Pete Maravich Quotes

15 quotes in 229 categories

• They don't pay you a million dollars for two-hand chest passes.
• There is nothing wrong with dedication and goals, but if you focus on yourself, all the lights fade away and you become a fleeting moment…
• I don't want to play 10 years and then die of a heart attack when I'm 40.
• I lived my life one way for 35 years, for me. And then the focus came in on what I really was.
• If I have a choice whether to do the show or throw a straight pass, and we're going to get the basket either way, I'm…
• It's hard when your father's the coach. Sometimes you don't know where one leaves off and the other begins.
• My life had no meaning at all. I found only brief interludes of satisfaction. It was like my whole life had been about my whole…
• I played six to 10 hours a day, every day, 90 days during the summer, and I'd do incredible things. I would dribble blindfolded in…
• Character never quits; and with patience and persistence; Dreams do come true!
• When I arrived, I felt the spotlight shining brightly on me, and I knew the sharks were ready to strike if I did not pan…
• Shooting is nothing. Anybody can shoot. The big charge is putting on a show for the crowd.
• Most of my career was negative.
• I accomplished what I set out to do, but I lost my discipline and my career.
• I got by on talent. That was my fatal mistake.
• Love never fails. Character never quits. And with patience and persistence, dreams do come true.

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