Motivational Basketball Quotes - Page 5

• Winning is not a sometime thing; it's an all the time thing.

  Vince Lombardi

  Volleyball, Business, Inspirational Life

  Vince Lombardi (2012). “What it Takes to be Number One”, p.25, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• It is not what you teach, but what you emphasize.

  Don Meyer

  Basketball, Coaching, Teach

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• I try to do the right thing at the right time. They may just be little things, but usually they make the difference between winning and losing.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Life, Motivational, Success

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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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• There is no such thing as life in-between.

  Pat Riley

  Motivational, Basketball, Sports

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

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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

  Basketball, Teamwork, Thinking

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

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• All really successful coaches have a system.

  Jim Valvano

  Basketball, Successful, Coaching

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• The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand

  Vince Lombardi

  Success, Motivational Sports, Inspirational Sports

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

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

  Helio Gracie

  Basketball, Art, Mma

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• To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation

  Bobby Knight

  Basketball, Practice, Preparation

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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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• Our goal is not to win. It's to play together and play hard. Then, winning takes care of itself.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Winning, Play Hard

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• Simplify the game as much as possible. When you add, you must subtract.

  Don Meyer

  Basketball, Games, Coaching

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• If I weren't earning $3 million a year to dunk a basketball, most people on the street would run in the other direction if they saw me coming.

  Charles Barkley

  Basketball, Sports, Running

  Charles Barkley, Roy S. Johnson (1993). “Outrageous!”

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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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• It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Motivational Sports, Courage

  John Wooden, Jack Tobin, Bill Walton (2004). “They Call Me Coach”, McGraw Hill Professional

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• The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team.

  John Wooden

  Leadership, Basketball, Teamwork

  John Wooden (2013). “Quotes from Coach John Wooden: Winning with Principle”, p.63, B&H Publishing Group

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• Happiness begins where selfishness ends.

  John Wooden

  Motivational, Basketball, Ucla

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• It isn't about what you do, but how you do it

  John Wooden

  Ucla, Inspirational Basketball, Sports Leadership

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• I play to win, whether during practice or a real game.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Basketball, Real

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• I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come. I don't do things half-heartedly. Because I know if I do, then I can expect half-hearted results.

  Michael Jordan

  Motivational, Positive, Basketball

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

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• Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

  Seneca the Younger

  Inspirational, Success, Tattoo

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• The will must be stronger than the skill.

  Muhammad Ali

  Courage, Perseverance, Adversity

  Muhammad Ali, Richard Durham (2015). “The Greatest: My Own Story”, p.328, Graymalkin Media

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• Consider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the feelings of others before your own rights.

  John Wooden

  Life, Volleyball, Compassion

  John Wooden (2013). “Quotes from Coach John Wooden: Winning with Principle”, p.163, B&H Publishing Group

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• There are plenty of teams in every sport that have great players and never win titles. Most of the time, those players aren't willing to sacrifice for the greater good of the team. The funny thing is, in the end, their unwillingness to sacrifice only makes individual goals more difficult to achieve. One thing I believe to the fullest is that 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

  Inspirational, Basketball, Sports

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