Inspirational Basketball Quotes - Page 5

• Get the fundamentals down and the level of everything you do will rise

  Michael Jordan

  Basketball, Nba, Fundamentals

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

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• I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Basketball, Wisdom

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

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• If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.

  Michael Jordan

  Basketball, Inspiration, Athlete

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• I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Nike Culture : The Sign of the Swoosh". Book by Robert Goldman, Stephen Papson (p. 49), 1998.

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• You play with your soul as well as your body.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Basketball, Athlete, Play

  "Ironman champ: Train your brain, then your body" by Chrissie Wellington, www.cnn.com. February 21, 2012.

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• Coaching is easy. Winning is the hard part.

  Elgin Baylor

  Basketball, Winning, Coaching

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• You always have to give 100%,because if you don't someone, somewhere will give 100% and they will beat you when you meet.

  Ed Macauley

  Life, Basketball, Business

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• In practice, don't just run basketball drills, teach the players how to play basketball.

  Don Meyer

  Basketball, Running, Player

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  I always laugh when people ask me about rebounding techniques. I've got a technique. It's called just go get the damn ball.

  Charles Barkley

  Basketball, Nba, People

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• I'm just going to play whatever game is in front of me.

  Tim Duncan

  Basketball, Games, Play

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• No one is bigger than the team. If you can't do things our way, you're not getting time here and we don't care who you are

  Gregg Popovich

  Basketball, Team, Nba

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• We win because we play together as a team.

  John Havlicek

  Basketball, Team, Winning

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• This is a team game and one man doesn't win and one man doesn't lose. In the end, the best team usually wins.

  Wilt Chamberlain

  Basketball, Team, Men

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• I just love the game of basketball so much. The game! I don't need the 18,000 people screaming and all the peripheral things. To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation.

  Bobby Knight

  Leadership, Basketball, Practice

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  Basketball is a beautiful game when the five players on the court play with one heartbeat.

  Dean Smith

  Basketball, Beautiful, Player

  Dean Smith, Gerald D. Bell, John Kilgo (2004). “The Carolina Way: Leadership Lessons from a Life in Coaching”, p.142, Penguin

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• The coach should be the absolute boss, but he still should maintain an open mind.

  Red Auerbach

  Basketball, Sports, Boss

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• I would tell players to relax and never think about what's at stake. Just think about the basketball game. If you start to think about who is going to win the championship, you've lost your focus.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Basketball, Winning

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• Any American boy can be a basketball star if he grows up, up, up.

  Bill Vaughan

  Funny, Basketball, Stars

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• Fans never fall asleep at our games, because they're afraid they might get hit by a pass.

  George Raveling

  Inspirational, Basketball, Fall

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

  Charles Barkley

  Basketball, Differences, Shots

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

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• Every time I rise up, I have confidence that I'm going to make it.

  Stephen Curry

  Basketball Motivation, Basketball Success, Have Confidence

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• I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.
  Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.
  I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.

  Michael Jordan

  Basketball, People, Wish

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

  Nikki Blonsky

  Basketball, Being Yourself, Diving

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

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• Teams that play together beat those with superior players who play more as individuals.

  Jack Ramsay

  Basketball, Team, Player

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