Basketball Quotes - Page 2

• If you meet the Buddha in the lane, feed him the ball.

  Phil Jackson

  Sports, Balls, Inspirational Basketball

  "How Watching Football Can Make You More Spiritual" by Suzanne Gerber, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 3, 2013.

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• If people around you aren't going anywhere, if their dreams are no bigger than hanging out on the corner, or if they're dragging you down, get rid of them.

  Magic Johnson

  Dream, People, Bigger

  Earvin "Magic" Johnson, William Novak (2012). “My Life”, p.96, Random House

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• Because I want every kid to be viewed as a person rather than as a member of a certain race does not mean that I'm not black enough. . . . Do they want me to be positive just for black kids and negative for everybody else?

  Michael Jordan

  Mean, Kids, Race

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• The good part about being famous is being able to help people. The hard part is every day you have to be in a good mood, because that is what people expect. You learn to get good at it.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Nba, People

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• There's no such thing as coulda, shoulda, or woulda. If you shoulda and coulda, you woulda done it.

  Pat Riley

  Sports, Volleyball, Done

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• On good teams coaches hold players accountable, on great teams players hold players accountable

  Joe Dumars

  Team, Player, Nba

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• Don't give up. Don't ever give up.

  Jim Valvano

  Sports, Giving Up, Don't Give Up

  Arthur Ashe Courage Award Acceptance Address, delivered 3 March 1993

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• It's not to hurt anyone, but basketball can be rough.

  Sue Wicks

  Inspirational, Hurt, Rough

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• But the point of using the number was to show that sex was a great part of my life as basketball was a great part of my life. That's the reason why I was single.

  Wilt Chamberlain

  Sex, Nba, Numbers

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• Successful people form the habit of doing what failures don't like to do. They like the results they get by doing what they don't necessarily enjoy.

  Earl Nightingale

  Successful, People, Habit

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• What is the best thing you can do in a close game? Drive to the basket and put pressure on the defense! Not jack up jump shots

  Bobby Knight

  Nba, Games, Defense

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• I sit and wonder why no one uses the shot fake. The shot fake, when used correctly, can eliminate a defender

  Bobby Knight

  Nba, Fake, Use

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• We're building a culture of accountability, trust, and togetherness. Entitlement will not be tolerated

  Brad Stevens

  Trust, Nba, Accountability

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• My goal is to win the next game one possession at a time. That's it. I don't have any other goals

  Brad Stevens

  Time, Winning, Nba

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• Good players want to be coached... Great players want to be told the truth

  Doc Rivers

  Sports, Truth, Player

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• I can't make every decision for you. I don't have 14 timeouts. You guys got to get together and talk

  Gregg Popovich

  Player, Talking, Nba

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• We believe in people executing their role and caring about the team more than anything individually

  Gregg Popovich

  Team, Believe, Caring

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• X & O's aren't worth a damn without a team. If your team isn't with you it doesn't matter what you draw up. The team must respect what the coach is asking them to do

  Hubie Brown

  Team, Nba, Asking

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• The greatest sin a coach can commit is to allow kids to slide by. This goes for the classroom as well as the court

  Hubie Brown

  Kids, Nba, Slides

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• Your best players have to unite and inspire the group... otherwise, they'll divide the group

  Jeff Van Gundy

  Player, Nba, Inspire

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• If I walk in a home and a kid disrespects a woman, his mother or grandmother, then I am out... I wont recruit them

  John Calipari

  Mother, Kids, Home

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• You'd like to see your team reasonably happy, but that's not your job. Gain their respect and get them to accept their roles

  John Wooden

  Jobs, Team, Nba

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• I do not judge success based on championships; rather, I judge it on how close we came to realizing our potential

  John Wooden

  Nba, Judging, Realizing

  John Wooden (2011). “Wooden's Complete Guide to Leadership (EBOOK BUNDLE)”, p.12, McGraw-Hill Professional

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• I would spend almost as much time planning a practice as conducting it. Everything was planned out each day

  John Wooden

  Practice, Nba, Each Day

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• You don't just be a team. You become a team. Through tough games you find that you need each other

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Team, Nba, Games

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