Basketball Quotes · Page 80

If we magnified blessings as much as we magnify disappointments, we would all be much happier.

— John Wooden

When problems confront successful leaders, they get excited about the opportunity.

— John C. Maxwell

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

— Jim Valvano

I'm not out there to win a popularity contest. I'm out there to win basketball games.

— Reggie Miller

My whole career has been trying to please people in basketball. Now it's time to please myself.

— Candace Parker

I look at the NBA as a football game without the helmet.

— Tom Tolbert

I was known as the weird guy who couldn't play basketball because I had to go to hockey practice twice a week.

— T. J. Oshie

You can do all of the conditioning that you want, it's not the same as playing basketball.

— De'Aaron Fox

Having been a football player, most viewers associated me with just that. It was tough to go from football to basketball, but…

— Ahmad Rashad

I was a ball guy. I played basketball, baseball, football. I excelled in football the most. I played running back, wide receiver,…

— Enzo Amore

I have 100% confidence in Rob Pelinka running our basketball operations. I've always had confidence in Rob. Whatever the speculation is out…

— Jeanie Buss

The glory of sport is witnessing a well-coached team perform as a single unit, striving for a common goal and ultimately bringing…

— Dick Vitale

So many great basketball players haven't won championships before, and they're still great. But that's what people judge you by.

— Lebron James

I just started growing. And everyone said, 'You should probably play basketball.' So I said, 'All right. I'll give it a shot.'

— Anthony Bennett

All the courage and competitiveness of Jackie Robinson affects me to this day. If I patterned my life after anyone it was…

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

This is a mind over matter thing. We have to find it within ourselves to play for two hours. We love the…

— Kay Yow

“The game within the game is the game that only the players see. They experience it in relation to one another on…

— Walt Frazier

The risk of failure is a very personal thing. One of the quotes I like, I think this came from the famous…

— Les Wexner

“I imagined the Augustus Waters analysis of that comment: If I am playing basketball in heaven, does that imply a physical location…

— John Green

The emerging picture from such studies is that ten thousand hours of practice is required to achieve the level of mastery associated…

— Daniel Levitin

When you go out on the court whether it be for the championship or just a scrimmage, have confidence that your abilities…

— Bob Pettit

Probably the most important aspect of individual defensive play is the 'close-out.' This approach to the ball should be made in a…

— Tex Winter

“One night, he left Stephen and me in the arcade and rushed off to a – this hurt my feelings – “real”…

— Sarah Vowell

My personal life is the same. At the end of the day, this is just a job. I love what I do,…

— Chris Brown

I started out as a football player. I liked to inflict pain. In basketball, it was the same thing.

— Shaquille O'Neal

I just aim for basketball season to start. I don't really care about anything else in life.

— John Carpenter

This is the NBA, so there's basketball and then there's business.

— Harrison Barnes

Unlike last year, we're not just happy to be here in the Finals

— Byron Scott

I wanted to undertake the challenge of daring to be great.

— Julius Erving

Everyone wants to do what the great ones do; but very few are willing to do what they did to become great

— Jon Gordon

I traveled more than you walkin' with a basketball. I'm out in Spain runnin' games with the El Matador.

— Nicki Minaj

There's a lot of guys that play the game of basketball for the money, for the fame.

— Stephen Jackson

People are threatened by me. Rich white, rich blacks, it doesn't matter.

— Dennis Rodman

It wasn't about the money. I was just playing basketball, playing with my brother, happy being in the NBA.

— Markieff Morris

They said playing basketball would kill me. Well, not playing basketball was killing me.

— Magic Johnson

I'm not going to emphasize the sky-hook as much as work with the specific skills of the guys.

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I'm on Instagram, and all my fans on my Instagram are basketball fans - like 90 percent.

— JaVale McGee

I play basketball ! Could I get your name and number ? So I can put it on my jersey.

— Anonymous

Seattle deserves a team. They got robbed of their basketball team.

— Gary Payton

I'm playing basketball. It's my dream job. So I'm a pretty happy camper.

— Iman Shumpert