Basketball Quotes - Page 9

• We try to stress the little things because little things lead to big things.

  Steve Alford

  Motivational Sports, Stress, Coaching

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• Shot fakes and ball fakes work. No one uses more than Wisconsin. It's amazing how many people don't use them

  Bo Ryan

  Nba, People, Fake

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• I recruit hungry kids who love the game and want to get better and feel they have more questions than answers

  Bo Ryan

  Kids, Nba, Games

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• Championship teams are built on being prepared, playing unselfishly and being held accountable.

  Jason Kidd

  Team, Nba, Championship

  "Kidd to coach Nets". www.foxnews.com. June 12, 2013.

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• In 19 years Stockton never once lost a suicide drill in practice. Well, there was one day. He was sick. But he still ran it

  Jerry Sloan

  Suicide, Years, Practice

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• You need to work as hard to be a great teammate as you do to be a great player

  Jon Gordon

  Player, Nba, Needs

  Twitter post from Oct 18, 2016

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• A team is a group of players who support one another on court and who think of the group before they think of themselves

  K. C. Jones

  Team, Player, Thinking

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• It always amazes me that spectators want to coach, coaches want to officiate, and officials just want to watch the game

  Lou Holtz

  Nba, Games, Watches

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• One of the hardest things for a ball player to do is to accept his role

  Scottie Pippen

  Player, Nba, Balls

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• You create shots for yourself by what you do without the ball more than what you do after you get it

  Steve Alford

  Nba, Balls, Shots

  Steve Alford (1998). “Basketball Guard Play”, McGraw-Hill

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• The biggest thing is getting our guys to understand, you can't let one mistake compound into another mistake

  Thad Matta

  Mistake, Nba, Guy

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• You've got to stay ready, especially around here. That's what we preach, you'll get your opportunity whether it comes at the beginning or in the middle or in the end whenever it may be. When your time comes, you need to be ready to go because you're going to earn your minutes

  Tim Duncan

  Opportunity, Nba, May

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• It's not how big you are, it's how big you play.

  John Wooden

  Play, Bigs, Playing Basketball

  "How (and why) position-less lineups have taken over the NBA playoffs" by Ian McMahan, www.theguardian.com. May 1, 2018.

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• If you think and achieve as a team, the individual accolades will take care of themselves. Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.

  Michael Jordan

  Teamwork, Thinking, Winning

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

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• I believe that the measure of a person's life is the affect they have on others.

  Steve Nash

  Believe, Giving Back, Life Is

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• To do the right thing at the right season is a great art.

  Helio Gracie

  Art, Mma, Little Things

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• The only way you're going to get through life, happily, is being yourself.

  Nikki Blonsky

  Being Yourself, Diving, Way

  "Nikki Blonsky Talks to Seventeen About Huge!". Interview with Neha Gandhi, www.seventeen.com. July 1, 2010.

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• Center is a very tough position to play.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Play, Tough, Position

  Live chat with fans, www.nba.com.

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• My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Spiritual, Political, Islam

  "TalkAsia" with Stan Grant, edition.cnn.com. July 2, 2005.

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• You can't defer if you're the person who's in the leadership position.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Coaching, Position, Persons

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• I keep both eyes on my man. The basket hasn't moved on me yet.

  Julius Erving

  Eye, Men, Moved On

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• Five guys on the court working together can achieve more than five talented individuals who come and go as individuals.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Motivational, Guy, Working Together

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• I saw Islam as the correct way to live, and I chose to try to live that way.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Islam, Trying, Way To Live

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I think race has been a burden for black Americans. Being Muslim has also been a challenge because so many people do not understand Islam.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Thinking, Race, People

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• A team will always appreciate a great individual if he's willing to sacrifice for the group.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Motivational, Team, Sacrifice

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