When I dunk, I put something on it. I want the ball to hit the floor before I do. — Darryl Dawkins Copy Share Image
Systems win! Believe in your system, and then sell it to your players. — Billy Donovan Copy Share Image
What to do with a mistake: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it. — Dean Smith Copy Share Image
Recognize and reward players who put the team first, not just the gifted ones. — Don Meyer Copy Share Image
When your role players start stepping up and playing good basketball, it's a good sign. — Danny Green Copy Share Image
Other people go to the office. I get to coach. I know I've been blessed. — Jim Valvano Copy Share Image
You can practice shooting eight hours a day, but if your technique is wrong, then all you become is very good at… — Michael Jordan Copy Share Image
You never make any of the shots you never take. 87% of the ones you do take, you'll miss too. I make… — Larry Bird Copy Share Image
I'm not playing this game just to be a good basketball player. I want to be one of the greatest to ever… — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Copy Share Image
If all I'm remembered for is being a good basketball player, then I've done a bad job with the rest of my… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When it's played the way is supposed to be played, basketball happens in the air; flying, floating, elevated above the floor, levitating… — John Edgar Wideman Copy Share Image
The goal is to make practice more difficult, physically/mentally, than anything your players will face during a game. — Bobby Knight Copy Share Image
People will think there are no other great ballplayers. Look at Garnett. Look at Duncan, Shaq, Kobe. Look at the players with… — Oscar Robertson Copy Share Image
Successful programs consist of people working hard, working together, while never worrying about who gets the credit. — Don Meyer Copy Share Image
Everyone is gonna have a bad day, everyone is gonna have a bad game. The questions are: How do you recover? What… — Gilbert Arenas Copy Share Image
I was never great, but I was a good [basketball] player, and I could play seriously. Now I'm like one of these… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I hope I epitomize the American dream. For I came against long odds, from the ghetto to the very top of my… — Bill Russell Copy Share Image
Would I have been a great basketball player? No. But I think I would've been a good basketball player, one of those… — Tony Gonzalez Copy Share Image
The way I've always approached it is if we're winning and people want to talk about me, it's fine. If we're losing,… — Al Horford Copy Share Image
Tim Thomas is about excuses. It's always somebody else's fault. He said I was jealous? He should thank me for helping him… — Sam Cassell Copy Share Image
![“I was never great, but I was a good [basketball] player, and I could play seriously. Now I'm like one of these old guys who's running around, and the guys I play with, who are all a lot younger, they sort of pity me and sympathize with me. They tolerate me, but we all know that I'm the weak link…” quote by Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24b/barack-obama-17_basketball-player_i-was-never-great-but-i-was-a-good-baske_2893971.jpg)
![“Tim Thomas is about excuses. It's always somebody else's fault. He said I was jealous? He should thank me for helping him get that contract. He said I didn't show? They traded me, they traded Ray, they traded Big Dog [Robinson] and Tim Thomas still wasn't the man on that team. Michael Redd became…” quote by Sam Cassell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c3/sam-cassell-77847_ball-player_tim-thomas-is-about-excuses-it-s-always_1232996.jpg)
