Basketball Is My Life Quotes

Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation.

Michael Jordan

Motivational, Positive, Basketball

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

Michael Jordan

Inspirational, Motivational, Happiness

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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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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'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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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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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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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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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 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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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 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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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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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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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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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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Heart is what separates the good from the great.

Michael Jordan

Basketball, Heart, Gymnastics

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I always mean what I say, but I don't always say what I'm thinking.

Dean Smith

Basketball, Mean, Thinking

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In the next 15 or 20 years, I hope I'll be the richest man in the world. That's one of my goals. I want to be a billionaire. I want to get to a position where generation on generation don't have to worry about nothing. I don't want family members from my kids to my son's kids to never have to worry. And I can't do that now just playing basketball.

LeBron James

Basketball, Inspiration, Kids

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There is a lot of pressure put on me, but I don't put a lot of pressure on myself. I feel if I play my game, it will take care of itself.

LeBron James

Inspirational, Motivational, Basketball

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

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