Basketball Success Quotes - Page 2

I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

Michael Jordan

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.

Michael Jordan

Basketball, Inspiration, Athlete

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I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.

Michael Jordan

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

"Nike Culture : The Sign of the Swoosh". Book by Robert Goldman, Stephen Papson (p. 49), 1998.

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Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.

Michael Jordan

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation.

Michael Jordan

Motivational, Positive, Basketball

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You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.

Michael Jordan

Inspirational, Motivational, Happiness

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Even when I'm old and grey, I won't be able to play it, but I'll still love the game.

Michael Jordan

Love, Motivational, Basketball

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The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.

Vince Lombardi

Inspirational, Motivational, Success

Vince Lombardi (2012). “What it Takes to be Number One”, p.71, Thomas Nelson

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If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

Michael Jordan

Inspirational, Basketball, Wisdom

Michael Jordan (1994). “I can't accept not trying: Michael Jordan on the pursuit of excellence”

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Success comes after you conquer your biggest obstacles and hurdles.

Stephen Curry

Obstacles, Conquer, Hurdle

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If you take time to realize what your dream is and what you really want in life, no matter what it is, whether it's sports or in other fields, you have to realize that there is always work to do, and you want to be the hardest working person in whatever you do, and you put yourself in a position to be successful. And you have to have a passion about what you do.

Stephen Curry

Sports, Dream, Passion

Stephen Curry during Golden State Warriors Media Conference, www.asapsports.com. May 4, 2015.

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College coaches measure success in championships. High School coaches measure success to titles. Youth coaches measure success in smiles.

Paul McAllister

School, College, Coaching

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I like criticism. It makes you strong.

LeBron James

Basketball, Strong, Inspiration

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You can't be afraid to fail. It's the only way you succeed - you're not gonna succeed all the time, and I know that.

LeBron James

Basketball, Inspiration, Way

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The game is my wife. It demands loyalty and responsibility, and it gives me back fulfillment and peace.

Michael Jordan

Motivational, Basketball, Loyalty

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Do your best when no one is looking. If you do that, then you can be successful at anything you put your mind to

Bob Cousy

Basketball, Kids, Hard Work

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If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them

Michael Jordan

Basketball, Nba, Trying

Michael Jordan (1994). “I can't accept not trying: Michael Jordan on the pursuit of excellence”

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There's more to life than basketball. The most important thing is your family and taking care of each other and loving each other no matter what.

Stephen Curry

Basketball, Mvp, Important

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I'd rather be a non-All-Star playing in the Western Conference finals than an All-Star who's sitting at home in May.

Stephen Curry

Stars, Home, Finals

"Stephen Curry's killer instinct". Interview with Sam Alipour, www.espn.com.au. December 11, 2013.

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Being a superstar means you've reached your potential, and I don't think I've reached my potential as a basketball player and as a leader yet.

Stephen Curry

Basketball, Mean, Player

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Success is not an accident, success is actually a choice.

Stephen Curry

Choices, Inspirational Basketball, Motivational Basketball

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I can get better. I haven't reached my ceiling yet on how well I can shoot the basketball.

Stephen Curry

Basketball, Get Better, Ceilings

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Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.

Calvin Coolidge

Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

Quoted in Quotable Calvin Coolidge, ed. Peter Hannaford (2001).

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There is nothing more common than unsuccessful men with talent.

Joe Strummer

Perseverance, Determination, Persistence

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Your ability to communicate to your young people will determine your success.

Jim Harrick

Basketball, People, Coaching

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