Basketball Training Quotes

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

Michael Jordan

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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Do your best when no one is looking. If you do that, then you can be successful at anything you put your mind to

Bob Cousy

Basketball, Kids, Hard Work

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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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Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.

Larry Bird

Motivational, Basketball, Sports

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I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come. I don't do things half-heartedly. Because I know if I do, then I can expect half-hearted results.

Michael Jordan

Motivational, Positive, Basketball

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

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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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All kids need is a little help, a little hope and somebody who believes in them.

Magic Johnson

Relationship, Basketball, Hope

Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come.

Michael Jordan

Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

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 don't play against opponents, you play against the game of basketball.

Bobby Knight

Basketball, Sports, Athlete

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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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Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.

Pat Riley

Inspirational, Motivational, Basketball

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Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

John Wooden

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

"This Speech Was Given Before The #4Women4AllWomen Run" by Powdered Feet, womensrunning.competitor.com. January 25, 2017.

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My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength.

Michael Jordan

Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

Michael Jordan, Walter Iooss, Mark Vancil (1995). “I'm back!: more rare air”, Harpercollins

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A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.

Larry Bird

Inspirational, Success, Basketball

Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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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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One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Basketball, Teamwork, Sports

Twitter post from Mar 27, 2013

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Sometimes a player's greatest challenge is coming to grips with his role on the team.

Scottie Pippen

Basketball, Teamwork, Inspirational Sports

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Do your best when no one is looking.

Bob Cousy

Basketball, Nba Player, Famous Basketball

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You have to be able to center yourself, to let all of your emotions go... Don't ever forget that you play with your soul as well as your body.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Basketball, Motivational Sports, Emotional

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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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A lot of late nights in the gym, a lot of early mornings, especially when your friends are going out, you're going to the gym, those are the sacrifices that you have to make if you want to be an NBA basketball player.

Jason Kidd

Motivational, Basketball, Morning

FaceBook post by Jason Kidd from Dec 01, 2011

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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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Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

Michael Jordan

Motivational, Basketball, Sports

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

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Great players are willing to give up their own personal achievement for the achievement of the group. It enhances everybody.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Motivational, Basketball, Giving Up

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