Basketball Quotes

“The most important measure of how good a game I played was how much better I’d made my teammates play.”

Basketball Quotes

“They say that nobody is perfect. Then they tell you practice makes perfect. I wish they’d make up their minds.”

Basketball Quotes

“We old athletes carry the disfigurements and markings of contests remembered only by us and no one else. Nothing is more lost than a forgotten game.”

Basketball Quotes

“Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.”

Basketball Quotes

“It’s OK to make mistakes. That’s how we learn. When we compete, we make mistakes.”

Basketball Quotes

“I love seeing my teammates succeed. That’s what I get more excited about than anything.”

Basketball Quotes

“Everything negative – pressure, challenges – is all an opportunity for me to rise.”

Basketball Quotes

“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.”

Basketball Quotes

“Failure is acceptable. but not trying is a whole different ball park.”

Basketball Quotes

“Everything is habit forming, so make sure what you do is what you want to be doing.”

Basketball Quotes

“Once I made a decision, I never thought about it again.”

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“Goals determine what you’re going to be.”

Basketball Quotes

“Good thing in this business is that you just have to make one big shot and that’s enough to make you forget 9 other shots that you missed.”

Basketball Quotes

“You cant win unless you learn how to lose.”

Basketball Quotes

“I always wanted to be a basketball player. Nothing more, nothing less.”

Basketball Quotes

“Coaches shouldn’t have to push you to work hard, you should push yourself to work hard because you want to be a great player.”

Basketball Quotes

“That’s why at the start of every season I always encouraged players to focus on the journey rather than the goal. What matters most is playing the game the right way and having the courage to grow, as human beings as well as basketball players. When you do that, the ring takes care of itself.”

Basketball Quotes

“Great players are willing to give up their own personal achievement for the achievement of the group. It enhances everybody.”

Basketball Quotes

“People just don’t understand how obsessed I am with winning.”

Basketball Quotes

“If you do the work you get rewarded. There are no shortcuts in life.”