Basketball Life Quotes

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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What to do with a mistake: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it.

Dean Smith

Inspiring, Basketball, Sports

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Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

Michael Jordan

Basketball, Sports, Fun

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I'll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it's sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a cup of water to a teammate, or hitting the game-winning shot.

Kobe Bryant

Inspirational, Basketball, Attitude

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

Michael Jordan

Inspirational, Motivational, Happiness

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

Dean Smith

Basketball, Mean, Thinking

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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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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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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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Remember this, the choices you make in life, make you.

John Wooden

Basketball, Choices, Coaching

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

Kobe Bryant

Basketball, Opportunity, Nba

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

Wayne Gretzky

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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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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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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