Famous Quotes & Sayings

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

One man cannot make a team.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

When you're a coach you've got to go up the ladder, you've got to be ready to travel. That's the nature of coaching

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I'm not comfortable being preachy, but more people need to start spending as much time in the library as they do on the basketball court.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

When we went up against teams that were better, I just hoped that we could steal the victories.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I think race has been a burden for black Americans. Being Muslim has also been a challenge because so many people do not understand Islam.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

You can't win unless you learn how to lose.

Joseph Brodsky

As failures go, attempting to recall the past is like trying to grasp the meaning of existence. Both make one feel like a baby clutching at a basketball: one's palms keep sliding off.

Leonardo da Vinci

Obstacles cannot bend me. Every obstacle yields to effort.

Joe Namath

Until my senior year, baseball and basketball were my best sports; and even when I was a senior, I still wanted to play baseball professionally. But the family wanted me to go to college, and I guess I agreed with them, or else I would have accepted some of the offers I got.

Joe Dumars

I didn't so much think I needed to address the shooting need. What we needed was somebody who could come in and play the two-three (shooting guard-small forward) spot. If he could've been a pure shooter, great. But if not, we still needed somebody to give us minutes there. I like the guys we've got.

Joe Dumars

On good teams coaches hold players accountable, on great teams players hold players accountable

Pat Summerall

In football, there were drinks available everywhere you looked. On a golf tournament, you could find one free anywhere you wanted it. In tennis and NBA basketball, everybody had a hospitality suite, and so you could go there and load up if you wanted to.

Pat Williams

We told Stanley Roberts to go on a water diet, and Lake Superior disappeared.

Pat Williams

The Orlando Magic were so bad last season, the cheerleaders stayed home and phoned in their cheers.

Pat Summitt

Rebounding wins championships, you need to emphasize it and work with kids on it.

Pat Summitt

I learned so much from Sue about the Xs and Os of the game of basketball.

Pat Summitt

Teamwork doesn't come naturally. It must be taught.

Pat Summitt

Discipline is the only sure way I know to convince people to believe in themselves

Pat Summitt

If it doesn't bother you, it won't bother them.

Pat Summitt

With attitude, you can determine your own performance.

Pat Summitt

Put the Team Before Yourself.

Pat Summitt

If you want to be in the game you better shoot 75% from the line.

Pat Summitt

I want to continue to do is to help these young women be successful. .. You don't just say goodbye at the end of their playing careers and end it there.

Pat Summitt

We communicate all the time, even when we don't realize it. Be aware of body language

Pat Summitt

There are some concrete ways to create a winning attitude. But nothing beats practicing it. When you prepare to win, belief comes easily.

Pat Summitt

The ultimate goal of discipline is to teach self discipline.

Pat Summitt

Belief in yourself is what happens when you know you've done the thing things that entitle you to success.

Pat Summitt

It's my experience that people rise to the level of their own expectations and of the competition they seek out.

Pat Summitt

Loyalty is not unilateral. You have to give it to receive it.

Pat Summitt

In order to grow, you must accept new responsibilities, no matter how uncertain you may feel or how unprepared you are to deal with them.

Pat Summitt

I was a little concerned about it when State Farm approached me because, you know, I've never done a commercial by any means, but I tried to look at it as something that would be good for our game. We've never had a women's basketball coach represented in that fashion and I love State Farm for the fact they really support the women's game.