Nba Quotes - Page 32

• I remember when I came into the NBA, eighteen years ago, there were maybe nine to twelve international players playing in the NBA. Today we've got more than 85, so that tells you how our game has grown at that level.

  Dikembe Mutombo

  Player, Years, Games

  Source: www.gq.com

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• Maybe somewhere down the line when I'm done playing, I'd want to style NBA players.

  Iman Shumpert

  Player, Style, Done

  Source: wwd.com

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• I love you Philadelphia. I want to thank you for accepting me, and letting me be me and make this my home forever.

  Allen Iverson

  Basketball, Love You, Home

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• I'm going to always be a Sixer til I die.

  Allen Iverson

  Basketball, Dies

  "Names & Faces". www.sfgate.com. October 30, 2013.

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  I made a lot of mistakes, a lot of things I'm not proud of. But it's only for other people to learn from.

  Allen Iverson

  Basketball, Mistake, People

  "No more practice for A.I.: Allen Iverson says goodbye to Philadelphia" by Bryan Armen Graham, www.theguardian.com. October 31, 2013.

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  My whole thing was, just being me. Now, you look around the NBA and all of them have tattoos, guys wearing cornrows. Now you see the police officers with the cornrows. I took a beating for those types of things.

  Allen Iverson

  Tattoo, Basketball, Guy

  "No more practice for A.I.: Allen Iverson says goodbye to Philadelphia" by Bryan Armen Graham, www.theguardian.com. October 31, 2013.

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• People think that I'm some tough renegade, black-hearted being, evil, but that ain't me.

  Allen Iverson

  Basketball, Thinking, People

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• My whole thing is, if you love me, then love me. If you don't, then believe what you hear and run with that.

  Allen Iverson

  Basketball, Running, Believe

  "Dime Q&A: We Get Allen Iverson To Open Up About His Critics, 'I Got Feelings Just Like Everybody'" by Spencer Lund, uproxx.com. November 4, 2013.

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• I wasn't a bad guy. I just wanted God to give me a second chance.

  Allen Iverson

  Basketball, Second Chance, Giving

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• I don't want to be another Jordan, Magic, or Isiah. When my career is over, I want to be able to look in the mirror and say 'I did it my way'.

  Allen Iverson

  Basketball, Mirrors, Careers

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• Believe me, I am not even that brave enough to miss that many practices.

  Allen Iverson

  Basketball, Believe, Practice

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• I am the MVP and I gotta worry about the trade talk.

  Allen Iverson

  Basketball, Mvp, Worry

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• Don't talk too much. Don't pop off. Don't talk after the game until you cool off.

  Bear Bryant

  Leadership, Basketball, Believe

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• The biggest mistake coaches make is taking borderline cases and trying to save them. I'm not talking about grades now, I'm talking about character. I want to know before a boy enrolls about his home life, and what his parents want him to be.

  Bear Bryant

  Leadership, Basketball, Mistake

  Paul Bear Bryant, John Underwood (2007). “Bear: The Hard Life and Good Times of Alabama's Coach Bryant”, p.238, Triumph Books

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• There is no sin in not liking to play; it's a mistake for a boy to be there if he doesn't want to.

  Bear Bryant

  Leadership, Basketball, Mistake

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• I always want my players to show class, knock'em down, pat on the back, and run back to the huddle.

  Bear Bryant

  Leadership, Basketball, Running

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• The taste of defeat has a richness of experience all its own.

  Bill Bradley

  Sports, Sunset, Winning

  Bill Bradley (2010). “Life on the Run”, p.108, RosettaBooks

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• Champions play as they practice. Create a consistency of excellence in all your habits.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Practice, Play

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• Practice habits were crucial to my development in basketball. I didn't play against the toughest competition in high school, but one reason I was able to do well in college was that I mastered the fundamentals. You've got to have them down before you can even think about playing.

  Larry Bird

  Basketball, School, Thinking

  Larry Bird (1990). “Drive: The Story of My Life”, Bantam Books

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• Discover your gift, develop your gift and then give it away every day.

  Don Meyer

  Basketball, Giving

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• There's only one thing we can control, and that is how hard we play.

  Don Meyer

  Basketball, Play, One Thing

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• Make the practices like games and the games like practices.

  Don Meyer

  Basketball, Practice, Games

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• In the end, what your own troops do is more important than who they are marching against.

  Don Meyer

  Basketball, Important, Troops

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• Be a dreamer. If you don't know how to dream, you're dead.

  Jim Valvano

  Basketball, Dream, Sportsmanship

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• You can run a lot of plays when your X is twice as big as the other guys' O. It makes your X's and O's pretty good.

  Paul Westphal

  Inspirational, Basketball, Running

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