Famous Basketball Quotes - Page 2

• 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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• I play to win, whether during practice or a real game. And I will not let anything get in the way of me and my competitive enthusiasm to win.

  Michael Jordan

  Success, Basketball, Inspirational Sports

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• It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.

  John Wooden

  Motivational, Inspiring, Graduation

  John Wooden (2013). “Quotes from Coach John Wooden: Winning with Principle”, p.160, B&H Publishing Group

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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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• You can run a lot of plays when your X is twice as big as the other guys' O. It makes your X's and O's pretty good.

  Paul Westphal

  Inspirational, Basketball, Running

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• The invention of basketball was not an accident. It was developed to meet a need.

  James Naismith

  Basketball, Needs, Invention

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• If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them

  Michael Jordan

  Basketball, Nba, Trying

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

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• You play with your soul as well as your body.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Basketball, Athlete, Play

  "Ironman champ: Train your brain, then your body" by Chrissie Wellington, www.cnn.com. February 21, 2012.

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• To win, you've got to put the ball in the macramé.

  Terry McGuire

  Inspirational, Basketball, Winning

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• Do your best when no one is looking.

  Bob Cousy

  Basketball, Nba Player, Good Basketball

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• A Coach must never forget that he is a leader and not merely a person with authority.

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Nba, Leader

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• I think that the team that wins game five will win the series. Unless we lose game five.

  Charles Barkley

  Funny, Basketball, Team

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• The first time I shot the hook, I was in fourth grade, and I was about five feet eight inches tall. I put the ball up and felt totally at ease with the shot. I was completely confident it would go in. I've been shooting it ever since.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Basketball, Eight, Feet

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• People ask me if I could fly, I said, 'yeah....' for a little while.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Basketball, Nba

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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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• I would tell players to relax and never think about what's at stake. Just think about the basketball game. If you start to think about who is going to win the championship, you've lost your focus.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Basketball, Winning

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• I know the Virginia players are smart because you need a 1500 SAT to get in. I have to drop bread crumbs to get our players to and from class

  George Raveling

  Basketball, Smart, Silly

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• Defense doesn't break down on the help, it breaks down on the recovery.

  Chuck Daly

  Basketball, Recovery, Coaching

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• Don't do anything as an individual that will make you stand out from your teammates.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Coaching, Teammate

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• Shout praise and whisper criticism.

  Don Meyer

  Basketball, Coaching, Criticism

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• If what you have done yesterday still looks big to you. You haven't done much today.

  Mikhail Gorbachev

  Basketball, Running, Yesterday

  Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev, Green Cross International (2011). “Mikhail Gorbachev: Prophet of Change : from the Cold War to a Sustainable World”, p.322, CLAIRVIEW BOOKS

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• Other people go to the office. I get to coach. I know I've been blessed.

  Jim Valvano

  Basketball, Motivational Sports, Blessed

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• Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Essays "Circles" (1841)

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• Excellence is the unlimited ability to improve the quality of what you have to offer.

  Rick Pitino

  Basketball, Sports, Nba

  Rick Pitino (1997). “Success is a Choice: Ten Steps to Overachieving in Business and Life”, Broadway

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• The coach should be the absolute boss, but he still should maintain an open mind.

  Red Auerbach

  Basketball, Sports, Boss

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