Basketball Motivation Quotes

• All really successful coaches have a system.

  Jim Valvano

  Basketball, Successful, Coaching

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• If you take time to realize what your dream is and what you really want in life, no matter what it is, whether it's sports or in other fields, you have to realize that there is always work to do, and you want to be the hardest working person in whatever you do, and you put yourself in a position to be successful. And you have to have a passion about what you do.

  Stephen Curry

  Sports, Dream, Passion

  Stephen Curry during Golden State Warriors Media Conference, www.asapsports.com. May 4, 2015.

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  The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination.

  Tommy Lasorda

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

  Twitter post from Aug 24, 2015

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• Don't let what other people think decide who you are.

  Dennis Rodman

  Basketball, Thinking, People

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• Champions play as they practice. Create a consistency of excellence in all your habits.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Practice, Nba

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• When I lose the sense of motivation and the sense to prove something as a basketball player, it's time for me to move away from the game.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Basketball, Motivation

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• Me shooting 40% at the foul line is just God's way to say nobody's perfect.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, Pythagorean Theorem, Perfect

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• I'm not the guy who's afraid of failure. I like to take risks, take the big shot and all that.

  Stephen Curry

  Guy, Risk, Inspirational Basketball

  Source: espn.go.com

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• Be more concerned with your character than your reputation.

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Motivational Sports, Character

  Andrew Hill, John Wooden (2002). “Be Quick - But Don't Hurry: Finding Success in the Teachings of a Lifetime”, p.114, Simon and Schuster

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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 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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  If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it.

  Michael Jordan

  Motivational, Basketball, Running

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

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• There are only two options regarding commitment; you’re either in or you’re out.

  Pat Riley

  Inspirational, Basketball, Sports

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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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• One man cannot make a team.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Motivational, Basketball, Sports

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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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• I've never been afraid of big moments. I get butterflies.. I get nervous and anxious, but I think those are all good signs that I'm ready for the moment.

  Stephen Curry

  Butterfly, Thinking, Inspirational Basketball

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• Everybody pulls for David, nobody roots for Goliath.

  Wilt Chamberlain

  Basketball, Sports, Famous Inspirational

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• If you are afraid of failure, you don't deserve success.

  Nastia Liukin

  Basketball, Sports, Athlete

  Twitter post from Jan 3, 2012

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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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• Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  "Full Text of Governor Ikpeazu’s Inaugural Speech". dailypost.ng. May 30, 2015.

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• It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up.

  Vince Lombardi

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  Vince Lombardi, Jr. (2012). “What It Takes to Be Number One”, p.31, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Basketball doesn't build character it reveals it.

  James Naismith

  Basketball, Character, Inspirational Basketball

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• You don't have to live anybody else's story.

  Stephen Curry

  Mvp, Inspirational Basketball, Famous Basketball

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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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