Ambition Quote by Hakeem Olajuwon

“I've always felt it was not up to anyone else to make me give my best.”

— Hakeem Olajuwon

The goal is to make practice more difficult, physically/mentally, than anything your players will face during a game.

— Bobby Knight

The best competition I have is against myself to become better

— John Wooden

Basketball, like all sports, is predicated on the execution of fundamentals. The coach is a teacher. His subject: fundamentals

— Jack Ramsay

Basketball is a game of sacrificing yourself for the next guy, being a team that takes good shots, and taking the right shots

— David Blatt

Any position I was going to be in, I was going to make the best of it. I always do.

— Eric Bledsoe

Our goal has never been to make the most. It's always been to make the best.

— Tim Cook

Write this: Since my boy is the coach, I'm going to try out for the Dolphins next year. Tight end.

— Shaquille O'Neal

I'm living my dream, getting to play in the NBA, getting to play basketball.

— Paul George

“Athletes, we were supposed to just be there, and in class I made it a point that I was prepared for every exam, that…

— Lenny Wilkens

I'm no innovator. If anything I'm a stealer, or borrower. I've stolen or borrowed from more people than you can shake a stick at.

— Bear Bryant

Of course, in college, you're traveling, especially when you're with Duke basketball, but in the NBA, it's on a whole entire level.

— Jahlil Okafor