Basketball Quotes

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"The invention of basketball was not an accident. It was developed to meet a need. Those boys simply would not play "Drop the Handkerchief"." -James Naismith

"Be strong in body, clean in mind, lofty in ideals." -James Naismith

"A basketball team is like five fingers on your hand. If you can get them all together, you have fist. That's how I want to play." -Coach K

"Basketball doesn't build character it reveals it." -Coach L (LingkarBerjaring)

"God.., When I lose my hopes, help me to remember that your love is greater than my disappointment, that your plan is better than my dreams, because I don't really know what you know about me and my future. Thanks God.." -Coach L (LingkarBerjaring)

"My responsibility is getting all my players playing for the name on the front of the jersey, not the one on the back." -Coach L (Lingkar Berjaring)

"Show respect for yourself and for your team by working hard and diligently practicing the skills that will give us a good team." -Coach L (Lingkar Berjaring)

"Blending the talents of your team members is crucial to basketball success." -John Kundla

"When it comes to team dynamics - on a basketball court or in a corporate setting - maintaining a positive atmosphere is crucial." -Rick Pitino

"Other people go to an office. I get to coach. I know I've been blessed." -Jim Valvano

"Basketball is like photography, if you don't focus, all you have is the negative." -Dan Frisby

"Go up to the free throw line knowing your going to make it, not knowing you won't miss." -Hilary Ashmead

"You must be sure that you give back something that's beneficial yo the game.Any of the teaching you do must be for the benefit of the men who play." -Hank Iba

"I'm not against taking shots, but I am against taking bad shots.' -Hank Iba

"We are not going to play them; they are going to play us." -Hank Iba

"Think of new ways to do old things. You must protect against boredom in a practice situation." -George Raveling

"Players know how to dribble, shoot, and pass. The challenge is to teach them why they should do it a certain way, and when they should do it." -Marv Harshman

"Well-coached teams are never surprised; they can adapt to anything they see." -Jack Ramsay

"There are really only two play: Romeo and Juliet and put the darn ball in the basket." -Abe Lemons

"When you go out on the court whether it be for the championship or just a scrimmage, have confidence that your abilities and what you've learned in your drills are better than your opponent's. This does not mean you should disregard your opponent. Before taking the court for any game, you should do a lot of thinking about what you have to do to beat your opponent and what he must or can do to beat you." -Bob Pettit

"For order and a society to exist - and a basketball team is a society within itself - it needs discipline." -Joe B.Hall

"Create unselfishness as the most important team attribute." -Bill Russell

"You got to have the killer instinct. If you do not have it, forger about basketball and go into social psychology or something. If you sometimes wonder if you've got it, you ain't go it. No pussycats, please." -Bill Russell

"Doing the best you are capable of doing is victory in itself, and less than that is defeat." -John Wooden

"Practice to beat the best." -Dick Bennett

"I've always considered myself a crunch-time player. I just love having the ball in my hands. Everyone in the arena knows the ball is supposed to be in your hands and you still make it. It's the odds. I love the odds." -Reggie Miller

"Basketball is a game that gives you every chance to be great, and puts every pressure on you to prove that you haven't got what it takes. It never takes away the chance, and it never eases up on the pressure." -Bob Sundvold

"Mental toughness is to physical as four is to one." -Bob Knight

"My definition of discipline is as follows: 1) Do what has to be done, when it has to be done, as well as it can be done, and 2) Do it that way all the time." -Bob Knight

"Not only is there more to life than basketball, there's a lot more to basketball than basketball." -Phil Jackson

"If you meet the Buddha in the lane, feed him the ball." -Phil Jackson

"When a gifted team dedicates itself to unselfish trust and combines instinct with boldness and effort-it is ready to climb." -Pat Riley

"All the successful teams I've ever seen have three characteristics: They play unselfish, they play together, and they play hard." -Larry Brown

"The game of basketball is a game of accepting failure, of accepting imperfection, of realizing that the perfect game has never been played, never will be played, or ever could be played." -Tony Alonso

"It is far better to shoot an airball than to not shoot at all for fear missing." -Tony Alonso

"Most players prepare for disaster. A good player prepares for success." -Tony Alonso

"When you miss a shot, never think of what you did wrong. Take the next shot thinking of what you must do right." -Tony Alonso

"The great players show how much they want to play during the off season - when it's hot, when it's tough, and when no one is watching." -Tony Alonso

"Champions play as they practice. Create a consistency of excellence in your habits." -Mike Krzyzewski

"Our goal is not to win. It's to play together and play hard. Then, winning takes care of itself." -Mike Krzyzewski

"Athletes that can't listen, can condition." -Chuck Daly

"Everyone is born with certain potential. You may never achieve your full potential, but how close you come depends on how much you want to pay the price." -Red Auerbach

"Some people believe you win with your five best players, but I found out that you win with the five who fit together best" -Red Auerbach

"Even when I'm old and grey, I won't be able to play it, but I'll still love the game." -Michael Jordan

"I can accept failure, but i can't accept not trying." -Michael Jordan

"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 though it, or work around it." -Michael Jordan

"I never looked at the consequences of missing a big shot. When you think about the consequences, you always think of negative result." -Michael Jordan

"Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen." -Michael Jordan

"Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships." -Michael Jordan

"The game is my wife. It demands loyalty and responsibility, and it gives me back fulfillment and peace." -Michael Jordan

"I would tell players to relax and never think about what's at stake. Just about the basketball game. If you start to think about who is going to win the championship, you've lost your focus." -Michael Jordan

"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." -Michael Jordan

"I will not let anything get in the way of me and competitive enthusiasm to win." -Michael Jordan

"Ask not what your teammates can do for you. Ask what you can do for your teammates." -Magic Johnson

"If you're afraid of failure you don't deserve to be successful !." -Charles Barkley

"Sometimes, adrenaline flows into momentum." -Dennis Johnson

"I couldn't care less if the guy I'm guarding has HIV. I'm going to slam him anyway." -Dannis Rodman

"You can't get much done in life if you only work on the days when you feel good." -Jerry West

"A lot of late nights in the gym, a lot of early mornings, especially when your friends are going out, you're going to the gym, those are the sacrifices that you have to make if you want to be an NBA basketball player." -Jason Kidd

"If you don't do what's best for your body, you're the one who comes up on the short end." -Julius Erving

"I think that my God-given physical attributes, big hands, and big feet, the way I'm built, proportion-wise, just made basketball the most inviting sport for me to play." -Julius Erving

"If you want consistency, then you perform. This is a performance job. You get paid to perform. Your money is guaranteed, but your minutes are not." -Elgin Baylor

"Love never fails. Character never quits. And with patience and persistence, dreams to come true." -Pete Maravich

"No matter what you say, you can have as many receivers as you want; there are enough ball to go around." - Kevin Johnson

"Everybody pulls for David, nobody roots for Goliath." -Wilt Chamberlain

"They say that nobody is perfect. Then they tell you practice makes perfect. I wish they'd make up their minds." -Wilt Chamberlain

"One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man can not make a team." -Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

"I've had enough success for two life times, my success is talent put together with hard work and luck." -Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

"I think someone should explain to the child that it's ok to make mistakes. That's how we learn. When we complete, we make mistakes." -Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

"Great players are willing to give up their own personal achievement foe the achievement of group. It enhances everybody." -Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

"A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, work his tail off develop them into skills and uses these skills to accomplish his goals." -Larry Bird

"Once you are labeled the best you want to stay up there, and you can't do it by loafing around. If I don't keep changing, I'm history." -Larry Bird

"You never make any of the shots you never take. 87% of the ones you do take, you'll miss too. I make 110% of my shots." -Larry Bird

"Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds." -Larry Bird

"Leadership is diving for a loose ball, getting the crowd involved, getting other players involved. It's being able to take it as well as dish it out. That's the only way you're going to get respect from the players." -Larry Bird

"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

"When I was young, I never wanted to leave the court until I got things exactly correct. My dream was to became a pro." -Larry Bird

"I've got a theory that if you give 100 percent all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end." -Larry Bird

"Me shooting 40% at the foul line is just God's way to say nobody's perfect." -Shaquille O'Neal

"I'm tired of hearing about money, money, money, money, money. I just want to play the game, drink Pepsi, wear Reebok." -Shaquille O'Neal

"Good, better, best. Never let it rest. Until your good is better and your better is best." -Tim Duncan

"I don't want to be the next Michael Jordan, I only want to be Kobe Bryant." -Kobe Bryant

"These young guys are playing checkers. I'm out there playing chess." -Kobe Bryant

"If I panic, everyone else panics." -Kobe Bryant

"Everything negative - pressure, challenges - is all opportunity for me to rise," -Kobe Bryant

"My greatest gift that I have in life is basketball." -Isiah Thomas

"If you want consistency, then you perform. This is performance job. You get paid to perform. Your money is guaranteed." -Isiah Thomas