Basketball Quotes

The only way to get people to like working hard is to motivate them. Today, people must understand why they're working hard. Every individual in an organization is motivated by something different.

Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

We did have three go to the YMCA.

I don't think I can play any other way but all out . . . I enjoy the game so much because I'm putting so much into it.

In all my years one thing has never changed; You win with serious, tough-minded players. That never changes

I'm still learning. Hopefully I can keep getting better, and not stop where I am now.

The extra pass and the extra effort on defense always get the job done.

I'm not afraid of nothing, I just like the challenge, and I love being here.

People want to be on a team. They want to be part of something bigger than themselves. They want to be in a situation where they feel that they are doing something for the greater good.

Love is the force that ignites the spirit and binds teams together.

They didn't have a problem with me being wild and crazy when it came time to fill the arenas.

You have to lose yourself in the team and you have to lose yourself in the game

I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come. I don't do things half-heartedly. Because I know if I do, then I can expect half-hearted results.

Sometimes, things may not go your way, but the effort should be there every single night.

The most important thing in good leadership is truly caring.

Blocking out is everyday, every drill, all the time. We run sprints every time someone does not blockout.

Your decisions reveal your priorities

Shooting percentage is just as much about decision making as it is about technique

Sports teach you how to be quick. Injuries teach you how to slow down.

A man is as big as the measure of his thinking.

Don't call me son unless you're going to include me in your will. (When Adolph Rupp called him, "Son.")

I've pretty much done all I can here and, you know, God will carry me the rest of the way, so I'm pretty comfortable with that.

Don't be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.

My grandchild has taught me what true love means. It means watching Scooby-Doo cartoons while the basketball game is on another channel.

One score makes happy ONE player, one assist makes happy TWO.

The game isn't over till the clock says zero.

I am who I am because of the people who I grew up with and where I'm from.

Good defensive play is as much a matter of hustle, desire and pride as it is anything else.

If they don't have a winning attitude, I don't want them.

If you're not talking, you're not playing defense

I thought basketball was a game for women. My mother played basketball, and so did my sister.

I've been playing youth basketball ever since I was in sixth grade; I've been traveling ever since I was in sixth grade, so I'm used to it.

The truth is that many people set rules to keep from making decisions.

If you do not believe yourself no one else will.

The team is the star, never an individual player.

Happiness begins where selfishness ends.

Your biggest opponent isn't the other guy. It's human nature.

I never thought a role model should be negative.

Anything can happen with hard work and dedication

Failure is good. It's fertilizer. Everything I've learned about coaching I've learned from making mistakes.

If you are not willing to work hard and establish discipline in your life, then all your dreams are merely pipe dreams.

I don't know what I'm going to do tomorrow. I just know for sure I'm going to keep playing basketball.

I'm like a little kid that has a basketball and don't want nobody else to play with it. "It's mine, it's mine, and it's mine!" When it comes to sneakers.

I think one of the most immoral things is college football and basketball, where everybody is making money except the players.

There is nothing wrong with dedication and goals, but if you focus on yourself, all the lights fade away and you become a fleeting moment in life.

Do you want to choose winning over standing out? It's a choice every player on every championship team has to do

I know, basketball is a dance. I didn't understand the significance of that type of training at first. I was supposed to read poems.

Originality exists in every individual because each of us differs from the others. We are all primary numbers divisible only by ourselves.

You prove your worth with your actions, not with your mouth.

When you have a problem, if you tell the truth, the problem becomes part of your past. If you lie, it becomes part of your future.