Quotes by Basketball Players

I don't know who first said it, but this proverb is something I believe: A lion leading a lot of sheep can defeat a sheep leading many lions. The important part is that I must decide when I am a lion and when I must be a sheep. I don't believe you are always one or the other.
Yao Ming
Truth is a child of Time
Don Ford
Becoming number one is easier than remaining number one.
Bill Bradley
Nobody roots for Goliath.
Wilt Chamberlain
If I were given a change of life I'd like to see how it would be to live as a mere six-footer.
Wilt Chamberlain
Nobody roots for Goliath.
Wilt Chamberlain
If I were given a change of life I'd like to see how it would be to live as a mere six-footer.
Wilt Chamberlain
I tried to treat them like me and some of them weren't.
Bill Russell
Only he who can see the invisible can do the impossible.
Frank Gaines
I tried to teach them [his sons] that about the importance of self-discipline, and that the culture of yes is built on a foundation of no.
Bill Walton
Any time Detroit scores more than 100 points and holds the other team below 100 points they almost always win.
Doug Collins
As athletes, we're used to reacting quickly. Here, it's 'come, stop, come, stop.' There's a lot of downtime. That's the toughest part of the day.
Michael Jordan
Approach the game with no preset agendas and you'll probably come away surprised at your overall efforts.
Phil Jackson
Always keep an open mind and a compassionate heart.
Phil Jackson
I realize im black, but id like to be viewed as a person, and that is everybodys wish.
Michael Jordan
My swag was phenomenal.
Gilbert Arenas
I've never lost a game I just ran out of time.
Michael Jordan
Don't let them drag you down by rumors just go with what you believe in.
Michael Jordan
They say that nobody is perfect. Then they tell you practice makes perfect. I wish they'd make up their minds.
Wilt Chamberlain
I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.
Michael Jordan
On game days, I could be in the worst mood imagiable-a really bad mood. But sometimes, I'd get a call from the Make-A-Wish Foundation-there would be people, sometimes kids, who anted to meet me before they died. And the foundation would call on a game day and say, "There's kid dying here whose last wish is to see you. Can you just come and see him?" I'd get there and sometimes the kid would be comatose. One day, a kid woke up for a split second and smiled at me. I was told he'd been hanging on. The mom and dad called me later and said, "I don't know what yu did to him, but those few moments were wonderful." And I cried all the way to the game, just cried my eyes out.It's very scary. It's uplifting, too, but so scary. And then... I'm bitching because my breakfast is cold?
Charles Barkley
This is a silly place. Half the world has no clean water. The other half has so much that they pooh in it.
Larry Bird
To be successful you have to be selfish, or else you never achieve. And once you get to your highest level, then you have to be unselfish. Stay reachable. Stay in touch. Don't isolate.
Michael Jordan
I just always want to be different - THE EXCEPTION - and this weekend knocked me right back to reality.And the reality is - I AM TRULY BLESSED ..
Jon-Robert Holden
Let me see,” Opal said.She quickly slurped up the rest of her lunch and thentook the collar. She examined it very closely. Sure enough,she could see bits of evergreen fur pinched along the buckle strap. As she looked closer, she noticed something else. Several pieces of black onyx were sewn into the back of the collar, and they started glowing.“Well look at that,” Jack said. “Somebody’s put a spider in this biscuit.
Mark Caldwell Jones
You can’t get much done in life if you only work on days when you feel good.
Jerry West
When you're up against adversity, when your shots aren't falling, when guys are hanging on you, pushing you, fouling you, and you're not getting calls, that's when discipline matters. Instead of flying off the handle or blaming your teammates, the officials, or the opposition, players have to keep calm and act decisively to change the tide. Playing the blame game is a sure sign that a team has not jelled and is taking the wrong path
Walt Frazier
Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation.
Michael Jordan
i can accept FAILURE,everyone falls at something.but what i can't accept is NOT TRYING.
Micheal jordan
Love never fails. Character never quits. And with patience and persistence, dreams do come true
Pete Maravich
His ability to evoke Celtic pride was incredible. He would always talk about how all the old players called him up after an embarrasing performance and wanted to disassociate themselves from the Celtics. They wanted to mail in their championship rings, wanted their numbers removed from the rafters, and by this point there would be tears rolling down our cheeks and we'd want to kill.
Bill Walton
Today is a new day. Even if you were wrong yesterday, you can get it right today.
Dwight Howard
We are going to change the way young people think about fitness.
Gheorghe Muresan
Don’t you let nothing stop you from shining the way you supposed to! That be your job, every tick of the clock, just like them stars, until God himself tells you otherwise.
Mark Caldwell Jones
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
If there is moral insanity," he said in a conspiratorial whisper, "then there may be the reverse, immoral sanity, if you will, that comes upon one suddenly, like a fever.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Poor people have been voting for big government liberalism for 50 years... and they are still poor.
Charles Barkley
I have failed many times, and that's why I am a success.
Michael Jordan
I'm surrounded by nothing but great people. I've been blessed with that, so really, I've got no choice but to be an all-around good person.
Tim Duncan
A fixation with connecting with 'friends' online comes with the risk of disconnection with friends waiting for you to be present in the offline world.
Craig Hodges
Tomorrow you may look up and see me as a lawyer, a doctor, business executive,teacher - or WHATEVER I BELIEVE I CAN BE !My story isn't about nice handles or quickness on the court ,but about HARD WORK, PERSEVERANCE, and FAITH! I know God's blessings ,I can accomplish anything and i mean ANYTHING!!!
Jon-Robert Holden
Hope was what kept the world going. Hope that one day you would find somebody you could love and trust, hope that you would never lose them; hope that your team won the cup this year; hope that you found that dream job; hope that you would find the money to pay the mortgage. But most of all, hope that one day - whatever you have told yourself over that years - you would find that life really does go on beyond the deathbed.
Phil Ford
Many people are born into their religion. For them it is mostly a matter of legacy and convenience. Their belief is based on faith, not just in the teachings of the religion but also in the acceptance of that religion from their family and culture. For the person who converts, it is a matter of fierce conviction and defiance. Our belief is based on a combination of faith and logic because we need a powerful reason to abandon the traditions of our families and community to embrace beliefs foreign to both. Conversion is a risky business because it can result in losing family, friends and community support.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
I think it's important that people stand up for what they believe in.
Steve Nash
Everybody has talent, but ability takes hard work.
Michael Jordan
My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength.
Michael Jordan
The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.
Phil Jackson
Many of the people I write about were deliberately left out of the history books that we were forced to read in school. For me, that history was "written wrong" and needed to be corrected. My intention was to make them visible so they could be role models for others. To show how each, in his or her own way, dribbled gracefully around that obstacle in the narrow corridor.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
You have to be able to center yourself, to let all of your emotions go. Don’t ever forget that you play with your soul as well as your body.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Commitment separates those who live their dreams from those who live their lives regretting the opportunities they have squandered.
Bill Russell
The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes in or not
Charles Barkley
A lot of people notice when you succeed they don’t see what it takes to get there.
Dawn Staley
Success for you is a RECIPE that ONLY YOU KNOW the ingredients for.So to you I say ,COOK UP the success that ONLY YOU know how to make and allow the world to see YOUR CREATION!
Jon-Robert Holden
We learn to make a shell for ourselves when we are young and then spend the rest of our lives hoping for someone to reach inside and touch us. Just touch us—anything more than that would be too much for us to bear.
Bill Russell
Hard work beats talent when talent fails to work hard.
Kevin Durant
You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them.
Michael Jordan
I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.
Michael Jordan