Nba Player Quotes - Page 2

• You play with your soul as well as your body.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Basketball, Athlete, Play

  "Ironman champ: Train your brain, then your body" by Chrissie Wellington, www.cnn.com. February 21, 2012.

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• You know it's going to hell when the best rapper out there is white and the best golfer is black.

  Charles Barkley

  Basketball, Sports, Rapper

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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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• There is a lot of pressure put on me, but I don't put a lot of pressure on myself. I feel if I play my game, it will take care of itself.

  LeBron James

  Inspirational, Motivational, Basketball

  InsideHoops.com Interview, www.insidehoops.com. June 14, 2003.

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• Goals determine what you are going to be

  Julius Erving

  Goal, Insightful, Determine

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• I tell kids to pursue their basketball dreams, but I tell them to not let that be their only dream.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Motivational, Basketball, Dream

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

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Basketball, Real

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• Our offense is like the pythagorean theorem: There is no answer!

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Motivational, Basketball, Pythagorean Theorem

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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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• I'll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it's sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a cup of water to a teammate, or hitting the game-winning shot.

  Kobe Bryant

  Inspirational, Basketball, Attitude

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  I've got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.

  Larry Bird

  Motivational, Basketball, Sports

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  All kids need is a little help, a little hope and somebody who believes in them.

  Magic Johnson

  Relationship, Basketball, Hope

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Even when I'm old and grey, I won't be able to play it, but I'll still love the game.

  Michael Jordan

  Love, Motivational, Basketball

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• As far as carrying the torch for the years to come, I don't know. I just want to be the best basketball player I can be.

  Kobe Bryant

  Basketball, Player, Years

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  The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes in or not.

  Charles Barkley

  Basketball, Differences, Shots

  Charles Barkley (2009). “Sir Charles: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles Barkley”, p.27, Hachette UK

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• I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.
  Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.
  I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.

  Michael Jordan

  Basketball, People, Wish

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• Goals determine what you're going to be.

  Julius Erving

  Inspirational, Basketball, Determination

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• If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them

  Michael Jordan

  Basketball, Nba, Trying

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

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• In France, if you talk to little boys, they know all of the NBA players and not one single Pro A player.

  Tony Parker

  Boys, Player, Nba

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• I want the younger kids, the basketball players in high school and college to hear from me and let them know that when you come to the league, this is what happens and this is how I feel as an NBA player. And it's not all peachy keen.

  Kevin Durant

  Basketball, School, Kids

  "Q&A with Kevin Durant: 'I like to remain somewhat of a mystery'". Interview with Chris Haynes, www.espn.com. January 4, 2017.

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• When I come home, I'm not a basketball player, but "dad". While everyone sees me as an NBA player, to my boys, I'm just "dad" and that's very important.

  Dwyane Wade

  Basketball, Dad, Home

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• I have the loving support of my girlfriend who still attends Wake Forest and is nearing graduation. She helps me cope with the everyday rigors of being an NBA player.

  Tim Duncan

  Inspirational, Funny, Graduation

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• The guy said NBA players are one in a million, ... I said, 'Man, look, I'm going to be that one in a million.

  Kobe Bryant

  Inspirational, Basketball, Player

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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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• To be successful you have to be selfish, or else you never achieve. And once you get to your highest level, then you have to be unselfish. Stay reachable. Stay in touch. Don't isolate.

  Michael Jordan

  Motivational, Success, Basketball

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