Famous basketball Quotes · Page 3

The rule was "no autopsy, no foul".

— Stewart Granger

When I go to the line I'm thinking 'All net.' When I don't think that, I'm likely to miss.

— Larry Bird

Happiness is a habit—cultivate it.

— Elbert Hubbard

Defense doesn't break down on the help, it breaks down on the recovery.

— Chuck Daly

If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it.

— Michael Jordan

None of us can change our yesterdays but all of us can change our tomorrows.

— Colin Powell

Attitude is a choice. What you think you can do, whether positive or negative, confident or scared, will most likely happen.

— Pat Summitt

Don't believe everything you hear - even in your own mind.

— Daniel Amen

One man cannot make a team.

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Basketball is a game that gives you every chance to be great, and puts every pressure on you to prove that you…

— Bob Sundvold

When I was young, I never wanted to leave the court until I got things exactly correct. My dream was to become…

— Larry Bird

The number one problem that keeps people from winning in the United States today is lack of belief in themselves.

— Arthur L. Williams, Jr

I don't need too much. Glamour and all that stuff don't excite me. I am just glad I have the game of…

— LeBron James

Other people go to the office. I get to coach. I know I've been blessed.

— Jim Valvano

I can't stand a ballplayer who plays in fear. Anybody who has a good shot has got to take it and keep…

— Red Auerbach

Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

— Michael Jordan

I don't hire good coaches, I hire good people. If they turn out to be good coaches, too, that's a plus.

— Geno Auriemma

There is generally not any conscious thought; it's all instinct, and practice takes over.

— Cindy Nelson

Confidence imparts a wonderful inspiration to the possessor.

— John Milton

As far as carrying the torch for the years to come, I don't know. I just want to be the best basketball…

— Kobe Bryant

The problem with many athletes is they take themselves seriously and their sport lightly.

— Michael Waltrip

I believe that the measure of a person's life is the affect they have on others.

— Steve Nash

You don't have to live anybody else's story.

— Stephen Curry

All athletic accomplishments begin with volition; that is, the desire and willpower necessary to succeed. Volition affects more than thoughts and feelings…

— Charles Garfield

Do your best when no one is looking.

— Bob Cousy