Basketball Motivation Quotes - Page 4

The secret is to have eight great players and four others who will cheer like crazy.

Jerry Tarkanian

Basketball, Sports, Teamwork

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One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than a hundred teaching it.

Knute Rockne

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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In all the research you do as a coach, studying other coaches and championship-type situations, you find that all those teams combined talent with great defense. You've got to stop other teams to win.

Pat Riley

Basketball, Team, Winning

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I know I'm never as good or bad as one single performance. I've never believed in my critics or my worshippers, and I've always been able to leave the game at the arena.

Charles Barkley

Motivational, Basketball, Games

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I've got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.

Larry Bird

Motivational, Basketball, Sports

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Once you are labeled 'the best' you want to stay up there, and you can't do it by loafing around.

Larry Bird

Basketball, Sports, Nba

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I think the most important thing about coaching is that you have to have a sense of confidence about what you're doing.

Phil Jackson

Thinking, Coaching, Important

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There may be people who have more talent than you, but there's no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do - and I believe that.

Derek Jeter

Motivational, Inspiring, Success

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To be successful you have to be selfish, or else you never achieve. And once you get to your highest level, then you have to be unselfish. Stay reachable. Stay in touch. Don't isolate.

Michael Jordan

Motivational, Success, Basketball

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To have long term success as a coach or in any position of leadership, you have to be obsessed in some way.

Pat Riley

Leadership, Basketball, Motivational Sports

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Other people go to the office. I get to coach. I know I've been blessed.

Jim Valvano

Basketball, Motivational Sports, Blessed

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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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If you quit ONCE it becomes a habit.Never quit!!!

Michael Jordan

Inspirational, Basketball, Business

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It isn't about what you do, but how you do it

John Wooden

Ucla, Inspirational Basketball, Motivational Basketball

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I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come. I don't do things half-heartedly. Because I know if I do, then I can expect half-hearted results.

Michael Jordan

Motivational, Positive, Basketball

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

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Don't try to imitate other coaches. Be your own person with your own style and do your own thing.

Hubie Brown

Basketball, Coaching, Style

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Defense doesn't break down on the help, it breaks down on the recovery.

Chuck Daly

Basketball, Recovery, Coaching

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Systems win! Believe in your system, and then sell it to your players.

Billy Donovan

Basketball, Believe, Player

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Empower the people around you, from the janitor to the athletic director. You do that by being sincere, caring about others, and then putting it into practice.

Sue Gunter

Basketball, Caring, Practice

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Your ability to communicate to your young people will determine your success.

Jim Harrick

Basketball, People, Coaching

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Basketball is a sport that involves the subtle interweaving of players at full speed to the point where they are thinking and moving as one.

Phil Jackson

Basketball, Sports, Moving

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It's not how big you are, it's how big you play.

John Wooden

Basketball, Play, Bigs

"How (and why) position-less lineups have taken over the NBA playoffs" by Ian McMahan, www.theguardian.com. May 1, 2018.

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The two ingredients in success in basketball are playing hard and playing intelligently.

Pete Carril

Basketball, Two, Ingredients

Pete Carril, Dan White (2004). “The Smart Take from the Strong: The Basketball Philosophy of Pete Carril”, p.16, U of Nebraska Press

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Every season is a journey. Every journey is a lifetime.

Mike Krzyzewski

Basketball, Sports, Journey

Mike Krzyzewski, Donald T. Phillips (2010). “Leading with the Heart: Coach K's Successful Strategies for Basketball, Business, and Life”, p.52, Hachette UK

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It is foolish to expect a young man to follow your advice and to ignore your example.

Don Meyer

Basketball, Men, Nba

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