Basketball Quotes - Page 14

• 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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• Simplify the game as much as possible. When you add, you must subtract.

  Don Meyer

  Games, Coaching, Add

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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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• Good shooters take the shots; best shooters take most of the shots.

  Don Meyer

  Coaching, Shooter, Shots

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• 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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• It was a different sexual situation going on than it is in the '80s and '90s, and I did a very poor job of describing that.

  Wilt Chamberlain

  Jobs, 80s And 90s, Different

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• Coaching is preparation.

  Pete Carril

  Preparation, Coaching, Basketball Coaching

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

  Don Meyer

  Ideas, Coaching, Program

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• Fifty percent of life in the NBA is sex. The other 50 percent is money.

  Dennis Rodman

  Sex, Nba, Fifty

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• I was confused as a kid. I was confused about my sexual identity.

  Dennis Rodman

  Confused, Kids, Identity

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

  Dennis Rodman

  Sex, Use, Condom

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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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• 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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• 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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• Happiness begins where selfishness ends.

  John Wooden

  Motivational, Ucla, Nba

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• I can score 20 points if I want to, but that's not my desire.

  Dennis Rodman

  Motivational, Desire, Want

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• If I weren't earning $3 million a year to dunk a basketball, most people on the street would run in the other direction if they saw me coming.

  Charles Barkley

  Sports, Running, Fake People

  Charles Barkley, Roy S. Johnson (1993). “Outrageous!”

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• I never looked at the consequences of missing a big shot... when you think about the consequences you always think of a negative result.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Positive, Crazy

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

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• I've never been afraid to fail.

  Michael Jordan

  Motivational, Loss, Failing

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• There is no 'i' in team but there is in win.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Teamwork, Winning

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• I never thought a role model should be negative.

  Michael Jordan

  Role Models, Negative, Roles

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• A lot of late nights in the gym, a lot of early mornings, especially when your friends are going out, you're going to the gym, those are the sacrifices that you have to make if you want to be an NBA basketball player.

  Jason Kidd

  Motivational, Morning, Sacrifice

  FaceBook post by Jason Kidd from Dec 01, 2011

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