Motivational Basketball Quotes

I realize that I'm black, but I like to be viewed as a person, and this is everybody's wish.

Nothing has any power over me other than that which I give it through my conscious thoughts.

I didn't really seek attention. I just wanted to play the game well and go home.

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

Research your idea. See if there's a demand. A lot of people have great ideas, but they don't know if there's a need for it. You also have to research your competition.

There is no such thing as life in-between.

But, hey I did everything the right way and earned my spot in this game, nothing was given to me.

Compare where you are to where you want to be, and you'll get nowhere

I don't want to be the next Michael Jordan, I only want to be Kobe Bryant.

I owe all of this to the guys I've played with and all the coaches that have helped me get to where I'm at right now. I'm honored to be here.

The most important quality I look for in a player is accountability. You've got to be accountable for who you are. It's too easy to blame things on someone else.

I don't need too much. Glamour and all that stuff don't excite me. I am just glad I have the game of basketball in my life.

I've never been afraid to fail.

A team will always appreciate a great individual if he's willing to sacrifice for the group.

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.

It isn't about what you do, but how you do it

That's the key to our team. We have so many weapons. You can just pick your poison.

It's not tough at all as long as the fans are yelling, screaming and hollering.

I guess people think the taller you are the more dominant you have to be.

I don't believe that I personally have been changed by the money. The bad thing is people assume you've changed because now you have money.

This is a tough game. There are times when you've got to play hurt, when you've got to block out the pain.

I don't get nervous in any situation. There's no such thing as nerves when you're playing games.

When I hit bottom, I can attack the problem and get to where I want to be.

If you get depressed about being the second-best team in the world, then you've got a problem.

In a lot of areas of my life, particularly in my teenage years, I began to think about the world, and to think about the universe as being a part of my conscious everyday life.

The key to coaching is not what you do, but the way you do it. The intangibles, the motivational parts of the game are the most important facets of it.

I've had enough success for two lifetimes, My success is talent put together with hard work and luck.

My role model was my grandfather. He instilled in me the feeling that no matter how successful you are you have a responsibility to help others.

I believe that whatever we have, regardless of a trade being done or not, I feel we have a shot. I've just got to believe that we're going to be all right. I've got to just play basketball.

At age 31, in 1981, I was voted the best player in basketball, and the most valuable player in the league.

I didn't want to become a reserve player, or a bench player, and it was time to move on and take on another challenge.

I don't know hardly any of the players who have the in-between game like me, who can go to any position on the court.

When I started playing, I wasn't fast, I was gangly, my jumpshot was terrible.

I had endured six years of frustration so I think winning it all meant more to me than most of the others on the team.

We cannot do great deeds unless we're willing to do the small things that make up the sum of greatness.

I was a skinny, scrawny guy. I stuttered horrendously, couldn't speak at all. I was a very shy, reserved player and a very shy, reserved person. I found a safe place in life in basketball.