Motivational Basketball Quotes

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

It's like all guys want to do is make a dunk, grab their shirt and yell out and scream - they could be down 30 points but that's what they do. Okay, so you made a dunk. Get back down the floor on defense! ~ Oscar Robertson

Once Michael gets up there he says, 'Well, maybe I'll just hang up here in the air for a while, just sit back.' Then all of a sudden, he says, 'Well, maybe I'll 360. No I changed my mind. I'll go up on the other side.' He's just incredible. ~ Magic Johnson

I demand more from myself than anybody could ever expect. ~ Julius Erving

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

When you get to that level, it's not a matter of talent anymore - because all the players are so talented - it's about preparation, about playing smart and making good decisions. ~ Hakeem Olajuwon

It was important to me to believe, because if I don't believe, how can I expect them to believe? ~ Isaiah Thomas

Our offense is like the pythagorean theorem: There is no answer! ~ Shaquille O'Neal

Good shooters take the shots; best shooters take most of the shots. ~ Don Meyer

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

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

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

There is no such thing as life in-between. ~ Pat Riley

I am the number one Ninja and I have killed all the Shoguns in front of me. ~ Shaquille O'Neal

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

Players who are late say that their time is more important than the team. ~ Don Meyer

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. ~ Julius Erving

I can score 20 points if I want to, but that's not my desire. ~ Dennis Rodman

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

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

My mom always tells me that ... Nobody is going to remember you for the great basketball player you are but they will remember you for the character you have off the court and how many lives you're changed. ~ Isaiah Austin

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

All really successful coaches have a system. ~ Jim Valvano

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

The best teams have chemistry. They communicate with each other and they sacrifice personal glory for a common goal. ~ Dave DeBusschere

Every act, every thought, every word carries the weight of consequences. ~ Julia Ash

The only people who don't make any mistakes are those who don't do anything. ~ Kelvin Wong

Artists of today can be inspired by the past, but they have to apply present methods if they want a future in music. ~ Loren Weisman

I'm always hungry. I want to be the best. ~ Kevin Durant

Measuring your limits is only possible with the unit called Imagination. ~ Mohith Agadi

It's never too late to dream another dream. ~ Jamie Larbi

Don't waste your time being envious of what you don't have or who you want to be. Instead, focus on what you do have and who you can become. ~ April Mae Monterrosa

...energy begets energy. ~ John Irving

To quit is to fail - as long as you are still in the game you are succeeding! ~ Lindsey Rietzsch

Without adversity, there would be no growth, and without growth, there would be no lesson to be learned. ~ Michelle Cruz-Rosado

Politics without principles, Education without character, Science without humanity, and Commerce without morality are not only useless, but also positively dangerous. ~ Sathya Sai Baba

Dreaming big is very easy, but the anticipation one feels when the dream is almost fulfilled, is unsettling. It is like starving for the cake which you can see on the table, but an unknown fear makes you feel sick and prevents you from taking it ~ Anamika Mishra

So as soon as I tell myself I'm the first man ever to be dropped into the world, and as soon as I take that first flying leap into the frosty grass of an early morning when even birds haven't the heart to whistle, I get to thinking, and that's what I like. I go my rounds in a dream, turning at lane or footpath corners without knowing I'm turning, leaping brooks without knowing they're there, and shouting good morning to the early cow-milker without seeing him. It's a treat being a long-distance runner, out in the world by yourself with not a soul to make you bad-tempered or tell you what to do. ~ Alan Sillitoe

Walk barefoot on your dogma…
Art is a journey into your existential fairytale. ~ Talismanist Giebra

Don't knock the ball in the stands, keep it in your hands! ~ Bill Russell

Everything real is in the present moment. Only here can we find happiness and harmony, feel alive and do something that will change our future. Only here can we be with the people we love, enjoy the things we like and see beautiful places. ~ Lidiya K.

A rich man is not a man without problems but a man whose faith has conquered the problems even when it's there. ~ Ikechukwu Izuakor

Procrastinators are pros at neglecting now and languishing later. ~ Ryan Lilly

His arm slid around my shoulders and drew me to him. It was odd, sitting there under the veil of darkness, watching the neighborhood settle down. Lamps burned in windows. TVs flickered. A few houses down, the rhythmic thud of a basketball on concrete and muffled laughter alerted us to the only other people outside on this glorious fall night.

"This is a perfect date," I said.

He tensed. "You'd call it a date?"

"Sure. You wouldn't?"

He looked down at me, his eyes glittering in the faint light. "I thought American girls liked more formality in a date."

"More money is what you mean." I smiled. "It's a date. Don't argue with me."

"I never do. ~ Elizabeth Langston

Words can create, words give life, words can build, words can destroy. Words can bring something out of nothing. What are you saying? ~ Elizabeth Adeniyi

Do not stand at a distance and wave hands. Get closer and hug. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

People still cheat on their wives, that hasn't fallen out of fashion. We all speak of it badly, but it has not fallen out of fashion. ~ Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation ~ Bobby Knight

She had to force herself to 'get on with it' or she would build a wall in her way so fast she would never get past it. ~ Honeysuckle Pear

I'm reflective only in the sense that I learn to move forward. I reflect with a purpose. ~ Kobe Bryant

If at first you don't succeed, you're doing it wrong. Learn from the experience. Try again, but with a different approach. ~ Steve Maraboli

Be you! You are a heavenly being. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

As soon as you know the voice and understand what it is, the whole scene changes. The same world which was the ghastly battlefield of maya is now changed into something good and beautiful. ~ Swami Vivekananda

If you are prepared," he told his players, "you will be confident, and will do the job. ~ Tim Sanders

Old formulas don't give new solutions. ~ Israelmore Ayivor

It is our own mental attitude which makes the world what it is for us. Our thought make things beautiful, our thoughts make things ugly. The whole world is in our own minds. Learn to see things in the proper light. ~ Swami Vivekananda

It would be better to have no laws at all, than to have too many. ~ Michel De Montaigne

I would rather live 10 years doing what I Love, than drag through Life 50 years, hating every day I Live.-RVM ~ R.v.m.

It is easier to look the other way. But if you do, terrible things can happen. ~ Eve Bunting

The only way to move forward is to focus on the good in your life and the good that you are doing for others and yourself. My past has shown me things in life, others and myself that I wouldn't wish upon anyone, but I can choose to pick up the pieces and build a beautiful life for myself and help others to do the same. ~ Brittany Burgunder

Your life is like a book. The title page is your name, the preface your introductions to the world. The pages are a daily record of your efforts, trials, pleasures, discouragements, and achievements. Day by day your thoughts and acts are being inscribed in your book of life. Hour by hour, the record is being made that must stand for all time. Once the word 'finish' must be written, let it then be said of your book that it is a record of noble purpose, generous service, and work well-done. ~ Grenville Kleiser

Y'know, the real reason why I was such a failure in the sense of being unable to make any sort of a living was because I was really not motivated. I had no motivation. ~ Paul Twitchell

Persistence breeds success. ~ J. Eric Booker

Basic dance
and I should qualify the word basic
is primarily concerned with motion. So immediately you will say but the basketball player is concerned with motion. That is so
but he is not concerned with it primarily. His action is a means towards an end beyond motion. In basic dance the motion is its own end
that is, it is concerned with nothing beyond itself. ~ Alwin Nikolais

My job is to call attention to the things that I think are the difference between winning and losing. If I can't do that then I have failed as a coach. ~ Bill Parcells

To have a story of liberation can only those who are aware of their captivity. ~ Talismanist Giebra

I am going to be strong today. I tried it yesterday and I think I am hooked. ~ Neila Rey

Search for inspiring quotes and put them on the walls of your bedroom. Read them before you go to bed and the first thing when you wake up in the morning. ~ Robert Cheeke

If you say to one flower, 'Grow,' but you water another, the first one won't grow. ~ Stephen Covey

You fall flat on your face, and it's not the first time you've done it, Never let your past press you down. ~ Auliq Ice

How you speak is how you are. ~ Stephen Richards

I don't know if there are words to describe my motivation. ~ Lorrie Fair

Work as if there's no one to help you, and learn as if everybody is with you. ~ Saransh Garg