Greatest Basketball Quotes:

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

source: "The Wizard's wisdom: 'Woodenisms'", www.espn.com. June 4, 2010.

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Positive, Best Coaches, Inspirational Attitude

Quotation John Wooden Things turn out best for the people who make the Quotes

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

source: John Wooden, Jack Tobin, Bill Walton (2004). “They Call Me Coach”, McGraw Hill Professional

topic: Inspirational, Success, Integrity, Good Character, Best Coaches

Quotation John Wooden Be more concerned with your character than your reputation because Quotes

Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

topic: Beautiful, Motivation, Grateful, Inspirational Coach, Inspirational Coaching

Quotation Michael Jordan My attitude is that if you push me towards something Quotes

A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment.

source: "This Speech Was Given Before The #4Women4AllWomen Run" by Powdered Feet, womensrunning.competitor.com. January 25, 2017.

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Favorite Sports, Inspiration And Motivation

Quotation Michael Jordan I can accept failure everyone fails at something But I Quotes

It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.

topic: Life, Basketball, Teamwork, Inspirational Coach, Basketball Coaching

Quotation Michael Jordan Talent wins games but teamwork and intelligence wins championships Quotes

What you are as a person is far more important than what you are as a basketball player.

topic: Motivational, Inspiring, Graduation, Inspirational Learning, Sports Coaching

Quotation Michael Jordan You have to expect things of yourself before you can Quotes

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

topic: Life, Basketball, Motivational Sports, Good Sportsmanship, Motivational Basketball

- Winston Churchill

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Basketball, Famous Basketball, Motivational Basketball

When I was young, I never wanted to leave the court until I got things exactly correct. My dream was to become a pro.

- Larry Bird

topic: Inspirational, Dream, Court, Motivational Basketball, Funny Basketball

If you don't do what's best for your body, you're the one who comes up on the short end.

- Julius Erving

topic: Motivational, Fitness, Body, Inspirational Health And Fitness, Sports Spirit

Sometimes a player's greatest challenge is coming to grips with his role on the team.

- Scottie Pippen

topic: Teamwork, Player, Challenges, Motivational Basketball, Encouraging Basketball

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

- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

source: Twitter post from Mar 27, 2013

topic: Teamwork, Sports, Athlete, Drills, Inspirational Athlete

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

- Bill Russell

topic: Basketball, Motivational Sports, Block, Famous Basketball, Player To Coach

I think that the team that wins game five will win the series. Unless we lose game five.

I know I'm never as good or bad as one single performance. I've never believed in my critics or my worshippers, and I've always been able to leave the game at the arena.

topic: Funny, Basketball, Team, Famous Basketball, Basketball Player

I'll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it's sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a cup of water to a teammate, or hitting the game-winning shot.

topic: Motivational, Basketball, Games, Good Basketball, Basketball Game

- Kobe Bryant

source: "Terrell Owens answers your questions". "Dateline" with Stone Phillips, www.nbcnews.com.

topic: Basketball, Attitude, Winning, Winning Basketball, Basketball And Life

I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength.

source: "Nike Culture : The Sign of the Swoosh". Book by Robert Goldman, Stephen Papson (p. 49), 1998.

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Favorite Sports, Best Success

I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Strength, Inspirational Attitude, My Attitude

If you think and achieve as a team, the individual accolades will take care of themselves. Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.

source: "I Can't Accept Not Trying : Michael Jordan on the Pursuit of Excellence". Book by Michael Jordan (p. 129), 1994.

topic: Motivational, Change, Basketball, Favorite Sports, Young Entrepreneurs

You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.

source: Michael Jordan (1994). “I can't accept not trying: Michael Jordan on the pursuit of excellence”

topic: Teamwork, Winning, Thinking, Individual Goals, Individual Performance

Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Happiness, Improve Self Esteem, Just Believe In Yourself

I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come.

topic: Inspirational, Life, Basketball, Motivational Work, Famous Basketball

To do the right thing at the right season is a great art.

topic: Motivational, Inspiring, Success, Sports Competition, Secret Of My Success

- Helio Gracie

topic: Art, Mma, Great Art, Famous Basketball, Winning Losing

You got to believe in yourself. Hell, I believe I'm the best-looking guy in the world and I might be right.

I always laugh when people ask me about rebounding techniques. I've got a technique. It's called just go get the damn ball.

topic: Basketball, Believe, Guy, Might Is Right, Greatest Basketball

I don't hate anyone, at least not for more than 48 minutes, barring overtime.

topic: Basketball, People, Laughing, Greatest Basketball

If you go out with a girl and they say she has a great personality, she's ugly. If they tell you a guy works hard, he can't play a lick. Same thing.

topic: Basketball, Hate, Minutes, Greatest Basketball

If you're not doing what is best for your body, you are the one who lose.

source: "Dear diary: More Chuck, less gimmicks" by Bill Simmons, www.espn.com.

topic: Basketball, Girl, Hard Work, Great Person, Funny Basketball

- Julius Erving

topic: Loss, Weight Loss, Body, Inspirational Weight Loss, Weight Motivational

Even when I'm old and grey, I won't be able to play it, but I'll still love the game.

I try to do the right thing at the right time. They may just be little things, but usually they make the difference between winning and losing.

topic: Love, Motivational, Basketball, Famous Basketball, Basketball Success

- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

topic: Life, Motivational, Success, Winning Basketball, Winning Losing

I play to win, whether during practice or a real game.

Never mistake activity for achievement.

topic: Inspirational, Real, Winning, Sports Competition, Famous Basketball

The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team.

topic: Inspirational, Basketball, Motivational Sports, Inspirational Achievement, Basketball Coaching

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

topic: Leadership, Basketball, Teamwork, Inspirational Team, Inspirational Team Building

- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

topic: Basketball, Sports, Winning, Winning Basketball, You Can Win

You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one.

If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes.

topic: Inspirational, Basketball, Motivational Sports, Sports Coach, Motivational Basketball