Nba Finals Quotes

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

  Larry Bird

  Motivational, Basketball, Sports

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• I feel confident because I'm the best player in the world. It's that simple.

  LeBron James

  Simple, Player, Nba

  "Game Quotes: Cavaliers vs. Golden State Warriors - June 14". Interview, www.nba.com. June 15, 2015.

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• My dream was to be in the NBA. I wasn't really focused on being a star player on a team. I just wanted to make it to the NBA. I've been blessed for the opportunities to be in the Finals, been in the playoffs ever since I've been in the NBA.

  James Harden

  Dream, Stars, Team

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• I dream about winning a championship, where everybody is hooting and hollering for you. The whole world is drawn to the NBA Finals.

  Ray Allen

  Dream, Winning, Nba

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• Just wanted to inspire my teammates. Obviously, I didn't do enough.

  LeBron James

  Nba Championships, Inspire, Teammate

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• I'm feeling better after the game than I did when I came off the floor with cramps. ... I was going to try to give it a go, and 'Spo said 'No.' You know, after I came out of the game, they kind of took off. And it was frustrating sitting out and not being able to help the team.

  LeBron James

  Team, Feel Better, Nba Championships

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• There are moments where we forgot what got us to where we are now. ... We stopped moving the ball. We know how it works. We are playing a great team with great players, and we've got to be close to perfect to win.

  Manu Ginobili

  Team, Moving, Winning

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• I wouldn't feel good about it at all. At the end of the day I'm here to win a team prize, and that's to win a championship, not an individual prize.

  LeBron James

  Team, Winning, Nba

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• They played great and I can honestly say I don't think any of us were expecting this type of performance. They were great. You have to give them credit for that.

  Erik Spoelstra

  Thinking, Nba Championships, Giving

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• I don't think we'll shoot 76 percent in a half ever again. That's crazy.

  Gregg Popovich

  Crazy, Thinking, Nba Championships

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• We lost one (Finals), we won two and we lost another one. (We'll) take 50 percent in four years in championships any day. Obviously, we want to win all of them, but that's just the nature of the game. Not proud of the way we played (in this series).

  LeBron James

  Winning, Nba Championships, Lost Ones

  "NBA Finals: San Antonio Spurs beat Miami Heat to win fifth title" by Tom Sheen, www.independent.co.uk. June 16, 2014.

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• They played exquisite basketball in this series and in particular these last three games. They are the better team. There is no other way to say it. They played great basketball, and we couldn't respond to it.

  Erik Spoelstra

  Basketball, Team, Nba Championships

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• I want to go get a stop on defense so James can do it again. It was a big spurt for him. That made then get out of their game plan and play him closer. But when he does that, we want to make sure we capitalize and get timely stops. And that's what got us right back in the game.

  Chris Bosh

  Nba Championships, Games, Play

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• I think LeBron asked out of the game once or twice before that, so we knew he was getting tired but we were all getting tired out there. ... I don't think I've played in anything like this since I left the islands.

  Tim Duncan

  Tired, Thinking, Islands

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• I've got extra motivation that I won't talk about right now.

  LeBron James

  Motivation, Nba, Extras

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• We were in the NBA Finals. Two games away from winning it. I think we did pretty well.

  David Blatt

  Winning, Thinking, Nba Championships

  "Game Quotes: Cavaliers vs. Golden State Warriors - June 16". David Blatt during NBA Finals: Cavaliers v Warriors Press Conference, www.nba.com. Jun 17, 2015.

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• The Chicago Bulls’ Michael Jordan’s three-point explosion in Game 1 of the 1992 NBA Finals against Portland is easily one of the greatest performances I’ve ever seen. As he made his sixth straight, he winked directly at (broadcast partner) Mike (Fratello) and me and held his palms up in a shrug, as if to say, What can I do?

  Marv Albert

  Nba, Games, Portland

  Marv Albert (1993). “I'd Love to But I Have a Game: 27 Years Without a Life”, Doubleday Books

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• I guess it's good in a sense that it stops any of it from happening, but now you're telling me if it's Game 7 of the NBA Finals and a guy has a chance to make a play he's going to be like, 'Well, do I want this $10,000 or do I want a championship?'

  Blake Griffin

  Nba, Games, Play

  "Blake Griffin is Not a Fan of the New Flopping Rule" by Angel Diaz, www.complex.com. October 4, 2012.

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• It`s not the NBA Finals, it's not even a regular-season game. It's the All-Star game, it's a celebration. A celebration of talent, speed, grace. Let`s put it on display and have some fun.

  David Stern

  Basketball, Stars, Fun

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• We just forced them into tough shots that whole overtime. It was a classic five minutes that we needed.

  Stephen Curry

  Classic, Tough, Shots

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• The 76ers hold a special place in my heart and I am intrigued by the opportunity to return to Philadelphia, where I was part of a rebuilding program, joining the team the year after it went 9-73 and going to the NBA Finals just four years later.

  Doug Collins

  Team, Heart, Opportunity

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• To be honest, the play that was drawn up, I scratched it. I just told coach, 'Give me the ball.' We're either going to go to overtime or I'm going to win it for us. It was that simple.

  LeBron James

  Winning, Simple, Nba

  "Early Start", www.cnn.com. May 11, 2015.

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• I don't really get involved in it, the whole thing. I understand how important this city is and what I mean to this city and what our team means to the city... but I don't get caught up into it. I just go out and play my game. I try to lead the best way I can, and if I can put my team and this franchise in a position to win the title, I'm grateful for that.

  LeBron James

  Team, Grateful, Mean

  "Game Quotes: Cavaliers vs. Golden State Warriors - June 11". Postgame Press Conference, www.nba.com. June 11, 2015.

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• They jumped on us. They were the aggressor. They had us on our heels from the beginning.

  LeBron James

  Nba Championships, Heels, Aggressors

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