Nba Championships Quotes - Page 2

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

  Oscar Robertson

  Basketball, Philadelphia, Magic

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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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• Give me about 10 years, I'm going to run for President. If I can squeeze in an NBA championship before that, I'll do it.

  Will Smith

  Running, Years, Giving

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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'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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• Yeah, that was my best scoreless game ever.

  Chris Bosh

  Games, Champion, Yeah

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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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• For them to have the season that they had, for them to have us on the ropes ... Congrats to the Cavs.

  Steve Kerr

  Rope, Congrats, Seasons

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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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• 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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• It just feels good to say we're the best team in the world, with the best player in the world.

  Klay Thompson

  Team, Player, Feel Good

  "Game Quotes: Cavaliers vs. Golden State Warriors - June 16". www.nba.com. June 17, 2015.

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• That team across the way, you tip your hat to them. They did a great job. It showed in these Finals.

  LeBron James

  Jobs, Team, Way

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• Tonight we had our chances but we ran out of talent.

  LeBron James

  Tonight, Chance, Talent

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• Well, of course you question it, especially when you get to this point. I always look at it would I rather not make the playoffs or lose in The Finals? I don't know. I don't know. I've missed the playoffs twice. I lost in The Finals four times. I'm almost starting to be like I'd rather not even make the playoffs than to lose in The Finals. It would hurt a lot easier if I just didn't make the playoffs and I didn't have a shot at it.

  LeBron James

  Hurt, Finals, Looks

  "Game Quotes: Cavaliers vs. Golden State Warriors - June 16". Postgame Press Conference, www.nba.com. June 17, 2015.

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• You lose in the Finals, they're all disappointing. Doesn't matter if I'm playing in Miami, Cleveland or on Mars. You lose the Finals, it's disappointing.

  LeBron James

  Cleveland, Finals, Mars

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• It would be easier if I didn't even make the playoffs, it would hurt less. But then I start thinking about how much fun it is.

  LeBron James

  Hurt, Fun, Thinking

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• We ran out of talent tonight. The guys played as hard as they could, as long as we could.

  LeBron James

  Long, Guy, Tonight

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• If I could have gave more, I would have done it. I gave everything I had

  LeBron James

  Done, If I Could, Ifs

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• I enjoy the competition and whatever it takes throughout the competition, I will do it.

  LeBron James

  Competition, Enjoy, Whatever It Takes

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• If that's the last image of Michael Jordan...how magnificent is it!?

  Bob Costas

  Lasts, Jordan, Magnificent

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• But then I lock back in and I start thinking about how fun it is to compete during the playoffs and the first round, the second round, and Eastern Conference Finals. If I'm lucky enough to get here again, it will be fun to do it.

  LeBron James

  Fun, Thinking, Finals

  "Game Quotes: Cavaliers vs. Golden State Warriors - June 16". Postgame Press Conference, www.nba.com. June 17, 2015.

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• These fans here are unbelievable. They showed up and showed out tonight. We needed every little bit of it.

  LeBron James

  Fans, Tonight, Littles

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• As loud as fans were , they need to go home now and start soaking up a lot of tea, drinking a lot of tea for the next 36 hours, whatever the case may be, 'cause they need to be just as loud Thursday night.

  LeBron James

  Drinking, Home, Night

  "CNN Newsroom", www.cnn.com. June 10, 2015.

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• We did what we are supposed to. We protected home. We have to try to do it again Thursday night.

  LeBron James

  Home, Night, Trying

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• Just because we are back home, don't get comfortable. Have that same uptight feeling like it's just us against everyone.

  LeBron James

  Home, Feelings, Uptight

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