Nba Quotes - Page 29

• The true warrior understands and seizes that moment by giving an effort so intense and so intuitive that it could only be called one from the heart.

  Pat Riley

  Basketball, Heart, Warrior

  Pat Riley (1993). “The winner within: a life plan for team players”, Putnam Adult

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• The difference between a good defensive team and a bad defensive team is as little as three possessions

  Brad Stevens

  Basketball, Team, Differences

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• This is it. It's for all the marbles. I'm sitting in the house loading up the pump, I'm loading up the Uzis, I've got a couple of M-16s, couple of nines, couple of joints with some silencers on them, couple of grenades, got a missile launcher. I'm ready for war.

  Kevin Garnett

  Funny, Couple, War

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• I know what I would do if I were coach. I'd determine our strengths and weaknesses and utilize them. And it's pretty clear what our strength is.

  Michael Jordan

  Funny, Weakness, Clear

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• You're always going to face criticism, you're always going to face challenges, but those things are there to make you stronger and more committed.

  David Robinson

  Inspirational, Basketball, Confidence

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• I love basketball so much, I love playing it. I just never thought I could make it to college, make it to the NBA or stand up here today in front of you guys and be an NBA MVP. It’s just a surreal feeling, and I had so much help, so many people believe in me when I didn’t believe in myself.

  Kevin Durant

  Basketball, Believe, College

  "Behind the best moments of Kevin Durant’s MVP speech" by Jonathan Lehman, nypost.com. May 7, 2014.

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• We're building a culture of accountability, trust, and togetherness. Entitlement will not be tolerated

  Brad Stevens

  Trust, Basketball, Accountability

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• The game honors toughness

  Brad Stevens

  Inspirational, Basketball, Games

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  So many people doubted me. They motivated me every single day, to be, who I am.

  Kevin Durant

  Who I Am, Mvp, People

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• In the game of basketball, I play first off because I love it. I love to have fun. I love to run up and down the court.

  Kevin Durant

  Basketball, Running, Fun

  Kevin Durant's MVP Acceptance Speech, newsok.com. May 13, 2014.

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• It's the kind of game that makes you go home and beat your wife.

  Charles Barkley

  Funny, Home, Games

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• Write this: Since my boy is the coach, I'm going to try out for the Dolphins next year. Tight end.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, Writing, Boys

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• Basketball can serve as a kind of metaphor for ultimate cooperation. It is a sport where success, as symbolized by the championship, requires that the dictates of community prevail over selfish impulses.

  Bill Bradley

  Basketball, Sports, Selfish

  Bill Bradley (2010). “Life on the Run”, p.75, RosettaBooks

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• Sometimes the best recruits are the ones you don't get.

  Don Meyer

  Basketball, Sometimes, Recruit

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• I thought LeBron James was just going to be another addition to help me score

  Ricky Davis

  Funny, Basketball, Helping

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• This is a team game and one man doesn't win and one man doesn't lose. In the end, the best team usually wins.

  Wilt Chamberlain

  Basketball, Team, Men

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• I was taught to play the game from a total team concept-to be able to do everything reasonably well and some things extraordinarily well. If I'm not shooting well, I'll try to be an asset in other ways-like defense, passing, rebounding, and hustle.

  Rick Barry

  Basketball, Team, Games

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• I dribbled by the hour with my left hand when I was young. I didn't have full control, but I got so I could move the ball back and forth from one hand to the other without breaking the cadence of my dribble. I wasn't dribbling behind my back or setting up any trick stuff, but I was laying the groundwork for it.

  Bob Cousy

  Basketball, Moving, Hands

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• I think it was wishful thinking of me to dream of being an NBA player. And once I made the NBA I dreamed of being an All-Star, but I never dreamed of being an MVP.

  Steve Nash

  Basketball, Dream, Stars

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• If you're going to have to beg them to play, it's not going to work.

  Chuck Daly

  Basketball, Sports, Play

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• When I retire, I'm going after his job. If I don't make sheriff, I'm going after his job. He's not that good. You can quote me on that.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Jobs, Sheriffs, Retiring

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• He shouldn't have been in the NBA, but we were too cheap to pay for a point guard.

  Kobe Bryant

  Badass, Pay, Point Guard

  "Kobe, Smush Parker go at it again". www.espn.com. October 13, 2012.

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• I never think about missing a free throw. All that goes through my mind when I'm at the line is seeing the ball go through the bottom of the net.

  Brad Daugherty

  Basketball, Thinking, Missing

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• The NBA is a big family, and I think of all these rookies as my brothers. I still believe I am blue collar among the All-Stars.

  Yao Ming

  Basketball, Brother, Stars

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• If you take a needle and stick her in the booty and take a needle and stick me in the booty, we're both going to say ouch.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Sticks, Booty, Ouch

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