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Commitment separates those who live their dreams from those who live their lives regretting the opportunities they have squandered.
— Bill Russell
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In basketball - as in life - true joy comes from being fully present in each and every moment, not just when things are going…
— Phil Jackson
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I come from New York where, if you fall down, someone will pick you up by your wallet.
— Al McGuire
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Butch, you come from DeWitt Clinton. There are five thousand brothers in that school. You're the best there. You've been all-city two years in a…
— Al McGuire
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Everything is blurred on what's right and what's wrong ... Sin becomes fine. Start with homosexual behavior and just morph out from there. Bestiality, sleeping…
— Phil Robertson
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It was not until we saw the picture of the earth, from the moon, that we realized how small and how helpless this planet is…
— Margaret Mead
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Go from good to great because good is the enemy of great.
— Don Meyer
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If we played Boston four-on-four, without Russell, we probably would have won every series. That guy killed us. He's the one who prevented us from…
— Rod Hundley
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I learned so much from Sue about the Xs and Os of the game of basketball.
— Pat Summitt
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If my primary purpose here at Indiana is to go out and win ballgames, I can probably do that as well as anybody can. I…
— Bobby Knight
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How should we Democrats select the next presidential nominee? Smoke filled rooms? Brokered convention? National primary? Personally, I prefer jump shots from the top of…
— Bill Bradley
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But as a coach I wanted to keep things from being too complicated.
— Bob Cousy
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First of all, I'm not buff enough. I got pushed away from the basket. And even when I didn't, I couldn't get anyone to throw…
— Yao Ming
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I came from a broken home, so my mom was a major influence in my life.
— Julius Erving
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I get constant reminders from fans who equate that game and my career as one and the same.
— Wilt Chamberlain
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I needed to go to class; I needed to go to practice; I needed to have a life away from basketball.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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I only weigh 220, so I have to do something to keep from being tossed around by all the guys who weigh 250 and more.…
— Dennis Rodman
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I'm from there. You know, when you grow up with these people and see them every day and then you look at the numbers it…
— Magic Johnson
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Many people think sports are totally physical, that you don't have to think, everything is done for you and you're catered to, I found that…
— Julius Erving
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Maybe my life isn't great. We don't have all the answers. Look at it from my side.
— Dennis Rodman
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My biggest win was getting the meal money bumped from $5 to $7.
— Bob Cousy
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The toughest opponents to defend are Iverson, Marbury and Payton. They are all very talented and can shoot at anytime from anywhere.
— Steve Nash
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The worst moment from all of this was driving from that doctor's office, to tell my wife that I was HIV positive.
— Magic Johnson
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When I look at the system here and look at my position - not just as a basketball player, but when I look around me…
— Hakeem Olajuwon
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You have to remember that coaching wasn't sophisticated back then - you didn't have the camps, clinics and all the technical advances that are available…
— Bob Cousy
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