Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up.
A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment.
A good coach will make his players see what they can be rather than what they are.
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation.
What to do with a mistake: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it.
Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.
Attitude determines how well you do it.
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
What you are as a person is far more important than what you are as a basketball player.
Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.
Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.
If you can believe it, the mind can achieve it.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.
Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there.
You're never a loser until you quit trying.
Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.
The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.
If you think you can't, you're right.
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