Basketball Motivation Quotes

True motivation is not getting people to play to their potential. It's getting people to play beyond their potential ~ Rick Pitino

If you get tough mentally, you can get tough physically and overcome fatigue. ~ Pat Riley

We succeed only as we identify in life, or in war, or in anything else, a single overriding objective, and make all other considerations bend to that one objective. ~ Dwight D. Eisenhower

It is not what you teach, but what you emphasize. ~ Don Meyer

I do a little sign on the court every time i make a shot or a good pass and i pound my chest and point to the sky - it symbolizes that i have a heart for God. It's something that my mom and I came up with in college and I do it every time I step on the floor as a reminder of who i'm playing for. ~ Stephen Curry

The motivation for me is just the game itself, just playing the game the right way and trying to win, compete every time I step out there on the floor. That's motivation enough for me to go out there and play well. ~ Kobe Bryant

If you are honest with yourself and can look into a mirror and believe that you have given 100 percent, you should feel proud. If you cannot, then there is more work to be done. ~ John Havlicek

Don't try to imitate other coaches. Be your own person with your own style and do your own thing. ~ Hubie Brown

A successful person realizes his personal responsibility for self-motivation. He starts with himself because he possesses the key to his own ignition switch. ~ Kemmons Wilson

I think the most important thing about screaming in our music is the urgency of it. ~ Lacey Sturm

Your defense will save you on the nights that your offense isn't working. ~ Adolph Rupp

If you quit ONCE it becomes a habit.Never quit!!! ~ Michael Jordan

One thing you gotta know about Roy. The way I always saw myself, is I'm just like you. In the ring, I have a gift ... That gift ain't on the basketball court. That gift ain't at home. You understand me? That gift is in the ring. ~ Roy Jones Jr.

Simplify the game as much as possible. When you add, you must subtract. ~ Don Meyer

Create unselfishness as the most important team attribute. ~ Bill Russell

All really successful coaches have a system. ~ Jim Valvano

I talked late, swam late, did not learn to ride a bike until college - and might never have walked or learned to drive a car if my parents hadn't overruled my lack of motivation and virtually forced me to embrace both forms of transportation. I suspect I was happy to sit in a corner with a book. ~ Julia Glass

Don't let what other people think decide who you are. ~ Dennis Rodman

This general lack of sleep really got to me. And little can prepare people for how they will react when deprived of it--over multiple days. Everything suffers: concentration, motivation, and performance. All key elements for what we were doing. But it is designed that way. Break you down and find out what you are really made of. Underneath the fluff.
I remember during one particular lecture (on the excruciatingly boring topic of the different penetration abilities of different bullets or rounds), looking over to my left and noticing Trucker jabbing his arm with a safety pin every few minutes in an attempt to keep himself awake.
The sight cheered me up no end. ~ Bear Grylls

The students with growth mindset completely took charge of their learning and motivation. ~ Carol S. Dweck

You can develop positive mindset with reading of awe-inspired writings. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

The biggest problem in rock journalism is that often the writer's main motivation is to become friends with the band. They're not really journalists; they're people who want to be involved in rock and roll. ~ Chuck Klosterman

When you are worried about thinking why you can't, you are losing the reasons why you should. ~ Ameya Agrawal

May we celebrate the sacredness of Christmas with joy, faith and hope. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Never allow carping critics to deter you from success. Instead, silence them with it. ~ Christian Baloga

Don't waste your time trying to turn ducks into eagles. Hire people who already have the motivation and drive to be eagles and then just let them soar. ~ Jim Rohn

It's just about being in the zone, in any sport, be it football, basketball or baseball. ~ Mark Teixeira

The only shame is the sin. ~ Aphra Behn

When a person wants something. He/She makes a plan. When a person does not want something. He/She makes excuses. ~ De Philosopher DJ Kyos

I was motivated by the fact that I wasn't happy with my play in this series and felt accountable to the guys. That's enough motivation to want to play well. ~ Ray Emery

Inspire yourself in order to motivate others, that will later become inspired by you. ~ Black Barbie

The person you received word from," I said after a while. "You love one of them, don't you?"
Gauri started, a protest on the tip of her lips.
"I…," she began before weakly trailing off. She quickly regained composure and her eyes narrowed. "That's none of your concern."
You are my concern, I wanted to say. You are my sister. But I said nothing. I just let her words hang in the air.
"The best motivation is love," I offered.
Beside me, Kamala nodded vigorously. "And food!"
Gauri's eyes widened. Like a ghost of sound laid atop the other, I heard what Gauri did--a sort of mangled neighing.
"Your horse is rather strange."
Kamala nodded again. ~ Roshani Chokshi

Just be true to yourself and don't do anything that doesn't feel right. ~ Matt Preston

After I knock out Randy Couture, I'll fight for the heavyweight title, the real heavyweight boxing title in October or November, come back and fight in the UFC in January or February. It doesn't matter, I'm a two sport athlete. The oldest man to ever do that. ~ James Toney

Participate in your dreams today. There are unlimited opportunities available with this new day. Take action on those wonderful dreams you've had in your mind for so long. Remember, success is something you experience when you act accordingly. ~ Steve Maraboli

I've seen firsthand coming here with empty pockets but full of dreams, full of desire, full of will to succeed, but with the opportunities that I had, I could make it. This is why we have to get back and bring California back to where it once was. ~ Arnold Schwarzenegger

Reputation Is Temporary..As Much as The Man Owning Your Reputation Is ~ Sujit Lalwani

Remember, the talking about the thing isn't the thing. Doing the thing is the thing. ~ Amy Poehler

The Practising Manager's Growth Mantra

-Growth in an enterprise is created through remarkable achievements, not incremental achievements like efficiency or effectiveness.

-Remarkable achievements are possible only in complexity.

-Only volitional engagement can work in complexity. Luckily, there is no certainty in complexity. Hence, motivational engagement cannot work.

-People who make choices based on the purpose can only be volitionally engaged - they are the growth managers, the leaders. ~ Amit Chatterjee

I only know how to play two ways: reckless and abandon. ~ Magic Johnson

When we honestly take stock of our ability, we are then granted the opportunity to improve our circumstance. Accessing where you stand is the only way to stand somewhere else. ~ Chris Matakas

We seem obsessed with motivation, rallying ourselves to something beyond the life available to us right now, and we treat this motivation as if it were a major part of the history of wisdom, which it is not. ~ Jennifer Michael Hecht

Creative energy manifests in the 'aura' of the environment - the distinct atmosphere, quality and 'air of the place.' It has a contagious effect on people. When we walk into the environment, we know immediately whether or not the energy is present. Most of us need communities as sources of motivation and vitality; and in keeping with the basic movements of energy in nature, people charge one another in positive and negative ways. ~ Shaun McNiff

Stoudemire is like Alonzo Mourning and my old teammates Willis Reed and Dave DeBusschere. He's aggressive and make things happen. He's always hustling and muscling, hounding and pounding guys into submission. ~ Walt Frazier

The honor of your presentation, execution, experience, and growth will do much more for you and your career over false claims that have no substance yet. ~ Loren Weisman

Knowledge is like a vast ocean. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

I find motivation anytime I need it, no matter how bad I'm hurting I can push through anything ~ Carlos Condit

The glorious presence of God is with us. Let us rise in mighty strength to build the nation. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Motivation is not a matter of will-power, it is a matter of want-power. ~ Paul Karasik

The motivation is doing for doing, not [for] having done, ~ Karl Lagerfeld

I don't aim for money. Money never has or will be my motivation. I ~ Luis D. Ortiz

I don't have a gun. But I think they level the playing field. I accept that there's really nothing you can do about it. It's like nuclear weapons; if they exist then eventually other people are going to have them. Maybe just take away people's motivation to use them. ~ Doug Stanhope