Browsing Topic Best Inspirational Basketball Quotes

It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts.

Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

Be strong in body, clean in mind, lofty in ideals.

The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do.

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation.

Basketball doesn’t build character it reveals it.

Good, Better, Best. Never let it rest. Until your Good is Better, and your Better is your Best.

Create unselfishness as the most important team attribute.

People with goals succeed because they know where they’re going.

Basketball really had its origin in Indiana, which remains the center of the sport.

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

The idea is not to block every shot. The idea is to make your opponent believe that you might block every shot.

I don’t try to get players emotionally up for a game; it creates too many peaks and valleys… I strive for even keel; they will get up for the big games.

Don’t try to imitate other coaches. Be your own person with your own style and do your own thing.

Never mistake activity for achievement.

You don’t play against opponents, you play against the game of basketball.

To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation

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

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

Concentration and mental toughness are the margins of victory.

Systems win! Believe in your system, and then sell it to your players.

I just love the game of basketball so much. The game! I don’t need the 18,000 people screaming and all the peripheral things. To me, the most enjoyable part is the practice and preparation.

We’re building a culture of accountability, trust, and togetherness. Entitlement will not be tolerated

Mental toughness is to physical as four is to one.

Morale and attitude are the fundamentals to success.

I know I’m never as good or bad as one single performance. I’ve never believed in my critics or my worshippers, and I’ve always been able to leave the game at the arena.

I always laugh when people ask me about rebounding techniques. I’ve got a technique. It’s called just go get the damn ball.

The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes in or not.

Don’t let what other people think decide who you are.

What you specifically teach is what your players will do best.

Basketball is a beautiful game when the five players on the court play with one heartbeat.

If you make every game a life and death proposition, you’re going to have problems. For one thing, you’ll be dead a lot.

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

If I weren’t earning $3 million a year to dunk a basketball, most people on the street would run in the other direction if they saw me coming.

I try to penetrate the lane like Steve Nash, pass like Jason Kidd, and handle the ball like Allen Iverson. Remember, I said ‘try to’.