Basketball Quotes - Page 19

• I think that the team that wins game five will win the series. Unless we lose game five.

  Charles Barkley

  Funny, Team, Winning

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• Leadership is getting players to believe in you. If you tell a teammate you're ready to play as tough as you're able to, you'd better go out there and do it. Players will see right through a phony. And they can tell when you're not giving it all you've got.

  Larry Bird

  Leadership, Believe, Player

  Larry Bird (1990). “Drive: The Story of My Life”, Bantam Books

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• As far as playing, I didn't care who guarded me - red, yellow, black. I just didn't want a white guy guarding me, because it's disrespect to my game.

  Larry Bird

  Games, Yellow, White

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• The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.

  Larry Bird

  Player, Johnson, Best Players

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• When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.

  Larry Bird

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• I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.

  Larry Bird

  Athlete, Mean, African American

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• The best players will play. That's the way it will always be.

  Larry Bird

  Player, Way, Boston Celtics

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• I've been around a while. I kinda know these things.

  Larry Bird

  Knows

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• If there was a payment to the bank due, and we needed shoes, she'd get the shoes, and then deal with them guys at the bank. I don't mean she wouldn't pay the bank, but the children always came first.

  Larry Bird

  Children, Mean, Shoes

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• A leader is a dealer in hope.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Inspirational, Leadership, Encouraging

  Napoleon Bonaparte “Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut”, Рипол Классик

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• My parents are my backbone. Still are. They're the only group that will support you if you score zero or you score 40.

  Kobe Bryant

  Zero, Support You, Parent

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• If you're afraid to fail, then you're probably going to fail.

  Kobe Bryant

  Athlete, Failing, Afraid To Fail

  "In It to Win It" by J.R.Moehringer, www.gq.com. March 1, 2010.

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• I draw from the crowd a lot.

  Kobe Bryant

  Crowds, Draws

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• It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.

  Warren Buffett

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Success

  Richard J. Connors, Warren Buffett (2010). “Warren Buffett on Business: Principles from the Sage of Omaha”, p.5, John Wiley & Sons

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  Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.

  Peter Drucker

  Inspirational, Leadership, Life And Love

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• I'm surrounded by nothing but great people. I've been blessed with that, so really, I've got no choice but to be an all-around good person.

  Tim Duncan

  Blessed, People, Choices

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  What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Inspirational, Life, Perseverance

  Eisenhower, Dwight D. (1959). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1958”, p.135, Best Books on

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• The key to success is to keep growing in all areas of life - mental, emotional, spiritual, as well as physical.

  Julius Erving

  Success, Spiritual, Growing Up

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• I think I started learning lessons about being a good person long before I ever knew what basketball was. And that starts in the home, it starts with the parental influence.

  Julius Erving

  Home, Thinking, Long

  "The Wondrous Dr. J". Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 26, 1992.

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• Goals determine what you're going to be.

  Julius Erving

  Inspirational, Determination, Goal

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• That was just my own personal program: I didn't want to get too high over the good moments because I didn't want to be saddened and depressed when things didn't go as I had planned.

  Julius Erving

  Want, Moments, Program

  "The Wondrous Dr. J". Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 26, 1992.

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• Every team that I've played on, I've either been the captain or co-captain.

  Julius Erving

  Team, Captains

  "The Wondrous Dr. J". Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 26, 1992.

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• I pulled the plug on it at a time that I thought was right for me to exit.

  Julius Erving

  Exit, Plugs

  "The Wondrous Dr. J". Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 26, 1992.

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• At age 31, in 1981, I was voted the best player in basketball, and the most valuable player in the league.

  Julius Erving

  Motivational, Player, League

  "The Wondrous Dr. J". The Academy of Achievement Interview in Las Vegas, Nevada, www.achievement.org. June 26, 1992.

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• Right up until the time I retired at age 37, I felt like there were still things that I could do better.

  Julius Erving

  Age, Retired, Stills

  "The Wondrous Dr. J". Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 26, 1992.

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