Basketball Quotes - Page 9

• We try to stress the little things because little things lead to big things.

  Steve Alford

  Motivational Sports, Stress, Coaching

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• If you think and achieve as a team, the individual accolades will take care of themselves. Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.

  Michael Jordan

  Teamwork, Thinking, Winning

  Michael Jordan (1994). “I can't accept not trying: Michael Jordan on the pursuit of excellence”

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• The only way you're going to get through life, happily, is being yourself.

  Nikki Blonsky

  Being Yourself, Diving, Way

  "Nikki Blonsky Talks to Seventeen About Huge!". Interview with Neha Gandhi, www.seventeen.com. July 1, 2010.

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• I recruit hungry kids who love the game and want to get better and feel they have more questions than answers

  Bo Ryan

  Kids, Nba, Games

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• The biggest thing is getting our guys to understand, you can't let one mistake compound into another mistake

  Thad Matta

  Mistake, Nba, Guy

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• I believe that the measure of a person's life is the affect they have on others.

  Steve Nash

  Believe, Giving Back, Life Is

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• A team is a group of players who support one another on court and who think of the group before they think of themselves

  K. C. Jones

  Team, Player, Thinking

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• Shot fakes and ball fakes work. No one uses more than Wisconsin. It's amazing how many people don't use them

  Bo Ryan

  Nba, People, Fake

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• You need to work as hard to be a great teammate as you do to be a great player

  Jon Gordon

  Player, Nba, Needs

  Twitter post from Oct 18, 2016

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• It's not how big you are, it's how big you play.

  John Wooden

  Play, Bigs, Playing Basketball

  "How (and why) position-less lineups have taken over the NBA playoffs" by Ian McMahan, www.theguardian.com. May 1, 2018.

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• You've got to stay ready, especially around here. That's what we preach, you'll get your opportunity whether it comes at the beginning or in the middle or in the end whenever it may be. When your time comes, you need to be ready to go because you're going to earn your minutes

  Tim Duncan

  Opportunity, Nba, May

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• One of the hardest things for a ball player to do is to accept his role

  Scottie Pippen

  Player, Nba, Balls

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• Championship teams are built on being prepared, playing unselfishly and being held accountable.

  Jason Kidd

  Team, Nba, Championship

  "Kidd to coach Nets". www.foxnews.com. June 12, 2013.

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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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• In 19 years Stockton never once lost a suicide drill in practice. Well, there was one day. He was sick. But he still ran it

  Jerry Sloan

  Suicide, Years, Practice

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• You create shots for yourself by what you do without the ball more than what you do after you get it

  Steve Alford

  Nba, Balls, Shots

  Steve Alford (1998). “Basketball Guard Play”, McGraw-Hill

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• To do the right thing at the right season is a great art.

  Helio Gracie

  Art, Mma, Little Things

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• Center is a very tough position to play.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Play, Tough, Position

  Live chat with fans, www.nba.com.

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• My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Spiritual, Political, Islam

  "TalkAsia" with Stan Grant, edition.cnn.com. July 2, 2005.

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• You can't defer if you're the person who's in the leadership position.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Coaching, Position, Persons

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• I keep both eyes on my man. The basket hasn't moved on me yet.

  Julius Erving

  Eye, Men, Moved On

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• The team is an extension of the coach.

  Don Meyer

  Team, Coaching, Coaches

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• I hope to be involved in a successful movie script.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Successful, Scripts, Involved

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• I listen to jazz mainly. Mainstream jazz.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Jazz, Mainstream

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• When you watch the game, be a student of the game.

  Don Meyer

  Games, Coaching, Watches

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