Top basketball Quotes Collection - Page 2

Discover a curated collection of basketball quotes. Find inspiration, motivation, and wisdom from the best quotes in this category. Page 2 provides more basketball quotes.

Image of Bill Bradley
How should we Democrats select the next presidential nominee? Smoke filled rooms? Brokered convention? National primary? Personally, I prefer jump shots from the top of the key.
- Bill Bradley
Collection: Basketball
Image of Bill Bradley
Basketball can serve as a kind of metaphor for ultimate cooperation. It is a sport where success, as symbolized by the championship, requires that the dictates of community prevail over selfish impulses.
- Bill Bradley
Collection: Basketball
Image of Willie Stargell
Be honest and work hard to get what you want. Don't take shortcuts; you only cheat yourself in the long run. Success is not measured by money or fame, but by how you feel about your own goals and accomplishments and the time and effort you put into them.
- Willie Stargell
Collection: Basketball
Image of Pat Williams
We told Stanley Roberts to go on a water diet, and Lake Superior disappeared.
- Pat Williams
Collection: Basketball
Image of Pat Williams
The Orlando Magic were so bad last season, the cheerleaders stayed home and phoned in their cheers.
- Pat Williams
Collection: Basketball
Image of Ned Vizzini
Ski. Sled. Play basketball. Jog. Run. Run. Run. Run home. Run home and enjoy. Enjoy. Take these verbs and enjoy them. They're yours, Craig. You deserve them because you chose them. You could have left them all behind but you chose to stay here. So now live for real, Craig. Live. Live. Live. Live. Live.
- Ned Vizzini
Collection: Basketball
Image of Dennis Rodman
Don't let what other people think decide who you are.
- Dennis Rodman
Collection: Basketball
Image of Dennis Rodman
I like to describe my life as a black hole with a little light out there.
- Dennis Rodman
Collection: Basketball
Image of Dennis Rodman
For five years I've felt like the best prostitute in a high-class whorehouse. But all the other girls get paid more than I do.
- Dennis Rodman
Collection: Basketball
Image of Bill Walton
No matter how good you get, there's always something further out there.
- Bill Walton
Collection: Basketball
Image of Bill Walton
John Stockton is one of the true marvels, not just of basketball, or in America, but in the history of Western Civilization!
- Bill Walton
Collection: Basketball
Image of Thomas Peterffy
I had an extremely boring time doing 20 to 30 trades a day while everyone was talking about baseball or basketball. So I stood there fantasizing about a device that could do the same thing I was doing.
- Thomas Peterffy
Collection: Basketball
Image of Charles J. Givens
Doing more of what doesn't work won't make it work any better.
- Charles J. Givens
Collection: Basketball
Image of Condoleezza Rice
Education is of no value and talent is worthless - unless you have an unwavering aim. Never find yourself without a compass.
- Condoleezza Rice
Collection: Basketball
Image of Paul Pierce
You've got to watch your back. We are targets as basketball payers.
- Paul Pierce
Collection: Basketball
Image of Paul Pierce
Playoff basketball ... you've got to treat every possession like it's your last.
- Paul Pierce
Collection: Basketball
Image of Jim Trelease
No player in the NBA was born wanting to play basketball. The desire to play ball or to read must be planted. The last 25 years of research show that reading aloud to a child is the oldest, cheapest and must successful method of instilling that desire. Shooting baskets with a child creates a basketball player; reading to a child creates a reader.
- Jim Trelease
Collection: Basketball
Image of Steve Nash
I believe that the measure of a person's life is the affect they have on others.
- Steve Nash
Collection: Basketball
Image of Steve Nash
If every basketball player worked as hard as I did, I'd be out of a job
- Steve Nash
Collection: Basketball
Image of Steve Nash
You should always want your coach to be critical. It gives you an opportunity to learn and to overcome adversity
- Steve Nash
Collection: Basketball
Image of Steve Nash
I know the strengths and weaknesses of my teammates. I make my passing decisions accordingly
- Steve Nash
Collection: Basketball
Image of Steve Nash
The pick and roll is more about bodies and eyes then speed and being fast
- Steve Nash
Collection: Basketball
Image of Pat Summitt
Accountability is essential to personal growth, as well as team growth. How can you improve if you're never wrong? If you don't admit a mistake and take responsibility for it, you're bound to make the same one again.
- Pat Summitt
Collection: Basketball
Image of Pat Summitt
Attitude lies somewhere between emotion and logic. It's that curious mix of optimism and determination that enables you to maintain a positive outlook and to continue plodding in the face of the most adverse circumstances.
- Pat Summitt
Collection: Basketball
Image of Pat Summitt
Attitude is a choice. Think positive thoughts daily. Believe in yourself.
- Pat Summitt
Collection: Basketball
Image of Pat Summitt
You can't always be the most talented person in the room. But you can be the most competitive
- Pat Summitt
Collection: Basketball
Image of Pat Summitt
Offense sells tickets, defense wins games, rebounding wins championships.
- Pat Summitt
Collection: Basketball
Image of Pat Summitt
Admit to and make yourself accountable for mistakes. How can you improve if you're never wrong?
- Pat Summitt
Collection: Basketball
Image of Pat Summitt
Attitude is a choice. What you think you can do, whether positive or negative, confident or scared, will most likely happen.
- Pat Summitt
Collection: Basketball
Image of Bo Schembechler
Deep down, your players must know you care about them. This is the most important thing. I could never get away with what I do if the players feel I didn't care for them. They know, in the long run, I'm in their corner.
- Bo Schembechler
Collection: Basketball
Image of Dean Smith
Basketball is a beautiful game when the five players on the court play with one heartbeat.
- Dean Smith
Collection: Basketball
Image of Dean Smith
The most important thing in good leadership is truly caring.
- Dean Smith
Collection: Basketball
Image of Dean Smith
Good people are happy when something good happens to someone else.
- Dean Smith
Collection: Basketball
Image of Dean Smith
A leader's job is to develop committed followers. Bad leaders destroy their followers' sense of commitment.
- Dean Smith
Collection: Basketball
Image of Dean Smith
A lion never roars after a kill.
- Dean Smith
Collection: Basketball
Image of Dean Smith
There is a lot of basketball beyond our control, but a player should never let anyone try harder than he does
- Dean Smith
Collection: Basketball
Image of Dean Smith
The coach's job is to be part servant in helping each player reach his goals within the team concept.
- Dean Smith
Collection: Basketball
Image of Dean Smith
I wasn't as critical during games as I was at practice. Players needed confidence during games more than criticism.
- Dean Smith
Collection: Basketball
Image of Dean Smith
One player's selfish attitude can poison a locker room and make it hard, if not impossible, to establish team work
- Dean Smith
Collection: Basketball
Image of Dean Smith
Basketball, more than any other sport, is a team game...about the thousands of small, unselfish acts, the sacrifices on the part of the players that result in team building.
- Dean Smith
Collection: Basketball
Image of Dean Smith
You should sub a player out when you see a player not going full-speed or playing selfish basketball.
- Dean Smith
Collection: Basketball
Image of Dean Smith
The key statistic is still to get to the foul line.
- Dean Smith
Collection: Basketball
Image of Dean Smith
I only use statistics to reinforce what I already think, or if it's something unusual.
- Dean Smith
Collection: Basketball
Image of Saoirse Ronan
I've always been quite an active person especially when I was younger. When I was in primary school, I used to play lots of sports. I was a sprinter and I did basketball and swimming and Gaelic football and things like that. So I always thought, I guess, that it would be fun to incorporate that much physical activity and work into a dramatic piece.
- Saoirse Ronan
Collection: Basketball
Image of Sheryl Swoopes
I don't think it's tough to get there mentally. Your mind is saying, 'You know how to do this.' But your body doesn't always respond.
- Sheryl Swoopes
Collection: Basketball
Image of Greg Norman
Setting goals for your game is an art. The trick is in setting them at the right level - neither too low nor too high. A good goal should be lofty enough to inspire hard work, yet realistic enough to provide solid hope of attainment.
- Greg Norman
Collection: Basketball
Image of John Wayne
True grit is making a decision and standing by it, doing what must be done.
- John Wayne
Collection: Basketball
Image of Jim Valvano
We should do three things every day of our life. Number one is laugh. You should laugh every day. Number two is to think, we should spend some time in thought. And, number three is you should have your emotions moved to tears.
- Jim Valvano
Collection: Basketball
Image of Jim Valvano
There are 86,400 seconds in a day. It's up to you to decide what to do with them.
- Jim Valvano
Collection: Basketball