Nba Quotes - Page 37

• Encourage 'random' picks on the ball because they cannot be scouted

  Doc Rivers

  Basketball, Balls, Picks

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• Basketball, like all sports, is predicated on the execution of fundamentals. The coach is a teacher. His subject: fundamentals

  Jack Ramsay

  Basketball, Sports, Teacher

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• I believe you win games by what you do from your first practice until your first game

  Jack Ramsay

  Basketball, Believe, Winning

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• The highest level of achievement is attained by the teams with the best conditioned players

  Jack Ramsay

  Basketball, Team, Player

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• Even the greatest players accept coaching and value the need for discipline and the order that it brings to the team

  Jack Ramsay

  Basketball, Team, Player

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• Players draw confidence from a poised, alert coach who anticipates changing in game conditions

  Jack Ramsay

  Basketball, Player, Games

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• When hired three years ago, I willingly accepted the challenge of leading the Bulls back to the type of team this city richly deserves. I'm proud of the fact that each year the team has taken another step toward an NBA championship, and played with intense pride and determination.

  Doug Collins

  Determination, Team, Taken

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• The 76ers hold a special place in my heart and I am intrigued by the opportunity to return to Philadelphia, where I was part of a rebuilding program, joining the team the year after it went 9-73 and going to the NBA Finals just four years later.

  Doug Collins

  Team, Heart, Opportunity

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• Everyone knows Jordan as a winner, and that's what I want to be known as at the end of my playing career. Someone who's won multiple NBA Championships and has made a difference in the NBA.

  Mario Chalmers

  Nba Championships, Careers, Differences

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• My goal is to win the next game one possession at a time. That's it. I don't have any other goals

  Brad Stevens

  Basketball, Time, Winning

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• How good can we expect to be if our best player is not our best teammate

  Brad Stevens

  Basketball, Player, Teammate

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• When I come home, I'm not a basketball player, but "dad". While everyone sees me as an NBA player, to my boys, I'm just "dad" and that's very important.

  Dwyane Wade

  Basketball, Dad, Home

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• As I grew up, I played in sandals. I played in flip-flops all the time back in the day. That's why I didn't really care about spraining my ankles. When I first started in the NBA, I loved low-cuts. I can play (in them), because I used to grow up playing in flip-flops all the time.

  Rajon Rondo

  Growing Up, Cutting, Play

  Source: bleacherreport.com

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• We have to move the meter in sports in Africa, especially basketball. With the growth of the NBA globally, we have to figure out more ways to develop facilities, coaching, leagues, and youth development in Africa. The talent is incredible. Especially physically. How do we get the youth to start playing at an early age just like in soccer? The future is bright. We now have an NBA office in Africa, we have legends and Hall of Famers, we have African assistant coaches, front office members, and some prominent African players over the last 10 years. So we must plan well for the next 10.

  Masai Ujiri

  Basketball, Soccer, Sports

  "Is African Soccer the NBA’s New Breeding Ground?" by Ange Kagame, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 4, 2015.

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• I always had a dream to someday own an NBA team.

  Stan Kroenke

  Dream, Team, Someday

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• The true athlete should have character, not be a character

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Athlete, Character

  John Wooden, Jack Tobin, Bill Walton (2004). “They Call Me Coach”, McGraw Hill Professional

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• The worst day coaching is better than the best day doing anything else

  Don Meyer

  Basketball, Coaching, Worst

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• The best competition I have is against myself to become better

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Competition

  John Wooden, Jay Carty (2009). “Coach Wooden One-On-One”, p.65, Revell

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• It's important to keep trying to do what you think is right no matter how hard it is or how often you fail. Never stop trying

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Thinking, Important

  John Wooden (2011). “Wooden: A Legacy in Words and Images (EBOOK)”, p.15, McGraw-Hill Professional

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• I would spend almost as much time planning a practice as conducting it. Everything was planned out each day

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Practice, Each Day

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• I found the bench to be the greatest ally when I had to make individuals comply with what was best for the team

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Team, Allies

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• I am always playing hard trying to win. Just knowing that at one time I was once that kid that looked up to NBA players and NFL players. Today these kids look up me.

  Jason Terry

  Kids, Winning, Player

  Source: www.ign.com

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• When you're a coach you've got to go up the ladder, you've got to be ready to travel. That's the nature of coaching

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Basketball, Coaching, Ladders

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