Basketball Quotes - Page 6

• It is foolish to expect a young man to follow your advice and to ignore your example.

  Don Meyer

  Men, Nba, Advice

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• I learned at a young age to dribble with both hands, and that allows me to be more creative when I go against bigger and stronger opponents.

  Steve Nash

  Motivational, Hands, Creative

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• Kids are great. That's one of the best things about our business, all the kids you get to meet. It's a shame they have to grow up to be regular people and come to the games and call you names.

  Charles Barkley

  Growing Up, Kids, Games

  "Late Late Show", October 22, 2004.

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• I'm playing against great players, playing against the best in the world. The competition-that's what I've always wanted.

  Kobe Bryant

  Player, Competition, World

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• Sometimes I do wonder what college would have been like. But I made my decision.

  Kobe Bryant

  College, Decision, Sometimes

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• I'm just going to play whatever game is in front of me.

  Tim Duncan

  Games, Play, Fronts

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• I want to be one of the best players in the game.

  Kevin Durant

  Player, Games, Want

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• I always try to keep a pretty conservative demeanor on the court.

  Julius Erving

  Trying, Conservative, Court

  The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 26, 1992.

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• I grabbed 19 rebounds in my first professional game, and somehow found a way to score 20 points. I felt real good about it. I felt that this was the beginning of something good.

  Julius Erving

  Real, Games, Firsts

  The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 26, 1992.

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• I liked the game, I enjoyed the game, and the game fed me enough, and gave me enough rewards to reinforce that this is something that I should spend time doing, and that I could possibly make a priority in my life, versus other sports.

  Julius Erving

  Sports, Games, Priorities

  The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 26, 1992.

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• I think I was chosen by basketball, although I never really physically got drafted to any team that I played for.

  Julius Erving

  Team, Thinking, Chosen

  The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 26, 1992.

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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

  People, Wish, Trying

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• When I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric.

  Al McGuire

  Winning, Nuts, Eccentric

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• One of the things in the back of my mind is that, after my sports experience, I never want to be, totally consumed by any one endeavor, other than my family life.

  Julius Erving

  Sports, Mind, Want

  "The Wondrous Dr. J". Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 26, 1992.

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• To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation

  Bobby Knight

  Practice, Preparation, Enjoyable

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  What to do with a mistake: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it.

  Dean Smith

  Inspiring, Sports, Mistake

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• I always won in my imagination. I always hit the game-winning shot, or I hit the free throw. Or if I missed, there was a lane violation, and I was given another one.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Winning, Games, Imagination

  American Academy of Achievement interview, www.achievement.org. May 22, 1997.

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

  James Naismith

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

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• Everything happens for a reason. I'm used to it, I prepare for it. Like I say, at the end of the day, those in charge of their own destiny are going to do what's right for them and their family.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Inspirational, Motivational, Destiny

  Interview with the media, www.insidehoops.com. 2004.

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• Me shooting 40% at the foul line is just God's way to say nobody's perfect.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Pythagorean Theorem, Perfect, Shooting

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• I knew I was dog meat. Luckily, I'm the high-priced dog meat that everybody wants. I'm the good-quality dog meat. I'm the Alpo of the NBA.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Funny, Dog, Nba

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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, Nba

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• How do you go from where you are to where you wanna be? And I think you have to have an enthusiasm for life. You have to have a dream, a goal. And you have to be willing to work for it.

  Jim Valvano

  Motivational, Dream, Thinking

  Arthur Ashe Courage Award Acceptance Address, delivered 3 March 1993

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• Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

  John Wooden

  Beautiful, God, Thankful

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• It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.

  John Wooden

  Motivational Sports, Courage, Ucla

  John Wooden, Jack Tobin, Bill Walton (2004). “They Call Me Coach”, McGraw Hill Professional

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