Dribble Through Life: 50 Basketball Quotes to Inspire

50 Basketball Quotes to Inspire Your Inner MVP

1. Michael Jordan: “I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”
2. LeBron James: “You have to be able to accept failure to get better.”
3. Kobe Bryant: “The moment you give up is the moment you let someone else win.”
4. Magic Johnson: “All kids need is a little help, a little hope, and somebody who believes in them.”
5. Larry Bird: “A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.”
6. Shaquille O’Neal: “Excellence is not a singular act but a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.”
7. Stephen Curry: “Be the best version of yourself in anything that you do. You don’t have to live anybody else’s story.”
8. Tim Duncan: “Good, better, best. Never let it rest. Until your good is better and your better is best.”
9. Kevin Durant: “Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.”
10. Dirk Nowitzki: “I try to embrace the mistakes I make, because they're the only way you learn.”
11. Charles Barkley: “When you're good at something and you know it, then you're dangerous.”
12. Chris Paul: “If you don’t believe in yourself, no one will do it for you.”
13. Derrick Rose: “Keep working, no matter what it is, whether you're the best at something or the worst at something.”
14. Allen Iverson: “We're talking about practice. Not a game, not a game, not a game. We're talking about practice.”
15. James Harden: “I want to play in places that buy tickets.”
16. Scottie Pippen: “Basketball is like photography, if you don’t focus, all you have is the negative.”
17. Chris Bosh: “Television is not real life. In basketball, you’re talking about heroes.”
18. Kevin Garnett: “Anything is possible.”
19. Pau Gasol: “I just try to keep it simple and make the game look easy.”
20. Dwyane Wade: “My motto is, always work hard.”
21. Giannis Antetokounmpo: “I don’t like to lose, but even more than that, I hate complacency.”
22. Russell Westbrook: “Leave a legacy, let nobody blow out your fire but you.”
23. Joel Embiid: “Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today.”
24. Damian Lillard: “Self-belief and hard work will always earn you success.”
25. Karl Malone: “Never underestimate the heart of a champion.”
26. Vince Carter: “Trust the process.”
27. Tony Parker: “Confidence is everything.”
28. Yao Ming: “Numbers don't lie. I work hard to put up numbers.”
29. Blake Griffin: “When they go low, I go dunk.”
30. Kawhi Leonard: “I'm not trying to just be good. I want to be great.”
31. Diana Taurasi: “Every day they’re forcing me to get better.”
32. Lisa Leslie: “A champion is someone who gets up when he can’t.”
33. Sue Bird: “Prove them wrong.”
34. Candace Parker: “I want to especially thank the haters because you made me who I am.”
35. Elgin Baylor: “Preparation for tomorrow is hard work today.”
36. John Stockton: “If you work hard, good things will happen.”
37. Hakeem Olajuwon: “You can’t win a game if you don’t play defense.”
38. David Robinson: “Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.”
39. Patrick Ewing: “When you play hard, and you play with heart, that’s all you can do.”
40. Chris Mullin: “I just don’t want to be ordinary.”
41. Dennis Rodman: “Life is business. Business is good.”
42. Isiah Thomas: “You can’t get much done in life if you only work on the days when you feel good.”
43. Reggie Miller: “Pressure is something you feel when you don’t know what you’re doing.”
44. Clyde Drexler: “If you can believe it, the mind can achieve it.”
45. George Gervin: “Reward is at the end of the journey, not the beginning.”
46. Dwight Howard: “You don’t play for the stats. You play for the wins.”
47. Rajon Rondo: “It’s not about the points you score, but the impact you make.”
48. Manu Ginóbili: “Basketball is about being one team.”
49. Penny Hardaway: “Play smart, play together.”
50. Tony Allen: “Defense wins championships.”