Inspirational basketball Quotes · Page 3

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

— Jim Valvano

Play off your great player... great teams have a go-to player and they play off of him.

— Don Meyer

All really successful coaches have a system.

— Jim Valvano

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

— Michael Jordan

They said playing basketball would kill me. Well, not playing basketball was killing me.

— Magic Johnson

I was shocked cause I didn't even know that they made my jersey. I didn't know that they made it so fast,…

— Jeremy Lin

Success is not an accident, success is actually a choice.

— Stephen Curry

Create unselfishness as the most important team attribute.

— Bill Russell

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

— Stephen Curry

I've never been afraid of big moments. I get butterflies.. I get nervous and anxious, but I think those are all good…

— Stephen Curry

If you want team play, you must stress defense. Defense makes players unselfish.

— John Brady

Champions play as they practice. Create a consistency of excellence in all your habits.

— Mike Krzyzewski

Teams that play together beat those with superior players who play more as individuals.

— Jack Ramsay

A person really doesn't become whole, until he becomes a part of something that's bigger than himself.

— Jim Valvano

Good teams become great ones when the members trust each other enough to surrender the Me for the We.

— Phil Jackson

No one is bigger than the team. If you can't do things our way, you're not getting time here and we don't…

— Gregg Popovich

If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them

— Michael Jordan

Criticize on defense and encourage on offense.

— John Brady

I don't try to get players emotionally up for a game; it creates too many peaks and valleys... I strive for even…

— Denny Crum

Prepare for every game like you just lost your last game.

— Lon Kruger

What to do with a mistake: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it.

— Dean Smith

Sometimes you come up against a mountain and you end up making the mountain seem bigger than God.

— Jeremy Lin

In all the research you do as a coach, studying other coaches and championship-type situations, you find that all those teams combined…

— Pat Riley

You know, my family and friends have never been yes-men: 'Yes, you're doing the right thing, you're always right.' No, they tell…

— LeBron James

Winning is about having the whole team on the same page.

— Bill Walton