Basketball Quotes - Page 4

• I grabbed 19 rebounds in my first professional game, and somehow found a way to score 20 points. I felt real good about it. I felt that this was the beginning of something good.

  Julius Erving

  Real, Games, Firsts

  The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 26, 1992.

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• Hard work does pay, and you just have to continue to work, and you got two guys, when you're talking about Gary and myself, we have a God-given talent, but we worked at it and we're happy to be where we are today.

  Jason Kidd

  Hard Work, Two, Talking

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• One of the commitments that I personally have now is to a diverse approach to buying businesses, and the operation of those businesses.

  Julius Erving

  Commitment, Buying, Operations

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

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• Our goal is not to win. It's to play together and play hard. Then, winning takes care of itself.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Winning, Play Hard, Goal

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• I had to spend countless hours, above and beyond the basic time, to try and perfect the fundamentals.

  Julius Erving

  Motivational, Perfect, Trying

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

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• My initial response was to sue her for defamation of character, but then I realized that I had no character.

  Charles Barkley

  Character, Reality, I Realized

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• I love New York City; I've got a gun.

  Charles Barkley

  New York, Gun, Cities

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• If you do things with a certain type of result and cause a certain type of reaction or effect, then you increase your market value. It's very much a competition for the entertainment dollar, and that's never been more clearly evident than in today's NBA game.

  Julius Erving

  Nba, Games, Competition

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

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• The fans in Dallas were hard on me my first year, but after having a great year last year they are now supporting me. It feels great to have my hard work pay off, especially when the fans made it hard for me.

  Steve Nash

  Hard Work, Years, Great Year

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• In a lot of areas of my life, particularly in my teenage years, I began to think about the world, and to think about the universe as being a part of my conscious everyday life.

  Julius Erving

  Motivational, Teenage, Thinking

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

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• The crowd gives us so much energy and we are able to really feed off of it. Hitting those shots and having the crowd go crazy helps boost our confidence. We love our fans.

  Steve Nash

  Confidence, Crazy, Giving

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• I don't believe that I personally have been changed by the money. The bad thing is people assume you've changed because now you have money.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Motivational, Believe, People

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• I have to say I've worked very few days of my life. I used to have to cut the lawn, and when I was in junior high school, I worked at a concession stand at a stadium.

  Steve Nash

  School, Cutting, Juniors

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• My ideal day would be to get a good work out in, listen to music, talk to my family and friends on the phone, read and go to a good movie.

  Steve Nash

  Phones, Work Out, Good Movie

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• I liked the game, I enjoyed the game, and the game fed me enough, and gave me enough rewards to reinforce that this is something that I should spend time doing, and that I could possibly make a priority in my life, versus other sports.

  Julius Erving

  Sports, Games, Priorities

  The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 26, 1992.

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• It's not what you teach, it's what you emphasize.

  John Wooden

  Coaching, Teach, Basketball Coaching

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• The playoffs are the playoffs. You just play who is put in front of you.

  Steve Nash

  Play, Playoffs, Fronts

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• There is no such thing as a perfect basketball player, and I don't believe there is only one greatest player either.

  Michael Jordan

  Believe, Player, Perfect

  "For the Love of the Game: My Story". Book by Michael Jordan, www.slate.com. 1998.

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• Kev has these old Boston drills, where you all have to talk to each other, and interact, and it's helped us.

  Kevin Garnett

  Boston, Drills

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• Being a typical Pisces, I might have experienced mood shifts, but I don't remember any depression, or needing to do anything, or to have someone bring me out of being depressed.

  Julius Erving

  Typical, Might, Pisces

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

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• There's been a lot of talk of me being a one-man show but that's simply not the case. We win games when I score 40 points and we've won when I score 10.

  Kobe Bryant

  Inspirational, Men, Winning

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• I think it's imperative to follow your heart and choose a profession you're passionate about, and if you haven't found that 'spark' yet, if you're not sure what you want to do with your lives - be persistent until you do.

  Steve Kerr

  Motivational, Heart, Thinking

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• All of us learn to write in the second grade. Most of us go on to greater things.

  Bobby Knight

  Education, Sports, Learning

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• I have always maintained that in basketball the importance of the mental to the physical is about four to one.

  Bobby Knight

  Inspirational, Four, Importance

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• Tracy McGrady is doing things we've never seen from anybody - from any planet!

  Bill Walton

  Funny, Planets, Tracy

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