Nba Championships Quotes

I have short goals - to get better every day, to help my teammates every day - but my only ultimate goal is to win an NBA championship. It's all that matters. I dream about it. I dream about it all the time, how it would look, how it would feel. It would be so amazing.

LeBron James

Dream, Winning, Goal

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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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I want to be just like Steph when I grow up.

Andre Iguodala

Growing Up, Want, Grows

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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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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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We live in the moment. We're not thinking about the future right now. We're not thinking about the past, you know. We're living in this moment right here and it's a sweet moment to live in.

Dwyane Wade

Sweet, Past, Thinking

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And the vision that I had when I decided to come here is all coming true. Through adversity, through everything we've been through, we've been able to persevere ... It's an unbelievable feeling.

Micky Arison

Adversity, Feelings, Vision

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During one of the 4th quarter huddles, LeBron said to him, 'It doesn't matter what happens to this point. No one is going to remember how many points you had or what type of game you had. Just help us make some plays to win this thing.' And he made some big plays.

Erik Spoelstra

Winning, Games, Play

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Obviously he deserved that Finals MVP award. He is a great talent and he is a huge reason why we are celebrating.

Stephen Curry

Awards, Mvp, Finals

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Steph is scary. I've never seen anyone who can shoot the ball off the dribble like him. He got it going in 4th. Every game is different.

LeBron James

Games, Scary, Different

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Yeah, I know there's been all this talk this year especially about the 3-point shot and can you win shooting it. There's a lot of different styles that can work. You have to base it on your own personnel.

Steve Kerr

Winning, Years, Style

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We aren't comfortable. We are not satisfied. We have to stay even-keeled.

LeBron James

Championship, Satisfied, Comfortable

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This is a proud moment for our city. This is the first time we have won a Finals game in this city, and I'm happy to be part of the history.

LeBron James

Games, Cities, Finals

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17 seconds from Game 7, or from Championship number 6,Jordan, open, Chicago with the lead. Time out Utah, 5.2 seconds left, Michael Jordan running on fumes with 45 points.

Bob Costas

Running, Utah, Games

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All that's missing for Utah is a blindfold and a cigarette.

Bob Costas

Utah, Missing, Cigarette

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We want to get another one.

Stephen Curry

Want, Championship

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Actually, Magic and the Lakers beat Philadelphia for Magic's first NBA Championship.

Oscar Robertson

Basketball, Philadelphia, Magic

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When you look at the last 20 years in the NBA, there have been seven teams that have won the NBA championship. Six of those seven teams drafted the number one or number two pick; their foundational people.

Ted Leonsis

Team, Years, Two

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I've been blessed with an amazing group of guys in my first year, I can't believe how lucky I am.

Steve Kerr

Believe, Lucky, I Can

"NBA Finals MVP Andre Iguodala Thanks God for Golden State Warriors Win; Says Team Is 'Full of Believers'" by Christine Thomasos, www.christianpost.com. June 17, 2015.

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I got a goal, and it's a huge goal, and that's to bring an NBA championship here to Cleveland, and I won't stop until I get it.

LeBron James

Goal, Cleveland, Huge

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It takes a number of critical factors to win an NBA championship, including the right mix of talent, creativity, intelligence, toughness, and of course, luck. But if a team doesn’t have the most essential ingredient - love - none of those other factors matter.

Phil Jackson

Team, Creativity, Winning

Phil Jackson, Hugh Delehanty (2013). “Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success”, p.10, Penguin

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Yeah, that was my best scoreless game ever.

Chris Bosh

Games, Champion, Yeah

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I've always thought that pressure is trying to feed your family, trying to make a mortgage. We play a game...And this is an amazing game.

Shane Battier

Games, Play, Trying

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We go through life so fast and we never really get to enjoy moments. It seems like they go past us...Tonight I just wanted to take a minute, a moment and soak it in and be a kid from Robbins Illinois and be a kid from Marquette University.

Dwyane Wade

Kids, Past, Illinois

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I once heard that Paul Seymour said as much as winning an NBA Championship, he'd like to see the Celtics lose a game after Auerbach brought out the cigar so he could go up to Arnold and stuff the cigar in his face.

Bob Cousy

Winning, Games, Stuff

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