Famous basketball Quotes · Page 2

If you are afraid of failure, you don't deserve success.

— Nastia Liukin

The first time I shot the hook, I was in fourth grade, and I was about five feet eight inches tall. I…

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Do your best when no one is looking. If you do that, then you can be successful at anything you put your…

— Bob Cousy

Left hand, right hand, it doesn't matter. I'm amphibious.

— Charles Shackleford

The only way you're going to get through life, happily, is being yourself.

— Nikki Blonsky

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

— George Raveling

To win, you've got to put the ball in the macramé.

— Terry McGuire

If the NBA were on channel 5 and a bunch of frogs making love were on channel 4, I'd watch the frogs,…

— Bobby Knight

Talent is not enough. It's an important component in a successful performance, but it's really only a starting point.

— Tony DiCicco

You play with your soul as well as your body.

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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

— Red Auerbach

Winners do what losers don't want to do.

— Gary Busey

The invention of basketball was not an accident. It was developed to meet a need.

— James Naismith

A Coach must never forget that he is a leader and not merely a person with authority.

— John Wooden

You can run a lot of plays when your X is twice as big as the other guys' O. It makes your…

— Paul Westphal

To be upset over what you don't have is to waste what you do have.

— Ken Keyes Jr

Belief in yourself is what happens when you know you've done the thing things that entitle you to success.

— Pat Summitt

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

— Tony Robbins

I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed. Some people want it to…

— Michael Jordan

Winning is like deodorant - it comes up and a lot of things don't stink.

— Doc Rivers

A man is as big as the measure of his thinking.

— Napoleon Hill

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

— Dave DeBusschere

I know that once I get a good rhythm and a good feel, no one can stop me.

— John Starks

As we develop new beliefs about who we are, our behavior will change to support the new identity.

— Tony Robbins

A successful person realizes his personal responsibility for self-motivation. He starts with himself because he possesses the key to his own ignition…

— Kemmons Wilson