One man cannot make a team.
I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.
One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.
What you are as a person is far more important than what you are as a basketball player.
You can't get much done in life if you only work on the days when you feel good.
You don't play against opponents, you play against the game of basketball.
If you are afraid of failure, you don't deserve success.
If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it.
The secret is to have eight great players and four others who will cheer like crazy.
Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.
I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
Basketball is like war in that offensive weapons are developed first, and it always takes a while for the defense to catch up.
Basketball doesn't build character it reveals it.
If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.
Be strong in body, clean in mind, lofty in ideals.
Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
We try to stress the little things because little things lead to big things.
What to do with a mistake: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it.
Not only is there more to life than basketball, there's a lot more to basketball than basketball.
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