Basketball Quotes - Page 18

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  I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  "I Can't Accept Not Trying : Michael Jordan on the Pursuit of Excellence". Book by Michael Jordan (p. 129), 1994.

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• I've been homeless. I've worked at 7-Eleven.

  Dennis Rodman

  Homeless, Eleven

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• To hang out in a gay bar or put on a sequined halter top makes me feel like a total person.

  Dennis Rodman

  Gay, Bars, Hanging Out

  "Word for Word: The Rodman-Jackson Papers;Sex and Death and the N.B.A., From Books by Bulls". Interview with Richard Sandomir, www.nytimes.com. June 9, 1996.

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• I'll be the judge of my own manliness.

  Dennis Rodman

  Judging, Masculinity, My Own

  "Dennis Rodman Wears Drag For Legends Of Basketball Tour". www.huffingtonpost.com. March 31, 2014.

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• They didn't have a problem with me being wild and crazy when it came time to fill the arenas.

  Dennis Rodman

  Crazy, Arena, Problem

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• A player dreams of being a superstar, but he doesn't want people flocking all over him asking for an autograph.

  Dennis Rodman

  Dream, Player, People

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• Death has always had a prominent place in my mind. There are times when I think somebody might kill me.

  Dennis Rodman

  Thinking, Mind, Might

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• For years the league has thought I've been on drugs. I would have burned out a long time ago if that was true.

  Dennis Rodman

  Years, Long, League

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• The rule was "no autopsy, no foul".

  Stewart Granger

  Famous Basketball, Foul, Autopsy

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• You can't measure success if you have never failed. My father has taught me that if you really do want to reach your goals, you can't spend any time worrying about whether you're going to win or lose. Focus only on getting better.

  Steffi Graf

  Inspirational, Success, Father

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• I just love the game of basketball so much. The game! I don't need the 18,000 people screaming and all the peripheral things. To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation.

  Bobby Knight

  Leadership, Practice, Nba

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• Leaders must learn to discipline their disappointments. It's not what happens to us, it is what we choose to do about what happens that makes the difference in how our lives turn out.

  Jim Rohn

  Leadership, Disappointment, Differences

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• Basketball teams, after the perfunctory lay-up drill, fall into the crowded isolation and personal style of 10 city kids shooting at the same basket or playing one-on-one.

  Ted Solotaroff

  Team, Fall, Kids

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• The invention of basketball was not an accident. It was developed to meet a need.

  James Naismith

  Needs, Invention, Handkerchiefs

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• They run like deer, jump like deer and think like deer.

  Charles Barkley

  Inspirational, Running, Thinking

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• To win, you've got to put the ball in the macramé.

  Terry McGuire

  Inspirational, Winning, Balls

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• If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them

  Michael Jordan

  Nba, Trying, Obstacles

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

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• Basketball, a game which won't be fit for people until they set the basket umbilicus-high and return the giraffes to the zoo.

  Ogden Nash

  Zoos, Games, People

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• You play with your soul as well as your body.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Athlete, Play, Competition

  "Ironman champ: Train your brain, then your body" by Chrissie Wellington, www.cnn.com. February 21, 2012.

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• Great effort springs naturally from great attitude.

  Pat Riley

  Volleyball, Attitude, Spring

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• If you are confident you have done everything possible to prepare yourself, then there is nothing to fear.

  Michael Jordan

  Confidence, Inspirational Sports, Fear

  Michael Jordan (2005). “Driven from Within”, p.163, Simon and Schuster

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• To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself.

  Francis Marion Crawford

  Inspirational, Life, Failure

  Francis Marion Crawford (1910). “The Complete Works”

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• Basketball doesn't build character it reveals it.

  James Naismith

  Character, Inspirational Basketball, Famous Basketball

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  My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.

  Jim Valvano

  Inspirational, Daughter, Fathers Day

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• Get the fundamentals down and the level of everything you do will rise

  Michael Jordan

  Nba, Fundamentals, Levels

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

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