Basketball Quotes - Page 10

• I've got to give Larry Bird his due; he was a great player. He knew the game and he was smart.

  Dennis Rodman

  Smart, Player, Games

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• I hope to be involved in a successful movie script.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Successful, Scripts, Involved

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• I listen to jazz mainly. Mainstream jazz.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Jazz, Mainstream

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• I lost $35,000 in less than a week at the Mirage in Las Vegas.

  Dennis Rodman

  Vegas, Mirages, Week

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• I spent money, I slept with women around the league, but I always kept my mind on the game.

  Dennis Rodman

  Games, League, Mind

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• My family got all over me because they said Bush is only for the rich people. Then I reminded them, 'Hey, I'm rich'.

  Charles Barkley

  People, Hey, Rich

  Charles Barkley (2009). “Sir Charles: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles Barkley”, p.57, Hachette UK

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• I asked a ref if he could give me a technical foul for thinking bad things about him. He said, of course not. I said, well, I think you stink. And he gave me a technical. You can't trust em.

  Jim Valvano

  Trust, Motivational Sports, Thinking

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• The more you lose, the more positive you have to become. When you're winning, you can ride players harder because their self-esteem is high. If you are losing and you try to be tough, you're asking for dissension.

  Rick Pitino

  Self Esteem, Winning, Player

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• He who controlleth the backboard, controlleth the game.

  Adolph Rupp

  Games, Coaching, Famous Coach

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• Great players are willing to give up their own personal achievement for the achievement of the group. It enhances everybody.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Motivational, Giving Up, Player

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• Sometimes you learn more from losing than winning. Losing forces you to reexamine.

  Pat Summitt

  Winning, Coaching, Losing

  Pat Summitt (1999). “Reach for the Summit”, p.194, Crown Business

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• Probably the most important aspect of individual defensive play is the 'close-out.' This approach to the ball should be made in a 'step-drag action' with advanced foot moving forward first and then the back foot in a boxer's type shuffling of the feet.

  Tex Winter

  Moving, Play, Feet

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• The big time is not a place; it's the state of your heart. It's not something you get; it's something you become.

  Frosty Westering

  Success, Heart, Coaching

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• Your defense will save you on the nights that your offense isn't working.

  Adolph Rupp

  Night, Coaching, Defense

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• I will thank God for the day and the moment I have.

  Jim Valvano

  Thank God, Moments

  Arthur Ashe Courage Award Acceptance Address, delivered 3 March 1993

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• Play off your great player... great teams have a go-to player and they play off of him.

  Don Meyer

  Team, Player, Coaching

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• The people at the top of the league think they need to rein me in so I don't become another Michael Jordan, somebody they aren't able to mold and shape and make their puppet.

  Dennis Rodman

  Thinking, People, League

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• When you get to that level, it's not a matter of talent anymore - because all the players are so talented - it's about preparation, about playing smart and making good decisions. If I don't believe it, then they don't need me on the court. I've just got to believe that in my heart.

  Allen Iverson

  Smart, Believe, Heart

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• But it is a black man's game, and it will be forever.

  Larry Bird

  Men, Games, Forever

  "Interview With Former Presidents Bush and Clinton; Interview With Adnan Pachachi; Interview With Jalal Talabani". “CNN Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer”, www.cnn.com. February 20, 2005.

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• Loyalty is not unilateral. You have to give it to receive it.

  Pat Summitt

  Loyalty, Giving, Coaching

  Pat Summitt (1999). “Reach for the Summit”, p.192, Crown Business

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• I couldn't have come close without my teammates' help because the Knicks didn't want me to make 100.

  Wilt Chamberlain

  Teammate, Want, Helping

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• If I don't believe it, then they don't need me on the court. I've just got to believe that in my heart.

  Allen Iverson

  Motivational, Believe, Heart

  InsideHoops Interview, www.insidehoops.com. February 14, 2004.

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• If you get depressed about being the second-best team in the world, then you've got a problem.

  Julius Erving

  Motivational, Team, World

  The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 26, 1992.

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• Put the Team Before Yourself.

  Pat Summitt

  Team, Coaching, Basketball Coaching

  Pat Summitt (1999). “Reach for the Summit”, p.123, Crown Business

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• Teamwork doesn't come naturally. It must be taught.

  Pat Summitt

  Teamwork, Coaching, Taught

  Pat Summitt (1999). “Reach for the Summit”, p.193, Crown Business

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