Inspirational Basketball Quotes - Page 7

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  You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Motivational, Happiness

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• I never looked at the consequences of missing a big shot... when you think about the consequences you always think of a negative result.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Positive, Basketball

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

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• Even when I'm old and grey, I won't be able to play it, but I'll still love the game.

  Michael Jordan

  Love, Motivational, Basketball

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• A lot of late nights in the gym, a lot of early mornings, especially when your friends are going out, you're going to the gym, those are the sacrifices that you have to make if you want to be an NBA basketball player.

  Jason Kidd

  Motivational, Basketball, Morning

  FaceBook post by Jason Kidd from Dec 01, 2011

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• You don't play against opponents, you play against the game of basketball.

  Bobby Knight

  Basketball, Sports, Athlete

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• A basketball team is like the five fingers on your hand. If you can get them all together, you have a fist. That's how I want you to play.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Team, Hands

  "Duke of the Court". Interview, www.achievement.org. May 22, 1997.

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  The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination.

  Tommy Lasorda

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

  Twitter post from Aug 24, 2015

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• Sometimes you come up against a mountain and you end up making the mountain seem bigger than God.

  Jeremy Lin

  Inspirational, God, Player

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• Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  "Full Text of Governor Ikpeazu’s Inaugural Speech". dailypost.ng. May 30, 2015.

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• Be strong in body, clean in mind, lofty in ideals.

  James Naismith

  Inspirational, Motivational, Basketball

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• People with goals succeed because they know where they're going.

  Earl Nightingale

  Inspirational, Motivational, Graduation

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• I'm tired of hearing about money, money, money, money, money. I just want to play the game, drink Pepsi, wear Reebok.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Funny, Basketball, Money

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

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, Pythagorean Theorem, Perfect

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• Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.

  Pat Riley

  Inspirational, Motivational, Basketball

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• The idea is not to block every shot. The idea is to make your opponent believe that you might block every shot.

  Bill Russell

  Basketball, Motivational Sports, Block

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• Winning takes talent; to repeat takes character.

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Motivational Sports, Character

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

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• Never mistake activity for achievement.

  John Wooden

  Inspirational, Basketball, Motivational Sports

  John Wooden (1997). “Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court”, p.8, McGraw Hill Professional

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• If you quit ONCE it becomes a habit.Never quit!!!

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Basketball, Business

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• They say that nobody is perfect. Then they tell you practice makes perfect. I wish they'd make up their minds.

  Winston Churchill

  Inspirational, Motivational, Basketball

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• Nervous means you want to play. Scared means you don't want to play.

  Sherman Alexie

  Basketball, Fear, Mean

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• One man cannot make a team.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Motivational, Basketball, Sports

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• Attitude determines how well you do it.

  Lou Holtz

  Motivational Sports, Attitude, Exercise

  Lou Holtz (2009). “Winning Every Day: The Game Plan for Success”, p.14, Harper Collins

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• You don't have to live anybody else's story.

  Stephen Curry

  Mvp, Famous Basketball, Stories

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• You never make any of the shots you never take. 87% of the ones you do take, you'll miss too. I make 110% of my shots.

  Larry Bird

  Basketball, Missing, Shots

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• Create unselfishness as the most important team attribute.

  Bill Russell

  Basketball, Team, Nba

  Bill Russell, David Falkner (2001). “Russell Rules: 11 Lessons on Leadership from the Twentieth Century's Greatest Winner”, p.36, Penguin

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