Basketball Quotes - Page 26

• The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Teamwork

  Vince Lombardi (2012). “What it Takes to be Number One”, p.70, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• You can't win if you don't play as a unit.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Winning, Play, Units

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• I'm not a role model... Just because I dunk a basketball doesn't mean I should raise your kids.

  Charles Barkley

  Sports, Children, Mean

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• Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.

  Al McGuire

  Graduation, Country, Doctors

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• If you got the game, you got the game. That's why Tiger Woods is out there playing golf with Greg Norman.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Sports, Golf, Games

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• The Ten Commandments were not a suggestion.

  Pat Riley

  Suggestions, Suggestion Boxes, Ten Commandments

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• They don't pay you a million dollars for two-hand chest passes.

  Pete Maravich

  Hands, Two, Dollars

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• The idea is not to block every shot. The idea is to make your opponent believe that you might block every shot.

  Bill Russell

  Motivational Sports, Block, Believe

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  The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.

  Phil Jackson

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

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• Basketball is a game that gives you every chance to be great, and puts every pressure on you to prove that you haven't got what it takes. It never takes away the chance, and it never eases up on the pressure.

  Bob Sundvold

  Inspirational, Games, Giving

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• I'm hungrier than those other guys out there. Every rebound is a personal challenge.

  Dennis Rodman

  Motivational, Nba, Guy

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• It's important for us, if we're going to be a good team, to be a good defensive team in the fourth quarter.

  Steve Nash

  Team, Important, Quarters

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• A basketball team is like the five fingers on your hand. If you can get them all together, you have a fist. That's how I want you to play.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Team, Hands, Nba

  "Duke of the Court". Interview, www.achievement.org. May 22, 1997.

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• It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.

  John Wooden

  Motivational, Inspiring, Graduation

  John Wooden (2013). “Quotes from Coach John Wooden: Winning with Principle”, p.160, B&H Publishing Group

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• I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Nike Culture : The Sign of the Swoosh". Book by Robert Goldman, Stephen Papson (p. 49), 1998.

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• Basketball is a team game. But that doesn't mean all five players should have the same amount of shots.

  Dean Smith

  Team, Mean, Player

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• I want to do for rebounds what Michael Jordan did for dunks.

  Dennis Rodman

  Want, Jordan, Rebound

  FaceBook post by Dennis Rodman from Jul 22, 2016

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• I would tell players to relax and never think about what's at stake. Just think about the basketball game. If you start to think about who is going to win the championship, you've lost your focus.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Winning, Player

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• Celebration is big for me. From my younger days, when I used to win mementos while playing basketball, I have always believed in sharing my success. It has to be there. It lifts the energy levels of the entire side if you are positive and vocal when a wicket falls.

  Suresh Raina

  Positive, Success, Believe

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• First master the fundamentals.

  Larry Bird

  Sports, Self Motivation, Coaching

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  Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.

  John Wooden

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  "The Wizard's wisdom: 'Woodenisms'", www.espn.com. June 4, 2010.

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• I see kids today trying to do the things I did, and it makes me feel like I've come a long way.

  Allen Iverson

  Kids, Nba, Long

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• Winning takes character. Workers get the most out of themselves. When a body has limited talent, it must muster all its resources of character to overcome adversity.

  Pete Carril

  Character, Adversity, Winning

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• You'll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him.

  Lou Holtz

  Motivational, Football, Revenge

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  Leadership is diving for a loose ball, getting the crowd involved, getting other players involved. It's being able to take it as well as dish it out. That's the only way you're going to get respect from the players.

  Larry Bird

  Motivational, Leadership, Player

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

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