Memorable Basketball Quotes

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"Basketball is like photography, if you don’t focus, all you have is the negative."
Dan Frisby
"The only player I ever cared about was Michael Jordan. He’s the best. He’s the greatest."
Kobe Bryant
"The key to success is to focus on goals, not obstacles."
Gerald E. Stinson
"I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six 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’ve succeeded."
Michael Jordan
"It’s not about the shoes, it’s about what you do in them."
Michael Jordan
"What is a championship? It’s about the people who are in it together."
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
"Success is no accident."
Pelé
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"When you lose, don’t lose the lesson."
Dalai Lama
"The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively."
Bob Marley
"If you don’t play to win, don’t play at all."
Jim Boeheim
"Each day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday’s successes or put its failures behind and start over again."
Bob Feller
"Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard."
Tim Notke
"Success is a journey, not a destination."
Arthur Ash
"You have to be able to take criticism if you are going to win."
Pat Riley
"Every time you get a chance to do something, you got to take it."
Larry Bird
"Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy."
Wayne Gretzky
"Nobody’s a natural. You work hard to get good and then work to get better."
Paul Coffey
"In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years."
Abraham Lincoln
"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’ve succeeded."
Michael Jordan
"The game is full of surprises."
John Wooden
"Great players are willing to give up their own personal achievement for the achievement of the group."
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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"The only thing I can control is my effort."
Kevin Durant
"Every time I step on the court, I'm going to give it my all."
LeBron James
"Basketball is a game of mistakes. Whoever can make the fewest mistakes wins."
John Wooden
"It's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."
Abraham Lincoln
"The greatest game of all is the game you can’t see."
Theodore Roosevelt
"Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect."
Vince Lombardi
"I can't leave basketball. Basketball is my life."
Kobe Bryant
"The best way to predict the future is to create it."
Peter Drucker
"Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice, and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do."
Pele
"Winning takes care of everything."
George Steinbrenner
"It’s not about the shoes. It’s about what you do in them."
Michael Jordan
"Life is about timing."
Kobe Bryant
"You can’t win unless you learn how to lose."
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
"Success is where preparation and opportunity meet."
Bobby Unser
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"The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will."
Vince Lombardi
"In any sport, I think that you have to have the mentality to want to win."
Clyde Drexler
"Don't be afraid of failure. Be afraid of not learning."
John Wooden
"I’ve missed more than 9,000 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’ve been successful."
Michael Jordan
"I practice like I play, and I play like I practice."
Kobe Bryant
"The moment you give up, is the moment you let someone else win."
Kobe Bryant
"Everything negative – pressure, challenges – is all an opportunity for me to rise."
Kobe Bryant
"You can't be held captive by the past with a heavy heart; you must continue to strive for greatness."
Kobe Bryant
"I'm not a role model. Just because I dunk a basketball doesn't mean I should raise your kids."
Charles Barkley
"You know, at the end of the day, the Lord looks at your heart."
Charles Barkley
"You can't stop a person who is in the zone."
Larry Bird
"I just want to be the best, and I don't care who knows it or what they think."
Larry Bird
"The only way to prove you are a good sport is to lose."
Ernie Banks
"Basketball is a game of mistakes. Whoever makes the fewest mistakes wins."
John Wooden
"It's not about how big you are, it's about how bad you want it."
Troy Polamalu
"The more you know, the more you can create. There's no end to imagination in the world."
Alice Coltrane
"There is no great talent without great willpower."
Honore de Balzac
"Just make the decision. And then all you have to do is the hard work."
Jerry West
"The best players want to be coached, not just managed."
John Calipari
"I don't want to be the next Michael Jordan, I only want to be Kobe Bryant."
Kobe Bryant
"Winning isn't everything; it's the only thing."
Vince Lombardi
"If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?"
John Wooden
"I think that the greatest asset a person can have is the ability to say I’m sorry, that’s how you learn."
Kevin Durant
"I've missed more than 9,000 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’ve succeeded."
Michael Jordan
"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take."
Wayne Gretzky
"The only way to prove that you’re a good sport is to lose."
Ernie Banks
"Basketball is like photography, if you don't focus, all you have is the negative."
Dan Frisby
"What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make."
Jane Goodall
"The best part about basketball is that it’s a game that everyone can play. If you have a basketball, you can shoot hoops by yourself."
Kevin Durant
"You can't stop the man who is determined to succeed. You can only stop the man who has quit."
Unknown
"I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying."
Michael Jordan
"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."
Confucius
"To be successful, you must accept all challenges that come your way. You can't just accept the ones you like."
Mike Gafka
"Dream big and dare to fail."
Norman Vaughan
"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
"In basketball, there’s a lot of bad luck that goes into a win, but with practice, it’s easier to win."
Stephen Curry
"Sports do not build character. They reveal it."
John Wooden
"If you don’t have confidence, you’ll always find a way not to win."
Carl Lewis
"You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get."
Michael Phelps
"I just try to focus on the things I can control."
Kobe Bryant
"The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital."
Joe Paterno
"The greatest player in the world is only as good as the team behind him."
Unknown
"It’s not whether you get knocked down; it’s whether you get up."
Vince Lombardi
"Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently."
Henry Ford
"I've missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six 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’ve succeeded."
Michael Jordan
"Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships."
Michael Jordan
"You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take."
Wayne Gretzky
"I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying."
Michael Jordan
"It's not about the shoes, it's about what you do in them."
Michael Jordan
"Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard."
Tim Notke
"The game is not over until it’s over."
Yogi Berra
"To be successful you have to believe in yourself and never let others bring you down."
Michael Jordan
"Basketball is a game of skills, and one of those skills is putting the ball in the basket."
Jerry West
"The only person who can stop you is you."
Kobe Bryant
"What you lack in talent can be made up with desire, hustle, and giving 110% all the time."
Don Zimmer
"Champions keep playing until they get it right."
Billy Jean King
"You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them."
Michael Jordan
"Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do."
Pele
"Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do."
John Wooden
"Every time I set foot on the basketball court, I remind myself that I have a gift. I want to be an inspiration, not just to myself, but to others."
Kobe Bryant
"A champion is someone who gets up when he can’t."
Jack Dempsey
"You find out about your character when you’re in a tough situation."
Michael Jordan
"I'm not afraid of failure. I'm afraid of not trying."
Michael Jordan
"Believe you can and you’re halfway there."
Theodore Roosevelt
"Every shot is a chance, and every chance is an opportunity."
Kobe Bryant
"The strongest factor for success is self-esteem. Believing you can do it, believing you deserve it, and believing you will get it."
David Schwartz
"Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day."
Jim Rohn
"The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning."
Pele
"Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful."
Albert Schweitzer
"It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up."
Babe Ruth
"Everything is possible, if you put your mind to it and work hard."
Kobe Bryant
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