Basketball Court Quotes

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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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• When I was young, I never wanted to leave the court until I got things exactly correct. My dream was to become a pro.

  Larry Bird

  Inspirational, Basketball, Dream

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• Each time I step on the basketball court, I never know what will happen. I live for the moment. I play for the moment.

  Michael Jordan

  Basketball, Play, Focus

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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, Nba

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  Basketball is a beautiful game when the five players on the court play with one heartbeat.

  Dean Smith

  Basketball, Beautiful, Player

  Dean Smith, Gerald D. Bell, John Kilgo (2004). “The Carolina Way: Leadership Lessons from a Life in Coaching”, p.142, Penguin

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• I can see well enough on the 28-meter basketball court.

  Yao Ming

  Basketball, Enough, Meter

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• I tell kids to pursue their basketball dreams, but I tell them to not let that be their only dream.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Motivational, Basketball, Dream

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• Basketball is a full court game, so every drill must be done full court.

  Bobby Knight

  Basketball, Nba, Games

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• I've been called worse on the basketball court.

  Barack Obama

  Basketball, Court

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• If Shakespeare can compare all of life to a stage, maybe it's not odd to believe that part of the play can take place on a basketball court.

  Bill Russell

  Inspirational, Basketball, Believe

  Bill Russell, Taylor Branch (1980). “Second wind: the memoirs of an opinionated man”

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• I'm not paid to be a role model. I'm paid to wreak havoc on the basketball court.

  Charles Barkley

  Basketball, Role Models, Roles

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• The chances of there being transmissibility by blood to blood contact on a basketball court is so infinitesimally small that it is something that shouldn't influence a decision whether someone would come back or not.

  Anthony S. Fauci

  Basketball, Blood, Decision

  "AIDS researcher: Magic's comeback poses no threat". "News Briefs", www.cnn.com. January 27, 1996.

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• I've been captivated by the idea of being on a basketball court and being surrounded by people who made me look a little bit less like a freak.

  John Amaechi

  Basketball, Ideas, People

  Interview with Max Miller, bigthink.com. October 7, 2010.

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• The more your players have to think on the basketball court, the slower their feet get.

  Jerry Tarkanian

  Basketball, Player, Thinking

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• I get scared of a lot of attention. I get scared of the spotlight. And I'm not talking about on the basketball court.

  Jeremy Lin

  Basketball, Talking, Attention

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• When it comes to team dynamics - on a basketball court or in a corporate setting - maintaining a positive atmosphere is crucial.

  Rick Pitino

  Basketball, Team, Atmosphere

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• I have two definitions of success - one on the basketball court and one in my personal life. In basketball, success means making my teammates better, winning basketball games and winning championships. In my personal life, success means being a good father to my sons and raising them to be strong men; taking care of my family and being a good friend; and using my influence to make a difference in the community.

  Dwyane Wade

  Basketball, Strong, Father

  Source: mochamanstyle.com

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• When I step on that basketball court, I'm thinking about basketball, I'm thinking about winning - but there's so much that goes into thought about how I'm going to open this game up to others. It's so much more than just basketball.

  Carmelo Anthony

  Inspirational, Basketball, Thinking

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• There are very few sports where you can find that tranquility. Some people find that in golf, but when you're in the water it's such a difference from the golf course or the basketball court. That's what makes surfing unique over any other sport.

  Troy Polamalu

  Basketball, Sports, Golf

  Source: www.complex.com

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• My first ballet class was on a basketball court. I'm in my gym clothes and my socks trying to do this thing called ballet.

  Misty Copeland

  Basketball, Class, Clothes

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

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• I'm not comfortable being preachy, but more people need to start spending as much time in the library as they do on the basketball court.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Basketball, Education, People

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Mignon McCarthy (1990). “Kareem”, Random House Incorporated

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• Michael Jordan once said that the most peaceful moments of his life were on a basketball court, because that's the only place he knew exactly what to do. And to me the most peaceful moments in my ministry are in the pulpit because that's when I really know what I'm going to do.

  Max Lucado

  Basketball, Peaceful, Jordan

  Source: www.preaching.com

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• It's a really weird mindset to kind of try to take my mentality on the basketball court and bring it here on to the golf course. I don't want to have too high of expectations on, like, each hole, just try to enjoy the process, but hopefully get out to a good start tomorrow and be in the conversation and see what happens.

  Stephen Curry

  Basketball, Golf, Expectations

  Source: wearegolf.org

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• THESE ARE BEAUTIFUL PROPERTIES with basketball courts, bathroom facilities, toilet facilities. Many young people would love to get the hell out of cities

  Carl Paladino

  Basketball, Beautiful, Cities

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• One thing you gotta know about Roy. The way I always saw myself, is I'm just like you. In the ring, I have a gift...That gift ain't on the basketball court. That gift ain't at home. You understand me? That gift is in the ring.

  Roy Jones Jr.

  Basketball, Motivation, Home

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