Famous Basketball Quotes - Page 7

• Success is a matter of understanding and religiously practicing specific, simple habits that always lead to success.

  Robert Ringer

  Success, Basketball, Simple

  Robert J. Ringer (1990). “Million dollar habits”, Wynwood

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

  Dean Smith

  Inspiring, Basketball, Sports

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• None of us can change our yesterdays but all of us can change our tomorrows.

  Colin Powell

  Change, Courage, Military

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• The number one problem that keeps people from winning in the United States today is lack of belief in themselves.

  Arthur L. Williams, Jr.

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

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• As far as carrying the torch for the years to come, I don't know. I just want to be the best basketball player I can be.

  Kobe Bryant

  Basketball, Player, Years

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• Winning is like deodorant - it comes up and a lot of things don't stink.

  Doc Rivers

  Basketball, Winning, Deodorant

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• Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day-in and day-out.

  Robert Collier

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  Robert Collier (2013). “Riches Within Your Reach”, p.188, Simon and Schuster

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• Our self image and our habits tend to go together. Change one and you will automatically change the other.

  Maxwell Maltz

  Self Esteem, Together, Cybernetics

  Maxwell Maltz (2015). “Psycho-Cybernetics: Updated and Expanded”, p.70, Penguin

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• Any American boy can be a basketball star if he grows up, up, up.

  Bill Vaughan

  Funny, Basketball, Stars

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• If the NBA were on channel 5 and a bunch of frogs making love were on channel 4, I'd watch the frogs, even if they were coming in fuzzy.

  Bobby Knight

  Basketball, Nba, Making Love

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• If you are afraid of failure, you don't deserve success.

  Nastia Liukin

  Basketball, Sports, Athlete

  Twitter post from Jan 3, 2012

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• Mental toughness is to physical as four is to one.

  Bobby Knight

  Motivational, Leadership, Basketball

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• Everybody pulls for David, nobody roots for Goliath.

  Wilt Chamberlain

  Basketball, Sports, Famous Inspirational

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• It's a funny thing, the more I practice the luckier I get.

  Arnold Palmer

  Funny, Sports, Golf

  FaceBook post by Arnold Palmer from Oct 04, 2016

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• Nothing is stronger than habit.

  Ovid

  Inspirational, Humor, Deep Thought

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• Pressure can burst a pipe, or pressure can make a diamond.

  Robert Horry

  Positive, Basketball, Pressure

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• I know that once I get a good rhythm and a good feel, no one can stop me.

  John Starks

  Basketball, Confidence, Rhythm

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• Confidence imparts a wonderful inspiration to the possessor.

  John Milton

  Basketball, Confidence, Inspiration

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• Be more concerned with your character than your reputation.

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Motivational Sports, Character

  Andrew Hill, John Wooden (2002). “Be Quick - But Don't Hurry: Finding Success in the Teachings of a Lifetime”, p.114, Simon and Schuster

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• The beginning of a habit is like an invisible thread, but every time we repeat the act we strengthen the strand, add to it another filament, until it becomes a great cable and binds us irrevocably thought and act.

  Orison Swett Marden

  Inspirational, Motivational, Time

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• Basketball doesn't build character it reveals it.

  James Naismith

  Basketball, Character, Inspirational Basketball

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• There is a difference between conceit and confidence. Conceit is bragging about yourself. Confidence means you believe you can get the job done.

  Johnny Unitas

  Inspirational, Motivational, Confidence

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• I have seen countless people make a choice to be confident. If you don't naturally feel bold and confident, you can choose an attitude of confidence.

  Richard DeVos

  Basketball, Confidence, Attitude

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  The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes in or not.

  Charles Barkley

  Basketball, Differences, Shots

  Charles Barkley (2009). “Sir Charles: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles Barkley”, p.27, Hachette UK

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  It's not the will to win that matters-everyone has that. It's the will to prepare to win that matters.

  Bear Bryant

  Inspirational, Sports, Meaningful

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