Nba Quotes - Page 32

• Commitment separates those who live their dreams from those who live their lives regretting the opportunities they have squandered.

  Bill Russell

  Basketball, Dream, Regret

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• Everybody wants to talk about NBA players being selfish and arrogant and individuals. But what you saw today was a team bonding and facing adversity and coming out with a big win.

  Kobe Bryant

  Basketball, Team, Selfish

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• There's a lot of guys in the NBA that would hire stylists because they know they don't have their own sense of style and they need a little guidance.

  Iman Shumpert

  Guy, Style, Needs

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• I was so frustrated with him. "I just want to be enough for you, but I never can be. This can never be enough for you. But this is all you get. You get me, and your family, and this world. This is your life. I'm sorry if it sucks. But you're not going to be the first man on Mars, and you're not going to be an NBA star, and you're not going to hunt Nazis.

  John Green

  Stars, Sorry, Real

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• The basketball court for me, during a game, is the most peaceful place I can imagine. On the basketball court, I worry about nothing. When I'm out there, no one can bother me.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Basketball, Games

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• Maybe somewhere down the line when I'm done playing, I'd want to style NBA players.

  Iman Shumpert

  Player, Style, Done

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• What is love? Love is playing every game as if it's your last!

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Basketball, Motivational Sports

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• I think you're not a human being unless you have doubts and fears.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Inspirational, Basketball, Thinking

  "Mike Krzyzewski on Courage". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. May 22, 1997.

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• Yao Ming is the best thing to happen to the NBA in a long time. He is just a beautiful person inside and out. The vision, the creativity, the gentleness of spirit … he has it all.

  Bill Walton

  Beautiful, Creativity, Long

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• Wherever you go, things change you. I mean, obviously moving to Miami and becoming part of the NBA has given me a different perspective on style than I had when I lived in Chicago or Milwaukee.

  Dwyane Wade

  Moving, Mean, Perspective

  "The ESQ&A: Dwyane Wade on Fashion, Fatherhood & Dressing With Confidence". Interview with Jonathan Evans, www.esquire.com. March 19, 2013.

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• My biggest achievement - besides being drafted into the NBA - was becoming a father. Being a father has made me experience things that have contributed to my maturity and personal growth.

  Dwyane Wade

  Father, Maturity, Achievement

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• Once I made a decision, I never thought about it again.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Decision, Made

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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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• There is no sin in not liking to play; it's a mistake for a boy to be there if he doesn't want to.

  Bear Bryant

  Leadership, Basketball, Mistake

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• I'll never give up on a player regardless of his ability as long as he never gives up on himself. In time he will develop.

  Bear Bryant

  Leadership, Basketball, Giving Up

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• Don't talk too much. Don't pop off. Don't talk after the game until you cool off.

  Bear Bryant

  Leadership, Basketball, Believe

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• The biggest mistake coaches make is taking borderline cases and trying to save them. I'm not talking about grades now, I'm talking about character. I want to know before a boy enrolls about his home life, and what his parents want him to be.

  Bear Bryant

  Leadership, Basketball, Mistake

  Paul Bear Bryant, John Underwood (2007). “Bear: The Hard Life and Good Times of Alabama's Coach Bryant”, p.238, Triumph Books

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• It's not up to anyone else to make me give my best.

  Hakeem Olajuwon

  Basketball, Sports, Ambition

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• The accomplishments in college and even in the pros are more in my mind because you constantly see Duke on TV during basketball season. You constantly see the NBA.

  Grant Hill

  Basketball, College, Accomplishment

  "FPM Interview: Grant Hill talks about his new doc on Olympic coach". Interview with Chris Chase, sports.yahoo.com. April 21, 2011.

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• Be a dreamer. If you don't know how to dream, you're dead.

  Jim Valvano

  Basketball, Dream, Sportsmanship

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

  Rick Pitino

  Basketball, Sports, Coaching

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

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• I have a rule on my team: When we talk to one another, we look each other right in the eye, because I think it's tough to lie to somebody. You give respect to somebody.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Sports, Lying

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

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• Don't let winning make you soft. Don't let losing make you quit. Don't let your teammates down in any situation.

  Larry Bird

  Basketball, Sports, Winning

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• Create unselfishness as the most important team attribute.

  Bill Russell

  Basketball, Team, Important

  Bill Russell, David Falkner (2001). “Russell Rules: 11 Lessons on Leadership from the Twentieth Century's Greatest Winner”, p.36, Penguin

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• Practice habits were crucial to my development in basketball. I didn't play against the toughest competition in high school, but one reason I was able to do well in college was that I mastered the fundamentals. You've got to have them down before you can even think about playing.

  Larry Bird

  Basketball, School, Thinking

  Larry Bird (1990). “Drive: The Story of My Life”, Bantam Books

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