Unlock Motivation with 50 Basketball Quotes Power
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50 Powerful Basketball Quotes
- “I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.” – Michael Jordan
- “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky (popularized in basketball by Michael Scott)
- “Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.” – Tim Notke
- “Ask not what your teammates can do for you. Ask what you can do for your teammates.” – Magic Johnson
- “Success is no accident. It’s hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing.” – Pelé
- “The only way to prove that you’re a good sport is to lose.” – Ernie Banks
- “You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.” – Michael Jordan
- “Everything negative – pressure, challenges – is all an opportunity for me to rise.” – Kobe Bryant
- “Great players are willing to give up their own personal achievement for the achievement of the group. It enhances everybody.” – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
- “It’s not about the shoes, it’s what you do in them.” – Michael Jordan
- “Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.” – Michael Jordan
- “The best teams have chemistry. They communicate with each other and they sacrifice personal glory for the common goal.” – Dave DeBusschere
- “You can’t get much done in life if you only work on the days when you feel good.” – Jerry West
- “To be successful you have to be selfish, or else you never achieve. And once you get to your highest level, then you have to be unselfish.” – Michael Jordan
- “A champion is someone who gets up when he can’t.” – Jack Dempsey
- “Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.” – Michael Jordan
- “Live for the moment, because every shot you take could be your last in a game.” – Michael Jordan
- “I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” – Michael Jordan
- “If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.” – Michael Jordan
- “The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes in or not.” – Charles Barkley
- “You have to go hard. You have to push yourself, because nobody else is going to do it for you.” – LeBron James
- “I treat every day like it’s my last day with a basketball.” – Kobe Bryant
- “Be humble. Be hungry. And always be the hardest worker in the room.” – Dwyane Wade
- “If you are afraid of failure you don’t deserve to be successful!” – Charles Barkley
- “Basketball doesn’t build character, it reveals it.” – Unknown
- “The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning.” – Pelé
- “Stay patient and trust your journey.” – Damian Lillard
- “Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” – John Wooden
- “Greatness is not in where we stand, but in what direction we are moving.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
- “My heroes are and were my parents. I can’t see having anyone else as my heroes.” – Michael Jordan
- “Pressure is something you feel when you don’t know what you’re doing.” – Chuck Noll
- “You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.” – Michael Jordan
- “I’m building a fire, and every day I train, I add more fuel. At just the right moment, I light the match.” – Mia Hamm
- “In basketball, you’re either growing or you’re dying.” – Charles Barkley
- “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.” – Larry Bird
- “Be legendary.” – Kobe Bryant
- “Play for the name on the front of the jersey, not the back.” – Unknown
- “Commitment is what transforms a promise into reality.” – Abraham Lincoln
- “You have to be able to accept failure to get better.” – LeBron James
- “I’m not out there sweating for three hours every day just to find out what it feels like to sweat.” – Michael Jordan
- “Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.” – Bo Jackson
- “Great teams do not hold back with one another. They are unafraid to air their dirty laundry.” – Patrick Lencioni
- “Winning means you’re willing to go longer, work harder, and give more than anyone else.” – Vince Lombardi
- “You have to perform at a consistently higher level than others. That’s the mark of a true professional.” – Joe Paterno
- “I don’t run from a challenge because I am afraid. Instead, I run from the challenge because I am excited.” – Gordon Ramsay
- “Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.” – Jim Rohn
- “Don’t measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.” – John Wooden
- “What you lack in talent can be made up with desire, hustle and giving 110% all the time.” – Don Zimmer
- “If you push me towards a weakness, I will turn that weakness into a strength.” – Michael Jordan
- “The sky’s the limit.” – Michael Jordan
