Over 250 Inspirational Basketball Quotes

by allinspiration.com

“Everybody on a championship team doesn’t get publicity, but everyone can say he’s a champion.”
– Unknown

“Everything negative – pressure, challenges – are all an opportunity for me to rise.”
– Unknown

“I didn’t so much think I needed to address the shooting need. What we needed was somebody who could come in and play the two-three (shooting guard-small forward) spot. If he could’ve been a pure shooter, great. But if not, we still needed somebody to give us minutes there. I like the guys we’ve got.”
– Unknown

“I don’t hate anyone, at least not for more than 48 minutes, barring overtime.”
– Unknown

“I don’t try to get players emotionally up for a game; it creates too many peaks and valleys… I strive for even keel; they will get up for the big games.”
– Unknown

“I want to be in the Guinness Book of World Record’s for something ridiculous like juggling poison-tipped porcupines, playing the piano blindfolded while tightrope walking in tights, or throwing a rubber ball in a circular rim adorned with a dangling white nylon net.”
– Unknown

“I’ll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it’s sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a cup of water to a teammate, or hitting the game-winning shot.”
– Unknown

“I’ve never been afraid to fail”
– Unknown

“If Shakespeare can compare all of life to a stage, maybe it’s not odd to believe that part of the play can take place on a basketball court.”
– Unknown

“If you want team play, you must stress defense. Defense makes players unselfish.”
– Unknown

“Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.”
– Unknown

“Me shooting 40% at the foul line is just God’s way to say nobody’s perfect.”
– Unknown

“Morale and attitude are the fundamentals to success.”
– Unknown

“My responsibility is getting all my players playing for the name on the front of the jersey, not the one on the back.”
– Unknown

“Practice to beat the best.”
– Unknown

“Prepare for every game like you just lost your last game.”
– Unknown

“Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.”
– Unknown

“Sorry!’ Dave’s friend yelled when he saw me. ‘That was my-’ But i wasn’t listening as,instead,i took every bit of the anger and stress of the last few minutes and days put it behind the ball, throwing it overhead at the basket as hard as i could. It went flying, hitting the backboard and banging through the netless hoop at full speed before shooting back out and nailing Dave Wade squarely on the forehead. And just like that, he was down.”
– Unknown

“Systems win! Believe in your system, and then sell it to your players.”
– Unknown

“The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.”
– Unknown

“There’s a great quote by Julius Irving that went, ‘Being a professional is doing the things you love to do, on the days you don’t feel like doing them.’”
– Unknown

“They say that nobody is perfect. Then they tell you practice makes perfect. I wish they’d make up their minds.”
– Unknown

“We learn to make a shell for ourselves when we are young and then spend the rest of our lives hoping for someone to reach inside and touch us. Just touch us—anything more than that would be too much for us to bear.”
– Unknown

“We try to stress the little things because little things lead to big things.”
– Unknown

“What you specifically teach is what your players will do best.”
– Unknown

“You need to be more careful, or you could hurt yourself.”
– Unknown

“Your ability to communicate to your young people will determine your success.”
– Unknown

“And my father didn’t have money for me to go to college. And at that particular time they didn’t have black quarterbacks, and I don’t think I could have made it in basketball, because I was only 5′ 11″. So I just picked baseball.”
– Willie Mays

“Everybody pulls for David, nobody roots for Goliath.”
– Wilt Chamberlain

“I love various sports, including basketball, tennis and billiards.”
– Yani Tseng

“In sixth grade, my basketball team made it to the league championships. In double overtime, with three seconds left, I rebounded the ball and passed it – to the wrong team! They scored at the buzzer and we lost the game. To this day, I still have nightmares!”
– Zac Efron

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