Basketball Quotes - Page 13

• The NBA wasn't a big deal at that time, so it wasn't really in my career plans.

  Bob Cousy

  Nba, Careers, Bigs

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

  Don Meyer

  Games, Coaching, Watches

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• It is as big a mistake to turn down a good shot as it is to take a bad one

  Eddie Murphy

  Mistake, Nba, Bigs

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• When the legs go, the heart and the head follow quickly behind.

  Don Meyer

  Heart, Coaching, Legs

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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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• 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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• 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 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've done a lot of basketball drills, not a whole lot of competitive stuff. I have basically been in the gym everyday working on my game, working on the time off that I've had from the game, just getting myself prepared mentally and physically for the season.

  Grant Hill

  Games, Everyday, Done

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• Trying to take money out of politics is like trying to take jumping out of basketball.

  Bill Bradley

  Inspirational, Jumping, Trying

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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.

  Hakeem Olajuwon

  Motivational, Smart, Player

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• If you're going to have sex, use a condom.

  Dennis Rodman

  Sex, Use, Condom

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• Recognize and reward players who put the team first, not just the gifted ones.

  Don Meyer

  Team, Player, Coaching

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• Son, looks to me like you're spending too much time on one subject.

  Shelby Metcalf

  Funny, Sports, Son

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• If Shakespeare can compare all of life to a stage, maybe it's not odd to believe that part of the play can take place on a basketball court.

  Bill Russell

  Inspirational, Believe, Play

  Bill Russell, Taylor Branch (1980). “Second wind: the memoirs of an opinionated man”

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• It wasn't until late high school and early college that I gained enough size and skill to make me welcome on intramural basketball teams.

  Paul D. Boyer

  Inspirational, Team, School

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• So, yeah, I'm going to try to win the national championship next year. But I'm not going to kill myself doing it. I'm not going to kill my players either. You really start to realize there's a lot more to what we're trying to do then winning games

  Geno Auriemma

  Winning, Player, Years

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• I can't begin to describe the amount of crap I've taken for being a lousy free-throw shooter.

  Dennis Rodman

  Taken, Being Free, Shooter

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• You build your program from the ideas of great coaches.

  Don Meyer

  Ideas, Coaching, Program

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• Madonna wasn't an acrobat or anything, but the sex was good. I could tell she liked it.

  Dennis Rodman

  Sex

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• I liked the choreography, but I didn't care for the costumes.

  Tommy Tune

  Care, Costumes, Choreography

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