Quotes about basketball
basketball games good-coaches
A good coach improves your game. A great coach improves your life. Michael Josephson
basketball school player
I think school is very important and I personally had a great experience at North Carolina, which helped shape me as a basketball player and a person. Every once in a while, you will have a player who can make the jump and have an immediate impact on the professional level, but most of the players who come out would absolutely benefit from going to college. Michael Jordan
basketball teacher father
Other than my parents, no one had a bigger influence on my life than Coach Smith. He was more than a coach – he was my mentor, my teacher, my second father. Coach was always there for me whenever I needed him and I loved him for it. In teaching me the game of basketball, he taught me about life. My heart goes out to Linnea and their kids. We've lost a great man who had an incredible impact on his players, his staff and the entire UNC family.
basketball business opportunity
I viewed it as a business, but I always viewed it as a game. An opportunity to show my skills, my basketball skills, amongst the best in the world.
basketball player thinking
Great players never look in the mirror and think I'm a great basketball player. You ask yourself, Am I the best player I can be?
basketball passion games
I truly love the game; I wouldn't be playing if I didn't love the game. I'm not getting paid astronomical dollars; it's truly for the love of the game of basketball.
basketball thinking utah
I was in Chicago in 1994 and at this time I had no thoughts of coming back and playing the game of basketball, Bryon Russell came over to me and said, "Why'd you quit? You know I could guard you." When I did come back in 1995 and we played Utah in '96, I'm at the center circle and Bryon Russell is standing next to me. I said, "You remember what you said in 1994 about, 'I think I can guard you, I can shut you down, I would love to play against you?' Well, you're about to get your chance.
basketball mean kids
Because I want every kid to be viewed as a person rather than as a member of a certain race does not mean that I'm not black enough. . . . Do they want me to be positive just for black kids and negative for everybody else?
basketball people higher
People can fly. Some people fly higher than others, that's all.
basketball learning science
I heave the basketball; I know it sails in a parabola, exhibiting perfect symmetry, which is interrupted by the basket. It's funny, but it is always interrupted by the basket.
basketball games light
Basketball isn't just about the bright lights, packed arenas and highlight reels. Basketball is a way of life. Basketball is a relationship between you and the ball, you and your teammates. If you love the game, nobody can take that from you.
basketball jobs
Basketball isn't my job.
basketball growing-up inspiration
My fellow Wilmington, North Carolina native Meadowlark Lemon is a true national treasure. I watched him play for the Harlem Globetrotters when I was growing up and his skill with the basketball and dedication to the game were an inspiration not only to me, but to kids all around the world.
basketball sports athlete
As athletes, we're used to reacting quickly. Here, it's 'come, stop, come, stop.' There's a lot of downtime. That's the toughest part of the day.
basketball privileged
I am privileged to have played basketball.
basketball real looks
Sometimes I wonder what it will be like to look back on all this. Whether it will seem real.
basketball thinking nba
Even though, physically, I can't do it, the mind says, 'Yeah, I can still do it,' and I still think I can do it better than most in the NBA, … Driven From Within.
basketball sports simple
The NBA is the strongest professional sports league in the world. The league and the game is bigger than any one person, Michael Jordan included, and they always will be. I hope that today players, especially our young players, continue to recognize that simple fact. Nothing is more important than the game itself and the fans who support it.
basketball sorry ends
I'm sorry to see it end.
basketball
Success doesn't stop when you get there
basketball failing has-beens
There have been times when I have failed. But there have never been times when I thought I would fail
basketball pain motivation
Maybe it’s my own fault. Maybe I led you to believe it was easy when it wasn’t. Maybe I made you think my highlights started at the free throw line, and not in the gym. Maybe I made you think that every shot I took was a game winner. That my game was built on flash, and not fire. Maybe it’s my fault that you didn’t see that failure gave me strength; that my pain was my motivation. Maybe I led you to believe that basketball was a God given gift, and not something I worked for every single day of my life. Maybe I destroyed the game. Or maybe you’re just making excuses.
basketball loss teammate
Accept a loss as a learning experience, and never point fingers at your teammates
basketball determination pushing
I can never stop working hard. Each day I feel that I have to improve. Hardwork...Determination...I gotta keep pushing myself.
basketball jobs team
A long list. From getting cut from the high school basketball team, to getting fired from jobs, getting credit cards rejected and cut up. Rejection has only been a distraction, not a roadblock. “Every no gets me closer to a yes,” was the saying I used to use. Mark Cuban
basketball football player
I feel like I'm a basketball player in a football uniform. Terrell Owens
basketball moving play
Probably the most important aspect of individual defensive play is the 'close-out.' This approach to the ball should be made in a 'step-drag action' with advanced foot moving forward first and then the back foot in a boxer's type shuffling of the feet. Tex Winter
basketball pride play
Good defensive play is as much a matter of hustle, desire and pride as it is anything else.
basketball hustle ifs
There is no substitution for hustle, and if you don't hustle there will be substitution
basketball college ohio-state
The greatest words you hear in college basketball are Ohio State advances. (The Iowa upset) is amazing. But again, it's all the proof you need that there's no guarantee. Thad Matta
basketball player care
Don't be afraid to let your players know how much you care about them
basketball mistake guy
The biggest thing is getting our guys to understand, you can't let one mistake compound into another mistake
basketball purpose hard
Working hard is one thing, but working hard with purpose is what separates the good from the great