Basketball Quotes

I think coaches sometimes foul their own players out of game by benching them too long when in foul trouble

If they think we've got an edge, we've got an edge.

If I want to wear a dress, I'll wear a dress.

A good coach improves your game. A great coach improves your life.

Basketball, like all sports, is predicated on the execution of fundamentals. The coach is a teacher. His subject: fundamentals

Even the greatest players accept coaching and value the need for discipline and the order that it brings to the team

Whether it's college or WNBA, its basketball and the more you play the less you need to adjust.

People that don't know me think that basketball is my life 24/7. Trust me, there is much more to my life. My number one priority in my life is my family.

After spending more than 17 years playing for the NBA, in the summertime, I always came back to community service and different basketball clinics.

Goals should be realistic, attainable, and shared among all members of the team

To those who much has been given, much is expected.

We feel that we are fighting for our lives and our livelihoods.

Discipline and demand without being demeaning.

There is no such thing as life in-between.

Whether you're trying to excel in athletics or in any other field, always practice. Look, listen, learn - and practice, practice, practice. There is no substitute for work, no shortcut to the top.

People who create 20% of the results will begin believing they deserve 80% of the rewards.

Being a part of success is more important than being personally indispensable.

Successful people form the habit of doing what failures don't like to do. They like the results they get by doing what they don't necessarily enjoy.

Evidence is conclusive that your self-talk has a direct bearing on your performance.

I want to show people who I really am, especially aspiring basketball players who want to be at this level. That's what I'm about.

Our feelings can be hurt, but you can take a yoga class, you can pray, you can play some basketball - you can figure out things for your hurt feelings.

Center is a very tough position to play.

As a parent, I have a job as a role model to my children, and by extension, to other young people.

Once you are labeled 'the best' you want to stay up there, and you can't do it by loafing around.

In the closing seconds of every game, I want the ball in my hands for the last shot - not in anybody else's, not in anybody else's in the world.

The only thing on my mind right now is trying to win the whole thing.

Maybe my pain was my motivation.

I have 'the first' attached to my name in a whole lot of different aspects when it comes to the sport of basketball.

If you're a competitive person, that stays with you. You don't stop. You always look over your shoulder.

The better conditioned team will probably win in the long run.

When you're a winner you're always happy, but if you're happy as a loser you'll always be a loser.

They said playing basketball would kill me. Well, not playing basketball was killing me.

I don't need my players to like me. I need them to play for me

Being afraid on the court, means you're not confident of your skills

The good part about being famous is being able to help people. The hard part is every day you have to be in a good mood, because that is what people expect. You learn to get good at it.

Pitching is 80% of the game and the other half is hitting and fielding.

Winning is more related to good defense than good offense

A key basketball skill is imagery. The best players "see" situations before they happen so they can be prepared

Basketball is not played simply with X's and O's. It's played with both trust and confidence.

It's not up to anyone else to make me give my best.

Timmy, he's the beginning of it. He doesn't have to be the end all the time now.

I'm a firm believer in the hustle game.

Before I became the 'Great Test of the West," I was the 'Beast of the East.'

We hung out on the streets, played stickball, and did all of the things that other kids did.

I can't stand a ballplayer who plays in fear. Anybody who has a good shot has got to take it and keep taking it. So he misses...so what?

I've always believed in quickness over strength and size.

A lot of people I meet say, 'You remind me so much of Magic Johnson.'

The only important statistic is the final score.

Sports like baseball, basketball, and hockey develop muscles. That's why Americans have the strongest eyes in the world.

I would like to be referred to as 'The Big Aristotle'.