Love And Basketball Quotes:

You can't get much done in life if you only work on the days when you feel good.

- Jerry West

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

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.

- Michael Jordan

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 love fashion as much as I love basketball! It is a great joy for me to express myself through designing my own collection.

- Hakeem Olajuwon

topic: Basketball, Fashion, Joy, Love And Basketball, I Love Fashion

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

- Michael Jordan

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

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.

- Michael Jordan

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

I love basketball and I'm committed to it, but if I have to lock up my spirit because of basketball, it ain't worth it.

- Steve Nash

topic: Basketball, Locks, Spirit, Lock Up, Love And Basketball

I love basketball, but playing basketball doesn't fully define who I am. I was always a good student, too.

- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

source: Source: www.omnivoracious.com

topic: Basketball, Who I Am, Students, Love And Basketball, I Love Basketball

He loves basketball. And I said Obama loves basketball. Let's start there, all right. Start there.

- Dennis Rodman

topic: Basketball, Politics, Said, Love And Basketball

I love basketball players for what they do for their size - so graceful.

- Warren Moon

topic: Basketball, Player, Size, Love And Basketball, I Love Basketball

My dream was to become a rec league coach. I love basketball so much, I love playing it, I just never thought I'd make it to college, NBA, or be standing up here today. It is a surreal feeling. So many people doubted me and motivated me. I failed so many times and got back up. I got through the toughest times with my family, but I'm still standing.

- Kevin Durant

topic: Inspirational, Basketball, Dream, Love And Basketball, I Love Basketball

Chick Hearn was my favorite broadcaster ever - he's the one who taught me to think basketball, how to love basketball.

- Bill Walton

topic: Basketball, Thinking, Taught, Love And Basketball

Chick Hearn taught me how to play basketball, how to think about basketball. He taught me how to love basketball.

- Roland Lazenby

source: Roland Lazenby (2010). “Jerry West: The Life and Legend of a Basketball Icon”, p.283, ESPN

topic: Basketball, Thinking, Play, Love And Basketball

I hated that perception that I didn't work hard, that I really don't love basketball.

- Dwight Howard

source: Source: espn.go.com

topic: Basketball, Hard Work, Perception, Love And Basketball