Nba Quotes - Page 37

• What do you have when you have an agent buried up to his neck in sand? Not enough sand.

  Pat Williams

  Funny, Necks, Agents

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• Don't ever have a rule that you won't enforce with your best player.

  Doug Collins

  Basketball, Player, Best Players

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• When I think about my MVP season, I will also think about the loss to Golden State. But winning the award as Most Valuable Player of the NBA is just a huge honour. I didn't really realise how big it was until Mark Cuban had tears in his eyes at the award ceremony.

  Dirk Nowitzki

  Eye, Loss, Thinking

  "Nowitzki Waxes Poetic On Life". Interview with Martin Fuenkele, www.fibaeurope.com. August 15, 2007.

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• In 1989 at Greater Saint Steven Full Gospel Church, I gave my life to Christ. That's pretty much where it all started for me. I was 23 years old at the time, right after my first year in the NBA. The pastor preached a message about being fully committed. That pretty much was me. I wasn't fully committed. I was kind of in and out all of the time. So I just wanted to make a commitment.

  Avery Johnson

  Commitment, Past, Years

  "A conversation with New Jersey Nets head coach Avery Johnson". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com. December 2011.

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• I thought I would make it (to the NBA). I believed that I would make it. But I had a Plan B. I was going to get my Master's degree at Tulane University had it not worked out. I think the pressure of making it wasn't on me as great as some other players that had no other options. I was going to do something special in life and I wanted to play in the NBA. I had a backup plan but I went full speed ahead with my Plan A.

  Avery Johnson

  Player, Thinking, Special

  "A conversation with New Jersey Nets head coach Avery Johnson". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com. December 2011.

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• I'm passionate about coaching and being able to mentor young men in a lot of different ways. I think it's good to be able to do what you love to do. It's been in me since the beginning. I was telling my college coach what to do and he trusted me. When I got into the NBA, I started having conversations with coaches. Coach Gregg Popp(avich) brought a lot out in me. Coach Don Nelson gave me an incredible opportunity to spend some time with him and he molded me but at the same time allowed me to be myself.

  Avery Johnson

  College, Men, Thinking

  "A conversation with New Jersey Nets head coach Avery Johnson". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com.

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• How good can we expect to be if our best player is not our best teammate

  Brad Stevens

  Basketball, Player, Teammate

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• My goal is to win the next game one possession at a time. That's it. I don't have any other goals

  Brad Stevens

  Basketball, Time, Winning

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• The worst day coaching is better than the best day doing anything else

  Don Meyer

  Basketball, Coaching, Worst

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• I found the bench to be the greatest ally when I had to make individuals comply with what was best for the team

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Team, Allies

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• I would spend almost as much time planning a practice as conducting it. Everything was planned out each day

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Practice, Each Day

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• It's important to keep trying to do what you think is right no matter how hard it is or how often you fail. Never stop trying

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Thinking, Important

  John Wooden (2011). “Wooden: A Legacy in Words and Images (EBOOK)”, p.15, McGraw-Hill Professional

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• The best competition I have is against myself to become better

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Competition

  John Wooden, Jay Carty (2009). “Coach Wooden One-On-One”, p.65, Revell

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• The true athlete should have character, not be a character

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Athlete, Character

  John Wooden, Jack Tobin, Bill Walton (2004). “They Call Me Coach”, McGraw Hill Professional

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• When you're a coach you've got to go up the ladder, you've got to be ready to travel. That's the nature of coaching

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Basketball, Coaching, Ladders

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• We have to move the meter in sports in Africa, especially basketball. With the growth of the NBA globally, we have to figure out more ways to develop facilities, coaching, leagues, and youth development in Africa. The talent is incredible. Especially physically. How do we get the youth to start playing at an early age just like in soccer? The future is bright. We now have an NBA office in Africa, we have legends and Hall of Famers, we have African assistant coaches, front office members, and some prominent African players over the last 10 years. So we must plan well for the next 10.

  Masai Ujiri

  Basketball, Soccer, Sports

  "Is African Soccer the NBA’s New Breeding Ground?" by Ange Kagame, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 4, 2015.

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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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• As I grew up, I played in sandals. I played in flip-flops all the time back in the day. That's why I didn't really care about spraining my ankles. When I first started in the NBA, I loved low-cuts. I can play (in them), because I used to grow up playing in flip-flops all the time.

  Rajon Rondo

  Growing Up, Cutting, Play

  Source: bleacherreport.com

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• Everyone knows Jordan as a winner, and that's what I want to be known as at the end of my playing career. Someone who's won multiple NBA Championships and has made a difference in the NBA.

  Mario Chalmers

  Nba Championships, Careers, Differences

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• I am always playing hard trying to win. Just knowing that at one time I was once that kid that looked up to NBA players and NFL players. Today these kids look up me.

  Jason Terry

  Kids, Winning, Player

  Source: www.ign.com

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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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• When hired three years ago, I willingly accepted the challenge of leading the Bulls back to the type of team this city richly deserves. I'm proud of the fact that each year the team has taken another step toward an NBA championship, and played with intense pride and determination.

  Doug Collins

  Determination, Team, Taken

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• I always had a dream to someday own an NBA team.

  Stan Kroenke

  Dream, Team, Someday

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