Basketball Quotes - Page 39

• Discipline yourself, and others won't need to.

  John Wooden

  Ucla, Discipline, Preparation

  John Wooden (2013). “Quotes from Coach John Wooden: Winning with Principle”, p.52, B&H Publishing Group

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• A lot of times I blend in a little bit easier because I'm not like a basketball player who's going to stand out because of his height.

  Tiger Woods

  Inspirational, Player, Littles

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• The first time I managed to pick up a basketball I knew I was destined to lead the UK to another National championship. ... Even now, so many years later, I still believe Kentucky will go undefeated in March & win everything.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Inspirational, Believe, Winning

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• You take 5 white guys and you take 5 black guys and put em together for a week and what you won't have is 5 blacks guys talking like, 'Golly gee, we really won that big basketball game' but you will have 5 white guys talking like 'Yo slick, whuzzup...we be shootin hoops and mad playin, slammed those mofos

  George Carlin

  Talking, Games, White

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• No matter what...ball made my heart beat faster, made me want to jump up and down and be Superman. That's what life was about anyway, being Superman and living like life itself was important. Basketball made my life important.

  Walter Dean Myers

  Heart, Important, Balls

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• I love being a pavement artist; seriously, I do. It's like when guys who would normally hate being freakishly tall discover basketball, or when girls with abnormally long fingers sit down at a piano. Blending in, going unseen, being a shadow in the sun is what I'm good at. Seeing the shadows, it turns out, is not my natural gift.

  Ally Carter

  Girl, Hate, Artist

  Ally Carter (2011). “Cross My Heart And Hope To Spy”, p.45, Hachette UK

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• On a basketball court, five players were in the middle of an intense game. They wore assortment of jerseys from different American teams, and they all seemed keen to win—grunting and snarling at each other, stealing the ball and pushing. Oh…and the players were all baboons.

  Rick Riordan

  Team, Winning, Player

  Rick Riordan (2010). “The Kane Chronicles, The, Book One: Red Pyramid”, Hyperion

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• Mr. Watras asked me whether I was practicing, and I told him I was practicing my tissue basketball skills.

  Jordan Sonnenblick

  Skills, Tissues

  Jordan Sonnenblick (2010). “Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie”, p.82, Scholastic Inc.

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• But I have to say this in defense of humankind: In no matter what era in history, including the Garden of Eden, everybody just got here. And, except for the Garden of Eden, there were already all these games going on that could make you act crazy, even if you weren't crazy to begin with. Some of the crazymaking games going on today are love and hate, liberalism and conservatism, automobiles and credit cards, golf, and girls' basketball.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Girl, Hate, Crazy

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• Sorry!' Dave's friend yelled when he saw me. 'That was my-' But i wasn't listening as,instead,i took every bit of the anger and stress of the last few minutes and days put it behind the ball, throwing it overhead at the basket as hard as i could. It went flying, hitting the backboard and banging through the netless hoop at full speed before shooting back out and nailing Dave Wade squarely on the forehead. And just like that, he was down.

  Sarah Dessen

  Inspirational, Sorry, Stress

  Sarah Dessen (2011). “What Happened to Goodbye”, p.67, Penguin

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• Hornergy' is Zen's term for the indomitable athletic edge powered by sexual restraint. The basketball, baseball and football teams haven't had a winning season in years. The table-tennis team, however, is undefeated.

  Megan McCafferty

  Baseball, Football, Team

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• You know what the game of golf is, don't you? It's basketball for people who can't jump and chess for people who can't think.

  Tom Robbins

  Golf, Thinking, Games

  Tom Robbins (2009). “B Is for Beer”, p.9, Harper Collins

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• On the other hand, she never looked as -big- as she did at that moment. "What?" Rose demanded, glaring up at him. The warning signal flashed bright red in Kane's head. Telling a woman she was as big as a beach ball wouldn't win any points. How did one describe how she looked? A basketball? Volleyball? He studied her furious little face. Yeah. He was in big trouble no matter what he said. Description was out of the question. He needed diplomacy, something that flew out of the window when he was near her and she said the words like contractions.

  Christine Feehan

  Volleyball, Beach, Winning

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• The Chasers throw the Quaffle and put it through the hoops to score,” Harry recited. “So — that’s sort of like basketball on broomsticks with six hoops, isn’t it?” “What’s basketball?” said Wood curiously. “Never mind,” said Harry quickly.

  J. K. Rowling

  Mind, Woods, Six

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• All at once, I couldn’t figure out why I was methodically tossing a spherical object through a toroidal object. It seemed like the stupidest thing I could possibly be doing.

  John Green

  Inspirational, Augustus, Figures

  John Green (2012). “The Fault in Our Stars”, p.26, Penguin

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• Ski. Sled. Play basketball. Jog. Run. Run. Run. Run home. Run home and enjoy. Enjoy. Take these verbs and enjoy them. They're yours, Craig. You deserve them because you chose them. You could have left them all behind but you chose to stay here. So now live for real, Craig. Live. Live. Live. Live. Live.

  Ned Vizzini

  Running, Real, Home

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• Indeed, the maligned American pastime of baseball may be by-far the greatest and best sport by one criterion, when it comes to emulating and training for genuinely useful Neolithic skills! Think about it. The game consists of lots of patient waiting and watching (stalking), throwing with incredible accuracy and speed, sprinting, dodging... and hitting moving objects real hard with clubs! And arguing. Hey, what else could you possibly need? Now, tell me, how do soccer or basketball prepare you to survive in the wild, hm?

  David Brin

  Soccer, Sports, Baseball

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• I once did something right. I played first-rate basketball. I really did. And after you're first-rate at something, no matter what, it kind of takes the kick out of being second-rate.

  John Updike

  Matter, Firsts, Kind

  FaceBook post by John Updike from Dec 02, 2016

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• One basketball to rule them all,” Leo muttered.

  Rick Riordan

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• Hey, think fast!' I just looked at Fave as he chucked the basketball at me with possibly the worst overhand throw I'd ever seen. It landed to my far right, then bounced past me, banging against my dad's truck. 'Do you have a vision problem of something?' I asked him. 'Just keeping you on your toes,' he replied

  Sarah Dessen

  Dad, Past, Thinking

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• Impossible is nothing.

  Muhammad Ali

  Inspirational, Impossible

  Muhammad Ali (2016). “Muhammad Ali Unfiltered: Rare, Iconic, and Officially Authorized Photos of the Greatest”, p.119, Simon and Schuster

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• When I was a kid, no one would believe anything positive that you could say about black people. That's a terrible burden.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Positive, Believe, Kids

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• Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend.

  Theophrastus

  Inspirational, Time, Motivation

  Theophrastus (1904). “The characters of Theophrastus”

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  The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.

  Ken Blanchard

  Inspirational, Leadership, Successful

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• Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

  Seneca the Younger

  Inspirational, Success, Tattoo

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