Basketball Quotes - Page 11

• 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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• The doors fly open when you're a professional athlete.

  Dennis Rodman

  Athlete, Doors, Professional Athlete

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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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• I just got one last thing, I urge all of you, all of you, to enjoy your life, the precious moments you have. To spend each day with some laughter and some thought, to get you're emotions going.

  Jim Valvano

  Life, Laughter, Each Day

  Arthur Ashe Courage Award Acceptance Address, delivered 3 March 1993

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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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• 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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• No matter what business you're in, you can't run in place or someone will pass you by. It doesn't matter how many games you've won.

  Jim Valvano

  Running, Business, Games

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• I can't tell you what an honor it is, to even be mentioned in the same breath with Arthur Ashe. This is something I certainly will treasure forever.

  Jim Valvano

  Forever, Honor, Treasure

  Arthur Ashe Courage Award Acceptance Address, delivered 3 March 1993

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• I talked about my family, my family's so important.

  Jim Valvano

  Important, My Family

  Arthur Ashe Courage Award Acceptance Address, delivered 3 March 1993

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• People think I have courage. The courage in my family are my wife Pam, my three daughters, here, Nicole, Jamie, LeeAnn, my mom, who's right here too.

  Jim Valvano

  Mom, Daughter, Mother

  Arthur Ashe Courage Award Acceptance Address, delivered 3 March 1993

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• Now, I look at where I am now and I know what I wanna to do. What I would like to be able to do is to spend whatever time I have left and to give, and maybe some hope to others.

  Jim Valvano

  Giving, Looks, Able

  Arthur Ashe Courage Award Acceptance Address, delivered 3 March 1993

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• We need your help. I need your help. We need money for research. It may not save my life. It may save my children's life. It may save someone you love. And it's very important.

  Jim Valvano

  Children, Important, Needs

  Arthur Ashe Courage Award Acceptance Address, delivered 3 March 1993

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• I think sportsmanship is knowing that it is a game, that we are only as a good as our opponents, and whether you win or lose, to always give 100 percent.

  Sue Wicks

  Winning, Thinking, Games

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• Seek opportunities to show you care. The smallest gestures often make the biggest difference.

  John Wooden

  Inspirational, Teacher, Teaching

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• Most of my learning and philosophy regarding coaching basketball was developed after great frustration.

  Dick Bennett

  Philosophy, Frustration, Coaching

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• If you don't hold your team accountable then you will lose credibility and your team will be spoiled.

  John Brady

  Team, Coaching, Spoiled

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• Bad shooters are always open

  Pete Carril

  Coaching, Shooter, Basketball Coaching

  Pete Carril, Dan White (2004). “The Smart Take from the Strong: The Basketball Philosophy of Pete Carril”, p.63, U of Nebraska Press

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• Coaching is preparation.

  Pete Carril

  Preparation, Coaching, Basketball Coaching

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• Praise your kids. Inspire and motivate your players with praise. Ten years from now it won't matter what your record was. Will your kids love you or hate you?

  Jim Harrick

  Hate, Love You, Kids

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• If what you have done yesterday still looks big to you. You haven't done much today.

  Mikhail Gorbachev

  Running, Yesterday, Coaching

  Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev, Green Cross International (2011). “Mikhail Gorbachev: Prophet of Change : from the Cold War to a Sustainable World”, p.322, CLAIRVIEW BOOKS

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• Perhaps the toughest call for a coach is weighing what is best for an individual against what is best for the team. Keeping a player on the roster just because I liked him personally, or even because of his great contributions to the team in the past, when I felt some one else could do more for the team would be a disservice to the team's goals.

  Tom Landry

  Team, Past, Player

  Tom Landry, Gregg A. Lewis (1990). “Tom Landry: an autobiography”, Zondervan

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• To me, the big thing in being a successful team is repetition of what you're doing, either by word of mouth, blackboard, or specifically by work on the field. You repeat, repeat, repeat as a unit.

  Vince Lombardi

  Team, Successful, Coaching

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• Your program must have an overriding purpose which is clearly visible and which teaches lessons beyond winning.

  Don Meyer

  Winning, Coaching, Lessons

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• When you watch the game, be a student of the game.

  Don Meyer

  Games, Coaching, Watches

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• The team is an extension of the coach.

  Don Meyer

  Team, Coaching, Coaches

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