Motivational Basketball Quotes - Page 3

Other people go to the office. I get to coach. I know I've been blessed.

Jim Valvano

Basketball, Motivational Sports, Blessed

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

Jerry Tarkanian

Basketball, Sports, Teamwork

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Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.

Larry Bird

Motivational, Basketball, Sports

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A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.

Larry Bird

Inspirational, Success, Basketball

Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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Basketball is like war in that offensive weapons are developed first, and it always takes a while for the defense to catch up.

Red Auerbach

Motivational, Basketball, Sports

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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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One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Basketball, Teamwork, Sports

Twitter post from Mar 27, 2013

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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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My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength.

Michael Jordan

Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

Michael Jordan, Walter Iooss, Mark Vancil (1995). “I'm back!: more rare air”, Harpercollins

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I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.

Michael Jordan

Inspirational, Motivational, Change

"I Can't Accept Not Trying : Michael Jordan on the Pursuit of Excellence". Book by Michael Jordan (p. 129), 1994.

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It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up.

Vince Lombardi

Love, Inspirational, Life

Vince Lombardi, Jr. (2012). “What It Takes to Be Number One”, p.31, Thomas Nelson Inc

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The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.

Vince Lombardi

Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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

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The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.

Vince Lombardi

Inspirational, Motivational, Success

Vince Lombardi (2012). “What it Takes to be Number One”, p.71, Thomas Nelson

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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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Effort and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.

John F. Kennedy

Inspirational, Leadership, Basketball

John F. Kennedy's Speech at the Coliseum, Raleigh, North Carolina, September 17, 1960.

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Sometimes a player's greatest challenge is coming to grips with his role on the team.

Scottie Pippen

Basketball, Teamwork, Inspirational Sports

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If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it.

Michael Jordan

Motivational, Basketball, Running

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

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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've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come.

Michael Jordan

Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

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

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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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Excellence is the unlimited ability to improve the quality of what you have to offer.

Rick Pitino

Basketball, Sports, Nba

Rick Pitino (1997). “Success is a Choice: Ten Steps to Overachieving in Business and Life”, Broadway

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Not only is there more to life than basketball, there's a lot more to basketball than basketball.

Phil Jackson

Inspirational, Basketball, Sports

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Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.

Michael Jordan

Inspirational, Basketball, Sports

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

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Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.

Michael Jordan

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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The best teams have chemistry. They communicate with each other and they sacrifice personal glory for a common goal.

Dave DeBusschere

Motivational, Basketball, Team

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