Over 250 Inspirational Basketball Quotes

by allinspiration.com

“I’m not a role model… Just because I dunk a basketball doesn’t mean I should raise your kids.”
– Charles Barkley

“It ain’t like we’re curing cancer or anything, we’re watching basketball.”
– Charles Barkley

“See, my hope and dream is that people have a good time watching basketball. It’s not church. It’s not serious.”
– Charles Barkley

“If you are afraid of failure you don’t deserve to be successful!”
– Charles Barkley

“The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes in or not.”
– Charles Barkley

“I like low-maintenance girls, but at the same time, classy. She needs to take care of herself. But also be a girl who isn’t afraid to get sweaty and play basketball, so it’s cool if she’s a tomboy.”
– Chris Brown

“My personal life is the same. At the end of the day, this is just a job. I love what I do, and it’s a great job. But it’s like my alter ego. There’s Chris Brown the singer. And there’s Christopher Brown, the down-home Tappahannock boy that plays video games and basketball and hangs out.”
– Chris Brown

“Yoga’s hard for me, but I know you can really feel the difference when you do it consistently. I’d rather be playing basketball.”
– Chris Noth

“The thing I like about my body is that it’s strong. I can move furniture around my apartment. I can ride my horse… I can play basketball. It’s a well functioning machine.”
– Cindy Crawford

“Michael, if you can’t pass, you can’t play.”
– Coach Dean Smith to Michael Jordan (when he was at UNC)

“So like any football or basketball coach, you always always believe you’re going to win.”
– Colin Powell

“Basketball is like photography, if you don’t focus, all you have is the negative.” 
– Dan Frisby

“We don’t do things we aren’t good at by nature. I wouldn’t play basketball because I’m only 5′ 1″. Find what you enjoy – whether it’s racing, flying a helicopter, being a doctor, or stitching clothes together. Once you’ve done that, you have the passion you need.”
– Danica Patrick

“Flowers are the free throw of love. You’re looking for the clutch three-pointer from downtown.” 
– Daniel Holloway & Dorothy Robinson, Dating Makes You Want to Die:

“I played a lot of sports and it’s the plays in basketball that weren’t worked out that are the ones that are just fantastic that you remember. We don’t know the power that’s within our own bodies.”
– Dave Brubeck

“The best teams have chemistry. They communicate with each other and they sacrifice personal glory for the common goal.” 
– Dave DeBusschere

“I always dreamt of being a basketball player. A dream that only I believed in.”
– David Duchovny

“Basketball is a team game. But that doesn’t mean all five players should have the same amount of shots.”
– Dean Smith

“Don’t let what other people think decide who you are.” 
– Dennis Rodman

“I’m the basketball version of a gravedigger.”
– Dennis Rodman

“There may be people that have more talent than you, but there’s no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do.”
– Derek Jeter

“I wanted to be a football player. Football is a sport that I love, but the more I started playing basketball, the more I started dreaming of playing in the NBA.”
– Dwyane Wade

“I’ve decided to listen to my doctors and get the procedure I need on my knee. USA Basketball said I had to do what was best for me. They want me to be obviously as healthy as possible so I can continue to play this game at a high level.”
– Dwyane Wade

“I had no experience with broadcasting basketball games, so I took a tape recorder and went to a playground where there was a summer league, and I stood up in the top of the stands and I called the game.”
– Ed Bradley

“You always have to give 100%,because if you don’t someone, somewhere will give 100% and they will beat you when you meet.”
– Ed Macauley

“I could’ve played basketball, but my mind was on baseball. I didn’t know what I was in for. In high school it was a matter of talent. No one told you what to do.”
– Eric Davis

“I love basketball.”
– Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

“For example, Michael Jordan earns $100million a year but continues to play basketball and remains a modest human being.”
– Franz Beckenbauer

“I played sports year around: basketball, soccer, softball and I ran track year around, from the time I was, like, six, seven.”
– Gabrielle Union

“I play basketball on Sundays and I’m a very spiritual guy; I read a lot of Eastern philosophy and I meditate.”
– Garry Shandling

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