Inspirational Basketball Quotes

I was about 14, and my friend's stepdad asked me to do a 10K with him because his son - who was more into basketball - didn't want to. It was amazing, and I still remember the time I got: 48:23. ~ Sean Astin

The coach should be the absolute boss, but he still should maintain an open mind. ~ Red Auerbach

Morale and attitude are the fundamentals to success. ~ Bud Wilkinson

I have self-doubt. I have insecurity. I have fear of failure. I have nights when I show up at the arena and I'm like, 'My back hurts, my feet hurt, my knees hurt. I don't have it. I just want to chill.' We all have self-doubt. You don't deny it, but you also don't capitulate to it. You embrace it. ~ Kobe Bryant

Not only is Rip Hamilton an outstanding basketball player, he is also known for giving back to his community. ~ Jim Gerlach

A friend of mine has a house with a basketball court and a pool. The guys go over and play basketball; I lie by the pool and nap in the sun. That defines me. That's consistent with who I am. I don't pretend to play basketball because I wanna feel like one of the guys. I wanna lie in the sun and relax. ~ Ryan Seacrest

This is a job and we want to have fun. But it's a job and we should look like we're going to work. ~ LeBron James

I was shocked cause I didn't even know that they made my jersey. I didn't know that they made it so fast, so when I saw it I was like, I had to look three times and I was like, 'Did they customize that?' And then I saw a couple of other ones and I was like, ok, they must've made them overnight or something. ~ Jeremy Lin

Fans never fall asleep at our games, because they're afraid they might get hit by a pass. ~ George Raveling

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

I'm not the guy who's afraid of failure. I like to take risks, take the big shot and all that. ~ Stephen Curry

I play basketball all the time. Me and my band play every week on the road. That's something that I've never really given up since high school. ~ Josh Turner

I enjoy listening to classical music and heavy metal. I play basketball and try to go diving at least once a year. I don't really have hobbies in the traditional sense ... I engage in too many activities already through the actions of my characters. ~ Alan Dean Foster

Success is not an accident, success is actually a choice. ~ Stephen Curry

I wanted to be a football player. Football is a sport that I love, but the more I started playing basketball, the more I started dreaming of playing in the NBA. ~ Dwyane Wade

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

We win because we play together as a team. ~ John Havlicek

He who controlleth the backboard, controlleth the game. ~ Adolph Rupp

The stats win nothing. I'm still sexy. I'm still great. ~ Shaquille O'Neal

A person really doesn't become whole, until he becomes a part of something that's bigger than himself. ~ Jim Valvano

I'm just going to play whatever game is in front of me. ~ Tim Duncan

I think the greatest all-around athlete ever was Jim Brown. He played lacrosse, basketball and ran track at Syracuse. He played professional football for the Browns. ~ Will McDonough

I play because I have fun. The vets of this team, I just wanted to say thanks to them. You guys mean so much to me. I can have a terrible day and walk in the gym and have Hasheem smile at me. That will change my day. ~ Kevin Durant

Play the game with a smile. ~ Earl Monroe

The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do. ~ Kobe Bryant

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

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

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. ~ Michael Jordan

Nervous means you want to play. Scared means you don't want to play. ~ Sherman Alexie

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

We can never thank David Stern enough. His vision to use basketball to improve the quality of our lives to make this world a better and saner place, that guy, is the most important man in the history of basketball. ~ Bill Walton

I had never picked up a basketball before. I went through a grueling audition process. It was almost as if I was learning to walk. It would be like teaching somebody to dance ballet for a role. ~ Sanaa Lathan

The biggest difficulty in getting to the top of the ladder is getting through the crowd at the bottom. ~ Bobby Knight

I used to play basketball and I was pretty competitive, but I was never a bad loser. I never got angry. For me it was always about doing my best and devoting myself to a challenge. ~ Benicio Del Toro

I try to penetrate the lane like Steve Nash, pass like Jason Kidd, and handle the ball like Allen Iverson. Remember, I said 'try to'. ~ Chris Paul

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

I enjoy jokes, smiling, and making people smile. I may be a little different, but that's OK, who wants to be normal anyway? ~ Tim Duncan

All really successful coaches have a system. ~ Jim Valvano

Sometimes you come up against a mountain and you end up making the mountain seem bigger than God. ~ Jeremy Lin

You cant win unless you learn how to lose. ~ Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

You don't need a happy ending to move onto a happy beginning. ~ Krystal McLean

In order to receive in abundance ... give in abundance! ~ Stephen Richards

The road to Understanding must be walked with bare feet and the path is paved with shards of glass. ~ Robert Palasciano

For most people, meditation is associated with relaxation and peace of mind, and these are the practical reasons many people seek out, learn, and practice meditation. However, relaxation and peace of mind are only half of the uses of meditation. The other, probably more important aspect, is for creation. ~ Ilchi Lee

The strength of the spirit is measured by sufferings. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Really, Beliefs have the power to create and the power to destroy ... Human beings have the awesome ability to take any experience of their lives and create a meaning that dis-empowers them or one that can literally save their lives ...
gone through many different phases of Destines and that's what made me to pen down ... hope it won't screw-up me again ...
Something beyond love ... ~ Atul Purohit

The mixture of the grotesque and the tragic is agreeable to the spirit, as are discords to the jaded ear. ~ Charles Baudelaire

If 'what doesn't kill you makes you stronger,' how do you explain zombies? ~ Bob Saget

Embrace the notion of venturing beyond your own limits. ~ Eleesha

Just handle what is in front of you now and the future will take care of itself. Otherwise, you'll spend most of your life wondering which foot you'll use to step off the curb when you're still only halfway to the corner. ~ Dan Millman

Difference of opinion is helpful in religion. ~ Thomas Jefferson

I played varsity on all of them for four years. I'm 5'9 and that's not that tall for a center so I was a forward. I loved playing volleyball and basketball and track I was good at, but it stressed me out. ~ Bridgette Wilson

There were no laptops or handheld devices in class. Ilgauskas didn't exclude them; we did, sort of, unspokenly. Some of us could barely complete a thought without touch pads or scroll buttons, but we understood that high-speed data systems did not belong here. They were an assault on the environment, which was defined by length, width, and depth, with time drawn out, computed in heartbeats. ~ Don DeLillo

The wise ask questions, Perry. The weak doubt. ~ Veronica Rossi

If all you ever said was thank you, you will have lived a life that's worthwhile. ~ Nicola Mar

Hopes and desires are the fundamental source if creation. ~ Debasish Mridha

There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision. ~ William James

Racing is not football or baseball or basketball where you can do it yourself. If you're good in high school, you just shine. (But in racing) you have to have a family behind you. ~ Trevor Bayne

You will be happy only when you will chose to be. ~ Debasish Mridha

There is not one big cosmic meaning for all, there is only the meaning we each give to our life, an individual meaning, an individual plot, like an individual novel, a book for each person. ~ Anais Nin

Peace is something you relentlessly nourish in your heart. ~ Debasish Mridha

It's just past eight and I'm feeling young and reckless. The ribbon on my wrist says "Do not open before Christmas." Only liars, but we're the best. Only good for the latest trends. Only good cuz you can have almost famous friends, besides we've got such good fashion sense. ~ Fall Out Boy

It's not enough to hear someone else's voice or to sing someone else's song or to play the note that you heard someone else play. I had to tune into my sound and by doing so, I have recovered not only the sound of my voice but the sound of my life. ~ Suzette R. Hinton

never stop moving till you stop breathing, this is the secret of winning. ~ Prana

When someone leaves you, it doesn't give you permission to run away from yourself too. ~ Dodinsky

Work is a blessing when it helps us to think about what were doing;but it become a curse when its sole use is to stop us thinking about the meaning of our life. ~ Paulo Coelho

A generous person is a person who doesn't only give money but also contributes his service to humanity. ~ Debasish Mridha

If you don't change, reality in the end forces that change upon you. ~ Stuart Wilde

In this complex modern world, it is impossible to be simple. ~ Debasish Mridha

To understand the language of love and peace, listen to the silence. ~ Debasish Mridha

You don't have to place your hand on Mary's heart to get strength and consolation and rescue, and all the other things we need to get through life. You can place it right here on your own heart. Your own heart. ~ Sue Monk Kidd

Trauma may happen to you, but it can never define you. ~ Melinda Longtin

Stop forcing dead 'ships' into your life! Dead relation-ships, dead friend-ships, dead companion-ships etc. And you've got to know when it's dead, so you may bury and forget about it. ~ Tshepo Ramodisa

Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior. ~ Carl Von Clausewitz

I live my life in widening circles that reach out across the world. ~ Rainer Maria Rilke

He comes, he sleeps, he goes. So the plot thickens. ~ Shadowlands

In middle school I played against you once. And lost. I was so frustrated that I continued practicing even after I retired... And then when I entered high school, hell yeah, I laughed. The guy I vowed to defeat no matter what was standing right in front of me as one of my own teammates. But now it's pointless to hold a grudge. Rather, I wanted to make you recognize me. (Takao Kazunari) ~ Tadatoshi Fujimaki

Nature has her proper interest; and he will know what it is, who believes and feels, that every thing has a life of its own, and that we are all one life. ~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Sometimes your only available transportation is a leap of faith. ~ Margaret Shepard

You live, work and lead others in the most exciting time, ever! Are you strong enough? ~ Bill Jensen

When someone loves you, a river of positive charges flow inside you to fill you with joy and bliss. ~ Debasish Mridha

Let us be appreciative and grateful for the abundance, beauty, experience, and bliss of life. ~ Debasish Mridha

To cement a new friendship, especially between foreigners or persons of a different social world, a spark with which both were secretly charged must fly from person to person, and cut across the accidents of place and time. ~ Cornelia Otis Skinner

People who are detained (held in prison) are locked up by their past, and because you are locked up by your past you are held hostage by your yesterdays. And if you are held hostage by your yesterdays, you cannot see your tomorrows. -- Rev. Earl Smith, author, Death Row Chaplain, creator of IMPACT (Incarcerated Men Putting Away Childish Things) ~ Rev. Earl Smith

Art is an expression of love, which you can see on the canvas. ~ Debasish Mridha

I would I were alive again to kiss the fingers of the rain. ~ Edna St. Vincent Millay

Success is about having, excellence is about being. Success is about having money and fame, but excellence is being the best you can be. ~ Mike Ditka

Know who you are and be who you are insofar as it is deem fit, for there is nothing so contemptuous to be who you are! ~ Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

You create your own world every day and change your environment according to your wants and needs. ~ Debasish Mridha