Famous basketball Quotes

You play with your soul as well as your body.

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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

— Terry McGuire

Happiness is a habit—cultivate it.

— Elbert Hubbard

Winners do what losers don't want to do.

— Gary Busey

The rule was "no autopsy, no foul".

— Stewart Granger

Don't get angry; get better.

— Tony DiCicco

One man cannot make a team.

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Shout praise and whisper criticism.

— Don Meyer

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

— George Raveling

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

— Tom Tolbert

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

— Cindy Nelson

Intensity makes you stronger. Emotionalism makes you weaker.

— John Wooden

With attitude, you can determine your own performance.

— Pat Summitt

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

— John Starks

Confidence imparts a wonderful inspiration to the possessor.

— John Milton

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

— Daniel Amen

Heart in champions has to do with the depth of our motivation and how well your mind and body react to pressure…

— Bill Russell

In life, never spend more than 10 percent of your time on the problem, and spend at least 90 percent of your…

— Tony Robbins

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

— Bob Cousy

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

— Daniel Hanley

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

— George Raveling

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

— Bob Sundvold

One of the first lessons one learns is that the mind is a powerful factor in everything you do, including those exercises…

— Joe Hyams

I would tell players to relax and never think about what's at stake. Just think about the basketball game. If you start…

— Michael Jordan

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

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

I already said to D-Wade and Steve Nash and those guys, 'I don't know how you guys do it.' Of course, I…

— Goran Dragic

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

Accountability is essential to personal growth, as well as team growth. How can you improve if you're never wrong? If you don't…

— Pat Summitt

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

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

— Stephen Curry

Do your best when no one is looking.

— Bob Cousy

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

— John Wooden

Basketball doesn't build character it reveals it.

— James Naismith

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

— Napoleon Hill

Any American boy can be a basketball star if he grows up, up, up.

— Bill Vaughan

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

— Charles J. Givens

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

— Pat Summitt

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

— Colin Powell

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

— Jim Valvano