Motivational basketball Quotes · Page 4

If you are honest with yourself and can look into a mirror and believe that you have given 100 percent, you should…

— John Havlicek

Players who are late say that their time is more important than the team.

— Don Meyer

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

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

— Bill Walton

Simplify the game as much as possible. When you add, you must subtract.

— Don Meyer

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

— Bill Vaughan

Shout praise and whisper criticism.

— Don Meyer

If you get tough mentally, you can get tough physically and overcome fatigue.

— Pat Riley

There is no such thing as life in-between.

— Pat Riley

He who controlleth the backboard, controlleth the game.

— Adolph Rupp

You can practice shooting eight hours a day, but if your technique is wrong, then all you become is very good at…

— Michael Jordan

Not only is there more to life than basketball, there's a lot more to basketball than basketball.

— Phil Jackson

College coaches measure success in championships. High School coaches measure success to titles. Youth coaches measure success in smiles.

— Paul McAllister

It is not what you teach, but what you emphasize.

— Don Meyer

Get the fundamentals down and the level of everything you do will rise

— Michael Jordan

Everybody on a championship team doesn't get publicity, but everyone can say he's a champion.

— Magic Johnson

Always acknowledge hustle plays in practice.

— Lou Campanelli

To do the right thing at the right season is a great art.

— Helio Gracie