I don't need too much. Glamour and all that stuff don't excite me. I am just glad I have the game of basketball in my life.

LeBron James

Motivational, Basketball, Nba

The InsideHoops Interview, www.insidehoops.com. June 14, 2003.

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I don't want to be the next Michael Jordan, I only want to be Kobe Bryant.

Kobe Bryant

Motivational, Basketball, Want

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In basketball - as in life - true joy comes from being fully present in each and every moment, not just when things are going your way.

Phil Jackson

Basketball, Nba, True Joy

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A leader's job is to develop committed followers. Bad leaders destroy their followers' sense of commitment.

Dean Smith

Basketball, Jobs, Commitment

Dean Smith, Gerald D. Bell, John Kilgo (2004). “The Carolina Way: Leadership Lessons from a Life in Coaching”, p.33, Penguin

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If you think and achieve as a team, the individual accolades will take care of themselves. Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.

Michael Jordan

Basketball, Teamwork, Thinking

Michael Jordan (1994). “I can't accept not trying: Michael Jordan on the pursuit of excellence”

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Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.

Michael Jordan

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.

Michael Jordan

Inspirational, Motivational, Change

"I Can't Accept Not Trying : Michael Jordan on the Pursuit of Excellence". Book by Michael Jordan (p. 129), 1994.

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Get the fundamentals down and the level of everything you do will rise

Michael Jordan

Basketball, Nba, Fundamentals

Michael Jordan (1994). “I can't accept not trying: Michael Jordan on the pursuit of excellence”

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You can practice shooting eight hours a day, but if your technique is wrong, then all you become is very good at shooting the wrong way. Get the fundamentals down and the level of everything you do will rise.

Michael Jordan

Basketball, Eight, Practice

Michael Jordan (1994). “I can't accept not trying: Michael Jordan on the pursuit of excellence”

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These young guys are playing checkers. I'm out there playing chess.

Kobe Bryant

Funny, Basketball, Sports

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I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.
Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.
I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.

Michael Jordan

Basketball, People, Wish

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My heroes are and were my parents. I can't see having anyone else as my heroes.

Michael Jordan

Basketball, Sports, Hero

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If you make every game a life and death proposition, you're going to have problems. For one thing, you'll be dead a lot.

Dean Smith

Inspirational, Funny, Basketball

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There is no such thing as life in-between.

Pat Riley

Motivational, Basketball, Sports

Pat Riley (1993). “The winner within: a life plan for team players”, Putnam Adult

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I know fear is an obstacle for some people, but it is an illusion to me . . . Failure always made me try harder next time.

Michael Jordan

Inspirational, Basketball, Fear

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You can't get much done in life if you only work on the days when you feel good.

Jerry West

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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Everyting negative - pressure, challenges - is all an opportunity for me to rise.

Kobe Bryant

Basketball, Opportunity, Nba

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I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

Michael Jordan

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.

Michael Jordan

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

"Nike Culture : The Sign of the Swoosh". Book by Robert Goldman, Stephen Papson (p. 49), 1998.

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Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.

Michael Jordan

Inspirational, Basketball, Sports

Michael Jordan (1994). “I can't accept not trying: Michael Jordan on the pursuit of excellence”

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Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

Michael Jordan

Basketball, Sports, Fun

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You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.

Michael Jordan

Inspirational, Motivational, Happiness

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I never looked at the consequences of missing a big shot... when you think about the consequences you always think of a negative result.

Michael Jordan

Inspirational, Positive, Basketball

Michael Jordan (1994). “I can't accept not trying: Michael Jordan on the pursuit of excellence”

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