Over 250 Inspirational Basketball Quotes

by allinspiration.com

“Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation.”
– Michael Jordan

“Even when I?m old and gray, I won?t be able to play it, but I?ll still love the game“ 
– Michael Jordan

“For a competitive junkie like me, golf is a great solution because it smacks you in the face every time you think you have accomplished something. That to me has taken over a lot of the energy and competitiveness for basketball.”
– Michael Jordan

“I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.”
– Michael Jordan

“I never looked at the consequences of missing a big shot… when you think about the consequences you always think of a negative result.”
– Michael Jordan

“In college I never realized the opportunities available to a pro athlete. I’ve been given the chance to meet all kinds of people, to travel and expand my financial capabilities, to get ideas and learn about life, to create a world apart from basketball.”
– Michael Jordan

“My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength.”
– Michael Jordan

“Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.”
– Michael Jordan

“Talent wins games, but team work and intelligence wins championships.” 
– Michael Jordan

“The game of basketball has been everything to me. My place of refuge, place I’ve always gone where I needed comfort and peace. It’s been the site of intense pain and the most intense feelings of joy and satisfaction. It’s a relationship that has evolved over time, given me the greatest respect and love for the game.”
– Michael Jordan

“There are plenty of teams in every sport that have great players and never win titles. Most of the time, those players aren’t willing to sacrifice for the greater good of the team. The funny thing is, in the end, their unwillingness to sacrifice only makes individual goals more difficult to achieve. One thing I believe to the fullest is that if you think and achieve as a team, the individual accolades will take care of themselves. Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.”
– Michael Jordan

“There is no such thing as a perfect basketball player, and I don’t believe there is only one greatest player either.”
– Michael Jordan

“When I lose the sense of motivation and the sense to prove something as a basketball player, it’s time for me to move away from the game.”
– Michael Jordan

“When I was young, I had to learn the fundamentals of basketball. You can have all the physical ability in the world, but you still have to know the fundamentals.”
– Michael Jordan

“I know fear is an obstacle for some people, but it is an illusion to me . . . Failure always made me try harder next time.”
– Michael Jordan

“I never thought a role model should be negative.”
– Michael Jordan

“I play to win, whether during practice or a real game. And I will not let anything get in the way of me and my competitive enthusiasm to win.”
– Michael Jordan

“If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.”
– Michael Jordan

“If you look up the definition of greatness in the dictionary, it will say Michael Jordan.”
– Michael Jordan

“I’ve always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come. I don’t do things half-heartedly. Because I know if I do, then I can expect half-hearted results.”
– Michael Jordan

“I’ve never been afraid to fail.”
– Michael Jordan

“My heroes are and were my parents. I can’t see having anyone else as my heroes.”
– Michael Jordan

“People ask me if I could fly, I said, “yeah…. for a little while.”
– Michael Jordan

“You can practice shooting eight hours a day, but if your technique is wrong, then all you become is very good at shooting the wrong way. Get the fundamentals down and the level of everything you do will rise.”
– Michael Jordan

“You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.”
– Michael Jordan

“If architecture is, as is sometimes said, music set in concrete, then football and basketball may be said to be creativity embodied in team sports.”
– Michael Mandelbaum

“I would tell players to relax and never think about what’s at stake. Just think about the basketball game. If you start to think about who is going to win the championship, you’ve lost your focus.”
– Micheal Jordan

“I have missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I have lost almost 300 games. On 26 occasions I have been entrusted to take the game winning shot .. and missed. And I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why… I succeed.”
– Micheal Jordan

“A basketball team is like the five fingers on your hand. If you can get them all together, you have a fist. That’s how I want you to play.”
– Mike Krzyzewski

“Basketball was not my main sport in grade school, or even the first year of high school.”
– Mike Krzyzewski

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