Nba Quotes - Page 12

• Don't overwork your squad. If you're going to make a mistake, under-work them.

  Bear Bryant

  Leadership, Basketball, Mistake

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• You have to learn what makes this or that Sammy run. For one it's a pat on the back, for another it's eating him out, for still another it's a fatherly talk, or something else. You're a fool if you think as I did as a young coach, that you can treat them all alike.

  Bear Bryant

  Leadership, Basketball, Running

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• I'm no innovator. If anything I'm a stealer, or borrower. I've stolen or borrowed from more people than you can shake a stick at.

  Bear Bryant

  Leadership, Basketball, Wrestling

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• I watch a lot of NBA basketball, especially with the playoffs.

  Coby Bell

  Basketball, Watches, Playoffs

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• Truthfully, this is how I approach my workout: I want to be the best athlete I can possibly be. If I can out-perform some of the better athletes then I'm happy. When I look at the NFL or the NBA, these guys look how I want to look - it's useable, functional muscle.

  Channing Tatum

  Workout, Athlete, Nfl

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• I'm the one guy who says don't force the stupid people to be quiet - I want to know who the morons are.

  Mark Cuban

  Funny, Stupid, People

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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

  Games, Portland, Chicago

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

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• I ask myself why I do it [work]. Maybe it's to prove I'm still around. It takes a lot out of my body.
  I'm not an NBA player anymore.
  At my age, very few people can handle it.

  Jerry Stiller

  Player, People, Age

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• We are unselfish and we trust each other

  Tim Duncan

  Basketball, Unselfish

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• You've got to stay ready, especially around here. That's what we preach, you'll get your opportunity whether it comes at the beginning or in the middle or in the end whenever it may be. When your time comes, you need to be ready to go because you're going to earn your minutes

  Tim Duncan

  Basketball, Opportunity, May

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• For those who believe executive branch officials will voluntarily interpret their surveillance authorities with restraint, I believe it is more likely that I will achieve my life-long dream of playing in the NBA.

  Ron Wyden

  Dream, Believe, Long

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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

  Games, Play, Guy

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

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  The most important measure of how good a game I played was how much better I’d made my teammates play.

  Bill Russell

  Basketball, Games, Play

  Bill Russell, Taylor Branch (1980). “Second wind: the memoirs of an opinionated man”

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• I'm going to be the Will Smith of the NBA.

  Kobe Bryant

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• Heart is what separates the good from the great.

  Michael Jordan

  Basketball, Heart, Gymnastics

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• Being afraid on the court, means you're not confident of your skills

  Michael Jordan

  Basketball, Mean, Skills

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• In football, there were drinks available everywhere you looked. On a golf tournament, you could find one free anywhere you wanted it. In tennis and NBA basketball, everybody had a hospitality suite, and so you could go there and load up if you wanted to.

  Pat Summerall

  Inspirational, Basketball, Football

  "Pat Summerall: Gridiron, God, and Graham". Interview With Andrew Knox, www.cbn.com.

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• My sporting hero was Drazen Petrovic, the NBA basketball player, who was killed in a car accident in 1993. He was a good friend, an unbelievable player, and I dedicated my Wimbledon win to him.

  Goran Ivanisevic

  Inspirational, Basketball, Hero

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• I've won a championship on every level except the NBA. It's frustrating to have not gotten that in the first two years.

  Steve Blake

  Years, Two, Levels

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• Desire outweighs footwork when it comes to crashing the glass

  Bill Self

  Basketball, Glasses, Desire

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• Goals should be realistic, attainable, and shared among all members of the team

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Team, Goal

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• Winning is more related to good defense than good offense

  Jack Ramsay

  Basketball, Winning, Defense

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• A key basketball skill is imagery. The best players "see" situations before they happen so they can be prepared

  Jack Ramsay

  Basketball, Player, Skills

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• 'Play the right way' means play unselfishly, respect each other's achievements, play hard, fulfill your role

  Gregg Popovich

  Basketball, Mean, Play Hard

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• I can't make every decision for you. I don't have 14 timeouts. You guys got to get together and talk

  Gregg Popovich

  Basketball, Player, Talking

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