Great Basketball Quotes - Page 2

• The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Vince Lombardi, Balance Design (1998). “Motivation Lombardi Style”

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• Remember this, the choices you make in life, make you.

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Choices, Coaching

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• Champions never complain, they are too busy getting better

  John Wooden

  Champion, Get Better, Complaining

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• A person really doesn't become whole, until he becomes a part of something that's bigger than himself.

  Jim Valvano

  Motivational, Basketball, Sports

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• If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that’s a full day.

  Jim Valvano

  Thinking, Laughing, Cry

  Arthur Ashe Courage Award Acceptance Address, delivered 3 March 1993

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• Winning is like deodorant - it comes up and a lot of things don't stink.

  Doc Rivers

  Basketball, Winning, Deodorant

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• What distinguishes a great player is his presence. When he goes on to the court, his presence dominates the atmosphere.

  Bill Russell

  Basketball, Player, Nba

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• Great players and great teams want to be driven. They want to be pushed to the edge. They don't want to be cheated. Ordinary players and average teams want it to be easy

  Pat Riley

  Basketball, Team, Player

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• If you want to thank me, go do something for somebody else

  Don Meyer

  Basketball, Nba, Want

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• People want to be on a team. They want to be part of something bigger than themselves. They want to be in a situation where they feel that they are doing something for the greater good.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Volleyball, Team

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• I have learned that peace is not the absence of trial, trouble, or torment but the presence of calm in the midst of them

  Don Meyer

  Basketball, Nba, Trials

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• The true warrior understands and seizes that moment by giving an effort so intense and so intuitive that it could only be called one from the heart.

  Pat Riley

  Basketball, Heart, Warrior

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

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• College coaches measure success in championships. High School coaches measure success to titles. Youth coaches measure success in smiles.

  Paul McAllister

  School, College, Coaching

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• There's a great quote by Julius Irving that went, 'Being a professional is doing the things you love to do, on the days you don't feel like doing them.'

  David Halberstam

  Basketball, Professional Sports, Awesome Sports

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• If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes.

  John Wooden

  Life, Positive, Basketball

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

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• If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that's a full day. That's a heck of a day. You do that seven days a week, you're going to have something special.

  Jim Valvano

  Basketball, Thinking, Nba

  Arthur Ashe Courage Award Acceptance Address, delivered 3 March 1993

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• If you have a positive attitude and constantly strive to give your best effort, eventually you will overcome your immediate problems and find you are ready for greater challenges.

  Pat Riley

  Positive, Basketball, Motivational Sports

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• I never thought a role model should be negative.

  Michael Jordan

  Basketball, Role Models, Negative

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• Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.

  John Wooden

  Life, Motivational, Positive

  Fellowship of Christian Athletes, John Wooden (2010). “The Greatest Coach Ever: Timeless Wisdom and Insights of John Wooden”, p.101, Gospel Light Publications

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• Always keep an open mind and a compassionate heart.

  Phil Jackson

  Love, Inspirational, Basketball

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation.

  Michael Jordan

  Motivational, Positive, Basketball

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• We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

  Will Durant

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• It is foolish to expect a young man to follow your advice and to ignore your example.

  Don Meyer

  Basketball, Men, Nba

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• Everybody pulls for David, nobody roots for Goliath.

  Wilt Chamberlain

  Basketball, Sports, Famous Inspirational

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• To be successful you have to be selfish, or else you never achieve. And once you get to your highest level, then you have to be unselfish. Stay reachable. Stay in touch. Don't isolate.

  Michael Jordan

  Motivational, Success, Basketball

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