Top basketball Quotes Collection
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A winner is somebody who goes out there every day and exhausts himself trying to get something accomplished.Collection: Basketball
If parents are aiming at choosing children who will be good athletes, or great musicians, or who will get into Ivy League schools, or who will be tall enough to make the basketball team, then there is a danger that the life of the child will bear the burden of that expectation; and the risk of disappointment and the cost of disappointment will be even higher than they are now, and even now they can be considerable.Collection: Basketball
Don't let talent get in way of team performance. Great players do what's outstanding for team, not what makes them stand outCollection: Basketball
Anything can happen with hard work and dedicationCollection: Basketball
When time is running out and the score is close, most players are thinking, I don't want to be the one to lose the game, but I'm thinking, What do I have to do to win?Collection: Basketball
[The NBA] used to be a small band of basketball groupies. Now there are a lot more corporate-type people working in the league.Collection: Basketball
I don't really want to go into my problems with the team at the time except to say that no one's ever had to pay me to play basketball.Collection: Basketball
Basketball came to me and for some reason it gave me an opportunity to live a life that I didn't dream possible. But it did let me live my dreams.Collection: Basketball
So what if you fail? At least you'll know what not to do when you try again.Collection: Basketball
Play the game with a smile.Collection: Basketball
You can easily separate 'team guys' from 'me guys' by how they accept coaching. The guys that accept it are about winningCollection: Basketball
Winning coaches look for opportunities to praise. Anything that reflects a commitment to the team is praiseworthyCollection: Basketball
A team divided against itself can break down at any moment. The least bit of pressure or adversity will crack it apartCollection: Basketball
The pleasure of sport was so often the chance to indulge the cessation of time itself--the pitcher dawdling on the mound, the skier poised at the top of a mountain trail, the basketball player with the rough skin of the ball against his palm preparing for a foul shot, the tennis player at set point over his opponent--all of them savoring a moment before committing themselves to action.Collection: Basketball
Something I like to do a lot is just sit by water when there’s a current and just stare into the water. I don’t fish, I don’t hunt, I don’t scuba, I don’t spear, don’t boat, don’t play basketball or football – I excel at staring into space. I’m really good at that.Collection: Basketball
Some clubs want to win so much they'll do anything to get it. Our approach has been just the opposite. We've tried to do things the right way. And the right way is [abiding by] the rules and regulations ... I may not like all of them, but once they are [official], we play by them.Collection: Basketball
Among other things, neuroplasticity means that emotions such as happiness and compassion can be cultivated in much the same way that a person can learn through repetition to play golf and basketball or master a musical instrument, and that such practice changes the activity and physical aspects of specific brain areas.Collection: Basketball
Sports like baseball, basketball, and hockey develop muscles. That's why Americans have the strongest eyes in the world.Collection: Basketball
Indeed, the maligned American pastime of baseball may be by-far the greatest and best sport by one criterion, when it comes to emulating and training for genuinely useful Neolithic skills! Think about it. The game consists of lots of patient waiting and watching (stalking), throwing with incredible accuracy and speed, sprinting, dodging... and hitting moving objects real hard with clubs! And arguing. Hey, what else could you possibly need? Now, tell me, how do soccer or basketball prepare you to survive in the wild, hm?Collection: Basketball
Don't let winning make you soft. Don't let losing make you quit. Don't let your teammates down in any situation.Collection: Basketball
I hate to lose more than I like to win.Collection: Basketball
You can make all the excuses you want, but if you're not mentally tough and you're not prepared to play every night, you're not going to win.Collection: Basketball
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.Collection: Basketball
There are many times when you are better off practicing than playing; but most people just don't understand thatCollection: Basketball
First master the fundamentals.Collection: Basketball
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.Collection: Basketball
I'm a firm believer in that you play the way you practice.Collection: Basketball
Michael Jordan is God disguised as a basketball player.Collection: Basketball
The more concerned we become over the things we can't control, the less we will do with the things we can controlCollection: Basketball
Mr. Watras asked me whether I was practicing, and I told him I was practicing my tissue basketball skills.Collection: Basketball
We need to know where we are going and how we plan to get there. Our dreams and aspirations must be translated into real and tangible goals with priorities and time frames.Collection: Basketball
Great players and great teams want to be driven. They want to be pushed to the edge. They don't want to be cheated. Ordinary players and average teams want it to be easyCollection: Basketball
The true warrior understands and seizes that moment by giving an effort so intense and so intuitive that it could only be called one from the heart.Collection: Basketball
Great teamwork is the only way we create the breakthroughs that define our careers.Collection: Basketball
If you get tough mentally, you can get tough physically and overcome fatigue.Collection: Basketball
From nobody to upstart. From upstart to contender. From contender to winner. From winner to champion. From champion to Dynasty.Collection: Basketball
Sport is the best means of communication between people from different religions and countries.Collection: Basketball
Friendship first, competition second.Collection: Basketball
I don't really have anything to say. Basketball is not a game that you can play with your mouth. It needs action to prove yourself.Collection: Basketball
Sports teach you how to be quick. Injuries teach you how to slow down.Collection: Basketball
Sometimes it can feel like there are a billion people on my shoulders.Collection: Basketball
I'm just one of the 1.3 billion Chinese.Collection: Basketball
I think I'll stick to what I'm used to, my principles, and that is team Number 1 and individual Number 2.Collection: Basketball
I understand basketball is not my entire life. It's only a part of my life. And there are a lot of other things that interest me a great deal ... other goals to seek, and this is how I have balance in life.Collection: Basketball
Every sound in the gym is so fantastic. The screams of the fans, the whistle of the ref, the teammates calling to each other, the sounds of the ball touching the wooden floor, the sneakers touching the floor, and the sounds of the fight, the muscle and the sweat. Oh, and the last one-when the ball goes through the net. Don't laugh at my sensitivity and romanticism - those sounds really attract me.Collection: Basketball
When I was young, we were taught not to dunk. We were taght not to stand out from the rest of the team. It's different now.Collection: Basketball
It will take time to adapt, but I think I can handle it.Collection: Basketball
I think I am upsetting the coach.Collection: Basketball
To me, first and foremost, basketball is a fun sport. It is a hobby, an interest. And second, it is a profession. I feel that I am very fortunate that I can find a professional job that I really, really love.Collection: Basketball
My American strength coach said he liked me better before I could speak English.Collection: Basketball