Famous Basketball Quotes

Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

Michael Jordan

Basketball, Sports, Fun

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

Michael Jordan

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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Left hand, right hand, it doesn't matter. I'm amphibious.

Charles Shackleford

Funny, Basketball, Sports

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The secret is to have eight great players and four others who will cheer like crazy.

Jerry Tarkanian

Basketball, Sports, Teamwork

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Good teams become great ones when the members trust each other enough to surrender the Me for the We.

Phil Jackson

Basketball, Teamwork, Sports

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It's not how big you are, it's how big you play.

John Wooden

Basketball, Play, Bigs

"How (and why) position-less lineups have taken over the NBA playoffs" by Ian McMahan, www.theguardian.com. May 1, 2018.

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To do the right thing at the right season is a great art.

Helio Gracie

Basketball, Art, Mma

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Enthusiasm is one of the most powerful engines of success. When you do a thing, do it with all your might. Put your whole soul into it. Stamp it with your own personality. Be active, be energetic, be enthusiastic and faithful, and you will accomplish your object. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Inspirational, Motivational, Powerful

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To be successful you have to be selfish, or else you never achieve. And once you get to your highest level, then you have to be unselfish. Stay reachable. Stay in touch. Don't isolate.

Michael Jordan

Motivational, Success, Basketball

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I play to win, whether during practice or a real game.

Michael Jordan

Inspirational, Basketball, Real

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Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

John Wooden

Inspirational, Success, Basketball

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

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

John Wooden

Basketball, Beautiful, God

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They say that nobody is perfect. Then they tell you practice makes perfect. I wish they'd make up their minds.

Winston Churchill

Inspirational, Motivational, Basketball

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

James Naismith

Inspirational, Motivational, Basketball

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I'm tired of hearing about money, money, money, money, money. I just want to play the game, drink Pepsi, wear Reebok.

Shaquille O'Neal

Funny, Basketball, Money

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And I want to do it the right way, like everybody else, not just a famous figurehead that gets a job because he is a famous basketball player. I want to really learn the business.

Shaquille O'Neal

Basketball, Jobs, Player

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A basketball team is like the five fingers on your hand. If you can get them all together, you have a fist. That's how I want you to play.

Mike Krzyzewski

Basketball, Team, Hands

"Duke of the Court". Interview, www.achievement.org. May 22, 1997.

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

Pat Riley

Inspirational, Motivational, Basketball

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Even when I'm old and grey, I won't be able to play it, but I'll still love the game.

Michael Jordan

Love, Motivational, Basketball

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The idea is not to block every shot. The idea is to make your opponent believe that you might block every shot.

Bill Russell

Basketball, Motivational Sports, Block

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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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