Basketball Is Life Quotes

I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.

Michael Jordan

Inspirational, Motivational, Change

"I Can't Accept Not Trying : Michael Jordan on the Pursuit of Excellence". Book by Michael Jordan (p. 129), 1994.

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Get the fundamentals down and the level of everything you do will rise

Michael Jordan

Basketball, Nba, Fundamentals

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

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If you make every game a life and death proposition, you're going to have problems. For one thing, you'll be dead a lot.

Dean Smith

Inspirational, Funny, Basketball

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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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My heroes are and were my parents. I can't see having anyone else as my heroes.

Michael Jordan

Basketball, Sports, Hero

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Basketball is a team game. But that doesn't mean all five players should have the same amount of shots.

Dean Smith

Basketball, Team, Mean

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Be true to the game, because the game will be true to you. If you try to shortcut the game, then the game will shortcut you. If you put forth the effort, good things will be bestowed upon you. That's truly about the game, and in some ways that's about life too.

Michael Jordan

Inspirational, Motivational, Nba

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I'm not out there sweating for three hours every day just to find out what it feels like to sweat.

Michael Jordan

Inspirational, Motivational, Fitness

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Once I made a decision, I never thought about it again.

Michael Jordan

Inspirational, Nba, Decision

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If you do the work you get rewarded. There are no shortcuts in life.

Michael Jordan

Inspirational, Nba, Hard Work Pays Off

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Not only is there more to life than basketball, there's a lot more to basketball than basketball.

Phil Jackson

Inspirational, Basketball, Sports

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In college I never realized the opportunities available to a pro athlete. I've been given the chance to meet all kinds of people, to travel and expand my financial capabilities, to get ideas and learn about life, to create a world apart from basketball.

Michael Jordan

Inspirational, Basketball, Athlete

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You can practice shooting eight hours a day, but if your technique is wrong, then all you become is very good at shooting the wrong way. Get the fundamentals down and the level of everything you do will rise.

Michael Jordan

Basketball, Eight, Practice

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

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You can't get much done in life if you only work on the days when you feel good.

Jerry West

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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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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There is no such thing as life in-between.

Pat Riley

Motivational, Basketball, Sports

Pat Riley (1993). “The winner within: a life plan for team players”, Putnam Adult

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Everyting negative - pressure, challenges - is all an opportunity for me to rise.

Kobe Bryant

Basketball, Opportunity, Nba

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I never looked at the consequences of missing a big shot... when you think about the consequences you always think of a negative result.

Michael Jordan

Inspirational, Positive, Basketball

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

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These young guys are playing checkers. I'm out there playing chess.

Kobe Bryant

Funny, Basketball, Sports

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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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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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Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.

Michael Jordan

Inspirational, Basketball, Sports

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

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Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

Michael Jordan

Basketball, Sports, Fun

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I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.
Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.
I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.

Michael Jordan

Basketball, People, Wish

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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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