Basketball Is Life Quotes

• 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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• Heart is what separates the good from the great.

  Michael Jordan

  Basketball, Heart, Gymnastics

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• I don't need too much. Glamour and all that stuff don't excite me. I am just glad I have the game of basketball in my life.

  LeBron James

  Motivational, Basketball, Nba

  The InsideHoops Interview, www.insidehoops.com. June 14, 2003.

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  A leader's job is to develop committed followers. Bad leaders destroy their followers' sense of commitment.

  Dean Smith

  Basketball, Jobs, Commitment

  Dean Smith, Gerald D. Bell, John Kilgo (2004). “The Carolina Way: Leadership Lessons from a Life in Coaching”, p.33, Penguin

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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

  Basketball, Teamwork, Thinking

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

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• In basketball - as in life - true joy comes from being fully present in each and every moment, not just when things are going your way.

  Phil Jackson

  Basketball, Nba, True Joy

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• I don't want to be the next Michael Jordan, I only want to be Kobe Bryant.

  Kobe Bryant

  Motivational, Basketball, Want

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

  Kobe Bryant

  Funny, Basketball, Sports

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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  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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• 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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• Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

  Michael Jordan

  Basketball, Sports, Fun

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

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Motivational, Happiness

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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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