Basketball Quotes


Basketball Quotes

“The most we can hope for is to create the best possible conditions for success, then let go of the outcome. The ride is a lot more fun that way.”

Basketball Quotes

“Never say never, because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.”

Basketball Quotes

“I have self-doubt. I have insecurity. I have fear of failure. I have nights when I show up at the arena and I’m like, ‘My back hurts, my feet hurt, my knees hurt. I don’t have it. I just want to chill.’ We all have self-doubt. You don’t deny it, but you also don’t capitulate to it. You embrace it.”

Basketball Quotes

“I’ve never lost a game I just ran out of time.”

Basketball Quotes

“Some times your best effort just isn’t good enough.”

Basketball Quotes

“Approach the game with no preset agendas and you’ll probably come away surprised at your overall efforts.”

Basketball Quotes

“I don’t know if I practiced more than anybody, but I sure practiced enough. I still wonder if somebody – somewhere – was practicing more than me.”

Basketball Quotes

“I’m chasing perfection.”

Basketball Quotes

“The key to success is failure.”

Basketball Quotes

“Most of us spend the bulk of our time caught up in thoughts of the past or the future — which can be dangerous if your job is winning basketball games. Basketball takes place at such a lightning pace that it’s easy to make mistakes and get obsessed with what just happened or what might happen next, which distracts you from the only thing that really matters — this very moment.”

Basketball Quotes

“Everybody has talent, but ability takes hard work.”

Basketball Quotes

“Don’t mistake activity with achievement.”

Basketball Quotes

“In order to achieve positive results, one must work for them, not hope for them.”

Basketball Quotes

“I’m playing; I’m here. I’m going to fight until they tell me they don’t want me anymore.”

Basketball Quotes

“When you think you have done enough, do a little more, because someone out there is working harder than you.”

Basketball Quotes

“The idea is not to block every shot. The idea is to make your opponent believe that you might block every shot.”

Basketball Quotes

“There’s only one thing we can control, and that is how hard we play.”

Basketball Quotes

“I think the reason why I’m the person who I am today is because I went through those tough times when I was younger.”

Basketball Quotes

“Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation.”

Basketball Quotes

“The key is not the ‘will to win’… everybody has that. It is the will to prepare to win that is important.”