Basketball Quotes - Page 40

• When you are not practicing, remember, someone somewhere is practicing, and when you meet him he will win.

  Ed Macauley

  Inspirational, Success, Softball

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• You manage things, you lead people. We went overboard on management and forgot about leadership. It might help if we ran the MBAs out of Washington.

  Grace Hopper

  Inspirational, Leadership, People

  "The Wit and Wisdom of Grace Hopper". The OCLC Newsletter, No. 167, www.cs.yale.edu. March/April 1987.

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• Basic dance--and I should qualify the word basic--is primarily concerned with motion. So immediately you will say but the basketball player is concerned with motion. That is so--but he is not concerned with it primarily. His action is a means towards an end beyond motion. In basic dance the motion is its own end--that is, it is concerned with nothing beyond itself.

  Alwin Nikolais

  Dance, Mean, Player

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• If they took the idea that they could escape poverty through education, I think it would make a more basic and long-lasting change in the way things happen. What we need are positive, realistic goals and the willingness to work. Hard work and practical goals.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Education, Hard Work, Thinking

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Mignon McCarthy (1990). “Kareem”, Random House Incorporated

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• Winning is important to me, but what brings me real joy is the experience of being fully engaged in whatever I'm doing.

  Phil Jackson

  Real, Winning, Focus

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• If you don't do what's best for your body, you're the one who comes up on the short end.

  Julius Erving

  Motivational, Sports, Fitness

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• Leadership is action, not position

  Donald McGannon

  Inspirational, Leadership, Action

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• Do not think a man has done his full duty when he has performed the work assigned him. A man will never rise if he does only this. Promotion comes from exceptional work.

  Andrew Carnegie

  Business, Men, Thinking

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  If you focus on results, you will never change. If you focus on change, you will get results.

  Jack Dixon

  Motivational, Change, Optimistic

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• The truth is that many people set rules to keep from making decisions.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Teamwork, People, Decision

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• I have seen countless people make a choice to be confident. If you don't naturally feel bold and confident, you can choose an attitude of confidence.

  Richard DeVos

  Confidence, Attitude, People

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• Confidence imparts a wonderful inspiration to the possessor.

  John Milton

  Confidence, Inspiration, Wonderful

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• I know that once I get a good rhythm and a good feel, no one can stop me.

  John Starks

  Confidence, Rhythm, Feels

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• Basketball is an endurance sport, and you have to learn to control your breath; that's the essence of yoga, too. So, I consciously began using yoga techniques in my practice and playing. I think yoga helped reduce the number and severity of injuries I suffered. As preventative medicine, it's unequaled.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Success, Sports, Yoga

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• I quit being afraid when my first venture failed and the sky didn't fall down.

  Al Neuharth

  Motivational, Happiness, Success

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• Coaches who let a championship team back off from becoming a dynasty are cowards.

  Pat Riley

  Teamwork, Coward, Dynasty

  Pat Riley (1993). “The winner within: a life plan for team players”, Putnam Adult

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• Being a part of success is more important than being personally indispensable.

  Pat Riley

  Teamwork, Volleyball, Important

  Pat Riley (1993). “Winner Within Success”, Putnam Publishing Group

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• Great teamwork is the only way we create the breakthroughs that define our careers.

  Pat Riley

  Teamwork, Motivational Sports, Careers

  Pat Riley (1993). “Winner Within Success”, Putnam Publishing Group

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• Confidence comes from being prepared.

  John Wooden

  Inspirational, Teamwork, Practice

  John Wooden (2005). “Wooden on Leadership: How to Create a Winning Organizaion”, p.2, McGraw Hill Professional

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• Your biggest opponent isn't the other guy. It's human nature.

  Bobby Knight

  Motivational, Sports, Athlete

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• Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength.

  Phil Jackson

  Inspiring, Sports, Wisdom

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Never give up! Failure and rejection are only the first step to succeeding.

  Jim Valvano

  Inspirational, Success, Sports

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• The world is not checking in with us to see what skills we've picked up, what idea we've concocted, what dreams we carry in our hearts. When a job opens, whether it's in the chorus line or on the assembly line, it goes to the person standing there. It goes to the eager beaver the boss sees when he looks up from his work: the pint-sized kid standing at the basketball court on the playground waiting for one of the older boys to head home. "Hey, kid, wanna play?"

  Chris Matthews

  Dream, Jobs, Believe

  Chris Matthews (2002). “Now, Let Me Tell You What I Really Think”, p.200, Simon and Schuster

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• Talent is never enough. With few exceptions the best players are the hardest workers.

  Magic Johnson

  Athlete, Player, Work Ethic

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• My thoughts before a big race are usually pretty simple. I tell myself: Get out of the blocks, run your race, stay relaxed. If you run your race, you'll win... channel your energy. Focus.

  Carl Lewis

  Sports, Running, Block

  Carl Lewis, Jeffrey Marx (1992). “Inside track: my professional life in amateur track and field”, Fireside

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