Famous basketball Quotes

It's not how big you are, it's how big you play

— John Wooden

Character never quits; and with patience and persistence; Dreams do come true!

— Pete Maravich

And I want to do it the right way, like everybody else, not just a famous figurehead that gets a job because…

— Shaquille O'Neal

I have seen countless people make a choice to be confident. If you don't naturally feel bold and confident, you can choose…

— Richard DeVos

Intensity makes you stronger. Emotionalism makes you weaker.

— John Wooden

By itself, practice does not make perfect. Those of us with a ten-year-old son practicing the trumpet may understand that.

— Daniel Hanley

Basketball doesn't build character it reveals it.

— James Naismith

In order to grow, you must accept new responsibilities, no matter how uncertain you may feel or how unprepared you are to…

— Pat Summitt

For every pass I caught in a game, I caught a thousand in practice.

— Don Hutson

Be a famous musician. Be a famous act or. Be a famous write r. Be a famous basketball player. Be famous.

— Dallas Clayton

The beginning of a habit is like an invisible thread, but every time we repeat the act we strengthen the strand, add…

— Orison Swett Marden

It is in general more profitable to reckon up our defeats than to boast of our attainments.

— Thomas Carlyle

Beliefs have the power to create and the power to destroy.

— Tony Robbins

With attitude, you can determine your own performance.

— Pat Summitt

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

— Tom Tolbert

Attitude lies somewhere between emotion and logic. It's that curious mix of optimism and determination that enables you to maintain a positive…

— Pat Summitt

Enthusiasm is one of the most powerful engines of success. When you do a thing, do it with all your might. Put…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

If you think and achieve as a team, the individual accolades will take care of themselves. Talent wins games, but teamwork and…

— Michael Jordan

There are some concrete ways to create a winning attitude. But nothing beats practicing it. When you prepare to win, belief comes…

— Pat Summitt

I know the Virginia players are smart because you need a 1500 SAT to get in. I have to drop bread crumbs…

— George Raveling

I know fear is an obstacle for some people, but it is an illusion to me . . . Failure always made…

— Michael Jordan

It's important to realize that words shape our beliefs and impact our actions.

— Tony Robbins

You can't pick and choose the days that you feel like being responsible. It's not something that disappears when you're tired.

— Pat Summitt

Doing more of what doesn't work won't make it work any better.

— Charles J. Givens

I think that my God-given physical attributes, big hands, and big feet, the way that I'm built, proportion-wise, just made basketball the…

— Julius Erving