Famous Basketball Quotes - Page 5

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

  Steve Nash

  Basketball, Believe, Giving Back

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• Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength.

  Phil Jackson

  Inspiring, Basketball, Sports

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I wanted to do two things when I was growing up, about your age. I wanted to play in the NBA, and I wanted to be a businessman after my basketball career was over, and that is what I am doing now.

  Magic Johnson

  Basketball, Growing Up, Nba

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

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• Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

  John Wooden

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "This Speech Was Given Before The #4Women4AllWomen Run" by Powdered Feet, womensrunning.competitor.com. January 25, 2017.

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  The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.

  Phil Jackson

  Inspirational, Motivational, Basketball

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• I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come. I don't do things half-heartedly. Because I know if I do, then I can expect half-hearted results.

  Michael Jordan

  Motivational, Positive, Basketball

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

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• The best teams have chemistry. They communicate with each other and they sacrifice personal glory for a common goal.

  Dave DeBusschere

  Motivational, Basketball, Team

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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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• 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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• Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  "Full Text of Governor Ikpeazu’s Inaugural Speech". dailypost.ng. May 30, 2015.

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• I know fear is an obstacle for some people, but it is an illusion to me . . . Failure always made me try harder next time.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Basketball, Fear

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• I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

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

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• Fans never fall asleep at our games, because they're afraid they might get hit by a pass.

  George Raveling

  Inspirational, Basketball, Fall

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• Great players are willing to give up their own personal achievement for the achievement of the group. It enhances everybody.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Motivational, Basketball, Giving Up

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• Coaching is easy. Winning is the hard part.

  Elgin Baylor

  Basketball, Winning, Coaching

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• Good, Better, Best. Never let it rest. Until your Good is Better, and your Better is your Best.

  Unknown

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  "Dedication, Teamwork and Camaraderie: Tim Duncan" by Angela Guzman, www.beliefnet.com.

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• If you're a basketball player, you've got to shoot.

  Oscar Robertson

  Basketball, Player, Ifs

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• You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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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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• As a parent, I have a job as a role model to my children, and by extension, to other young people.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Basketball, Jobs, Children

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• These are my new shoes. They're good shoes. They won't make you rich like me, they won't make you rebound like me, they definitely won't make you handsome like me. They'll only make you have shoes like me. That's it.

  Charles Barkley

  Basketball, Sports, Shoes

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• The extra pass and the extra effort on defense always get the job done.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Basketball, Jobs, Effort

  "Talk Asia" with Stan Grant, www.cnn.com. July 2, 2005.

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• I look at the NBA as a football game without the helmet.

  Tom Tolbert

  Funny, Basketball, Football

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• I am a huge believer in giving back and helping out in the community and the world. Think globally, act locally I suppose. I believe that the measure of a person's life is the affect they have on others.

  Steve Nash

  Motivational, Basketball, Believe

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