iHoops Community: Basketball Quotes

Last post: Oct 28, 2009 6:35 PM by AJL20

LadyDon

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Oct 9, 2009 11:11 AM

Basketball Quotes

Does anyone have good basketball quotes they want to share? Share them here. I'll kick things off.

"To me, teamwork is the beauty of our sport, where you have five acting as one. You become selfless." -Coach Mike Krzyzewski

"Good defensive play is as much a matter of hustle, desire and pride as it is anything else." -- Tex Winter

"Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength." –Phil Jackson

“Good shooters take the shots; best shooters take most of the shots.” –Don Meyer

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PGallen88

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1. Oct 9, 2009 11:27 AM

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Re: Basketball Quotes

"The ideal way to win a championship is step by step." –Phil Jackson

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Bevad1Point

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2. Oct 9, 2009 11:40 AM

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Dig quotes. Cool.

"You don't play against opponents, you play against the game of basketball." -Bobby Knight

"Talent wins games, but team work and intelligence wins championships." -Michael Jordan

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BrennoUCLA

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3. Oct 9, 2009 12:11 PM

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Gotta love some of Phil Jackson's quotes. I'm a Lakers fan though so maybe I'm bias. Here is one of my favorites...

"In basketball - as in life - true joy comes from being fully present in each and every moment, not just when things are going your way. Of course, it's no accident that things are more likely to go your way when you stop worrying about whether you're going to win or lose and focus your full attention on what's happening right this moment." –Phil Jackson

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PTalent

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4. Oct 14, 2009 1:28 PM

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"I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed." MJ

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joliversptv

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5. Oct 14, 2009 2:01 PM

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"Be quick, but don't be in a hurry"..... 99 year old John Wooden

Possibly the greatest coach of any sport, ever.

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bluesman64

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6. Oct 14, 2009 2:32 PM

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One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.
-- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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RampageRemix1

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7. Oct 16, 2009 9:13 PM

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These aren't from anyone in particular, but I heard them along my coaching years...

" You must first lose in order to learn how to win".

" Your atitude determines your altitude".

" Hard work(practice), without confidence is the body working for free".

"The Insane Syndrome--doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result...if you are not improving in your basketball skills, but haven't changed the way you train...you are in the Insane Syndrome"!