Over 250 Inspirational Basketball Quotes

by allinspiration.com

“As far as carrying the torch for the years to come, I don?t know. I just want to be the best basketball player I can be.” 
– Kobe Bryant

“The Black Mamba collection of watches is me: It is my alter ego, so to speak. As I mentioned before, it is sharp, cutting edge and sleek which are characteristics I try to apply when I’m out there on the basketball court.”
– Kobe Bryant

“When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.”
– 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.”
– Larry Bird

“Push yourself again and again. Don’t give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.”
– Larry Bird

“When I was young, I never wanted to leave the court until I got things exactly correct. My dream was to become a pro.”
– Larry Bird

“You never make any of the shots you never take. 87% of the ones you do take, you’ll miss too. I make 110% of my shots.”
– Larry Bird

“Basketball is my passion, I love it. But my family and friends mean everything to me. That’s what’s important. I need my phone so I can keep in contact with them at all times.”
– LeBron James

“I don’t know how tall I am or how much I weigh. Because I don’t want anybody to know my identity. I’m like a superhero. Call me Basketball Man.”
– LeBron James

“I treated it like every day was my last day with a basketball.”
– LeBron James

“I won at every level – all the way since I started playing the game of basketball at nine. I’ve won at every level, won championships at every level. And, you know, it won’t be fulfilled until I win at the highest level.”
– LeBron James

“You know, God gave me a gift to do other things besides play the game of basketball.”
– LeBron James

“You know, I’m just 6’9″ and 260. And just so happen to be very good at playing the game of basketball.”
– LeBron James

“Michael Jordan was a tremendous basketball player.”
– Lee Trevino

“Then I went to UCLA – so of course I became a huge Bruin basketball fan… and later came to football.”
– Leigh Steinberg

“I have ‘the first’ attached to my name in a whole lot of different aspects when it comes to the sport of basketball.”
– Lisa Leslie

“I’m a better and more educated person because of basketball.”
– Lisa Leslie

“When I watch kids play basketball, they don’t know how to think the game. They know what it should look like, but they don’t know why.”
– Lisa Leslie

“Everyone thought I was going to die like a year later, they didn’t know. So I helped educate sports, and then the world, that a man living with HIV can play basketball. He’s not going to give it to anybody by playing basketball.”
– Magic Johnson

“I wanted to do two things when I was growing up, about your age. I wanted to play in the NBA, and I wanted to be a businessman after my basketball career was over, and that is what I am doing now.”
– Magic Johnson

“Magic is crazy. He is that crazy wild guy on the basketball court that is very intense and very serious. He is the guy who lives and eats and breathes basketball.”
– Magic Johnson

“Magic is who I am on the basketball court. Earvin is who I am.”
– Magic Johnson

“You know I was a shy guy and people didn’t know that and still don’t know it today. I’m sure basketball brought my shyness out because of the fact that you have to do interviews, and that people are always talking to you in terms of the fans and everything.”
– Magic Johnson

“Michael Jordon may have been the best basketball player in history, but he couldn’t have won six NBA titles without a team.”
– Mark E. Hyman

“I was homecoming queen. I was star of my basketball team.”
– Marla Maples

“Basketball made me happy to be tall. And more secure about myself than I ever would have been without it.”
– Matt Emmons

“It took me a while to realize that basketball wasn’t football.”
– Merlin Olsen

“I played basketball and soccer my freshman year in high school.”
– Mia Hamm

“In the tennis world, there weren’t a whole lot of Asians playing. You see it a little bit more now. The same can really be said for basketball.”
– Michael Chang

“I gravitate toward the team thing. I’m not a golfer – I much prefer basketball.”
– Michael Eisner

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