Famous Basketball Quotes - Page 8

• Beliefs have the power to create and the power to destroy.

  Tony Robbins

  Inspirational, Success, Basketball

  Tony Robbins (2007). “Awaken the Giant Within: How to Take Immediate Control of Your Mental, Emotional, Physical and Financial”, p.75, Simon and Schuster

  23 Copy quote

  Show source

• 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”

  26 Copy quote

  Show source

• In order to grow, you must accept new responsibilities, no matter how uncertain you may feel or how unprepared you are to deal with them.

  Pat Summitt

  Basketball, Responsibility, Order

  Pat Summitt (1999). “Reach for the Summit”, p.34, Crown Business

  109 Copy quote

  Show source

• Don't get angry; get better.

  Tony DiCicco

  Basketball, Get Better, Angry

  Tony Dicicco, Colleen Hacker, Charles Salzberg (2003). “Catch Them Being Good: Everything You Need to Know to Successfully Coach Girls”, p.149, Penguin

  6 Copy quote

  Show source

• As we develop new beliefs about who we are, our behavior will change to support the new identity.

  Tony Robbins

  Basketball, Support, Identity

  Tony Robbins (2012). “Awaken The Giant Within”, p.499, Simon and Schuster

  12 Copy quote

  Show source

• All athletic accomplishments begin with volition; that is, the desire and willpower necessary to succeed. Volition affects more than thoughts and feelings - it affects physical performance.

  Charles Garfield

  Basketball, Accomplishment, Athletic

  6 Copy quote

• Belief in yourself is what happens when you know you've done the thing things that entitle you to success.

  Pat Summitt

  Basketball, Done, Belief

  Pat Summitt (1999). “Reach for the Summit”, p.146, Crown Business

  118 Copy quote

  Show source

• Doing more of what doesn't work won't make it work any better.

  Charles J. Givens

  Basketball

  5 Copy quote

• Intensity makes you stronger. Emotionalism makes you weaker.

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Stronger, Intensity

  4 Copy quote

• When I go to the line I'm thinking 'All net.' When I don't think that, I'm likely to miss.

  Larry Bird

  Basketball, Thinking, Missing

  38 Copy quote

• With attitude, you can determine your own performance.

  Pat Summitt

  Basketball, Attitude, Determine

  Pat Summitt (1999). “Reach for the Summit”, p.136, Crown Business

  52 Copy quote

  Show source

• Don't whine. Find the positive in difficult situations.

  Tony DiCicco

  Basketball, Difficult Situations, Difficult

  Tony Dicicco, Colleen Hacker, Charles Salzberg (2003). “Catch Them Being Good: Everything You Need to Know to Successfully Coach Girls”, p.84, Penguin

  18 Copy quote

  Show source

• Winners do what losers don't want to do.

  Gary Busey

  Want, Loser, Winner

  4 Copy quote

• One of the first lessons one learns is that the mind is a powerful factor in everything you do, including those exercises that seem to require a maximum of physical strength.

  Joe Hyams

  Basketball, Powerful, Exercise

  Joe Hyams (2010). “Zen in the Martial Arts”, p.107, Bantam

  6 Copy quote

  Show source

• The problem with many athletes is they take themselves seriously and their sport lightly.

  Michael Waltrip

  Basketball, Sports, Athlete

  7 Copy quote

• Realize that the hardest step in achieving anything is making a true commitment.

  Tony Robbins

  Basketball, Commitment, Steps

  Tony Robbins (2012). “Awaken The Giant Within”, p.56, Simon and Schuster

  8 Copy quote

  Show source

• It's important to realize that words shape our beliefs and impact our actions.

  Tony Robbins

  Basketball, Impact, Important

  Tony Robbins (2012). “Awaken The Giant Within”, p.247, Simon and Schuster

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• Happiness is a habit—cultivate it.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Happiness, Positive Thinking, Stay Positive

  Harry Persons Taber, Elbert Hubbard (1905). “The Philistine: A Periodical of Protest”

  36 Copy quote

  Show source

• Man is what he believes.

  Anton Chekhov

  Inspirational, Motivational, Believe

  Anton Chekhov (2015). “The Life and Genius of Anton Chekhov: Letters, Diary, Reminiscences and Biography: Assorted Collection of Autobiographical Writings of the Renowned Russian Author and Playwright of Uncle Vanya, The Cherry Orchard, The Three Sisters and The Seagull”, p.377, e-artnow

  13 Copy quote

  Show source

• To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself.

  Francis Marion Crawford

  Inspirational, Life, Basketball

  Francis Marion Crawford (1910). “The Complete Works”

  48 Copy quote

  Show source

• We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.

  John Dryden

  Inspirational, Motivational, Character

  32 Copy quote

• Things do not change; we change.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Inspirational, Life, Change

  Henry David Thoreau (2009). “Walden”, p.212, Cosimo, Inc.

  46 Copy quote

  Show source

• Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours.

  Richard Bach

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Success

  1977 Illusions.

  25 Copy quote

  Show source

• A winner never stops trying.

  Tom Landry

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  111 Copy quote