Basketball Quotes - Page 8

• The secret is to have eight great players and four others who will cheer like crazy.

  Jerry Tarkanian

  Sports, Teamwork, Cheer

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• Mental toughness is to physical as four is to one.

  Bobby Knight

  Motivational, Leadership, Sports

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• Systems win! Believe in your system, and then sell it to your players.

  Billy Donovan

  Believe, Player, Winning

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• Prepare for every game like you just lost your last game.

  Lon Kruger

  Games, Coaching, Lasts

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• I don't try to get players emotionally up for a game; it creates too many peaks and valleys... I strive for even keel; they will get up for the big games.

  Denny Crum

  Motivational Sports, Player, Games

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• Whatever it takes to win.

  Pat Riley

  Winning, Whatever It Takes

  Jerry West, Pat Riley (1998). “The Definitive Word on Michael Jordan”

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• People ask me if I could fly, I said, 'yeah....' for a little while.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Nba, People

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• One man cannot make a team.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Motivational, Sports, Teamwork

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• Everybody pulls for David, nobody roots for Goliath.

  Wilt Chamberlain

  Sports, Famous Inspirational, Roots

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• I've had enough success for two lifetimes, My success is talent put together with hard work and luck.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Motivational, Work, Two

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• Boards, boards, boards.

  Knute Rockne

  Boards

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• You can run a lot of plays when your X is twice as big as the other guys' O. It makes your X's and O's pretty good.

  Paul Westphal

  Inspirational, Running, Nba

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• If you make every game a life and death proposition, you're going to have problems. For one thing, you'll be dead a lot.

  Dean Smith

  Inspirational, Funny, Nba

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• Me shooting 40% at the foul line is just God's way to say nobody's perfect.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Pythagorean Theorem, Perfect, Shooting

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• You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one.

  John Wooden

  Inspirational, Motivational Sports, Ucla

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

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• What you are as a person is far more important than what you are as a basketball player.

  John Wooden

  Life, Motivational Sports, Player

  John Wooden (2013). “Quotes from Coach John Wooden: Winning with Principle”, p.29, B&H Publishing Group

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• Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

  John Wooden

  Beautiful, God, Thankful

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• I know fear is an obstacle for some people, but it is an illusion to me . . . Failure always made me try harder next time.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Fear, Nba

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  The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes in or not.

  Charles Barkley

  Differences, Shots, Nba Player

  Charles Barkley (2009). “Sir Charles: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles Barkley”, p.27, Hachette UK

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• Everybody on a championship team doesn't get publicity, but everyone can say he's a champion.

  Magic Johnson

  Inspiring, Teamwork, Champion

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• What you specifically teach is what your players will do best.

  Dick Bennett

  Player, Coaching, Teach

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  You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Peace, Future

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• Never underestimate the heart of a champion.

  Rudy Tomjanovich

  Sports, Motivation, Heart

  Rudy Tomjanovich (1997). “A Rocket at Heart: My Life and My Team”

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  You can't be afraid to fail. It's the only way you succeed - you're not gonna succeed all the time, and I know that.

  LeBron James

  Inspiration, Way, Succeed

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• I didn't get into teaching and coaching for the number of wins or the money. It was a passion for trying to help young people

  Bo Ryan

  Sports, Money, Teaching

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