Famous Quotes & Sayings

Tim Duncan

I'm surrounded by nothing but great people. I've been blessed with that, so really, I've got no choice but to be an all-around good person.

Tim Duncan

I don't usually set personal goals.

Tim Duncan

I would have loved to play against Bill Russell. He was such a force.

Tim Duncan

I know I'm the guy others will lean on.

Tim Duncan

They say I have no emotions, but I'm excited even if you can't see it.

Tim Duncan

I don't try to change myself to impress anybody. I'm just who I am.

Tim Duncan

I'm going to try to fit in where I can and play the way I can.

Tim Duncan

I've never gotten too high or too low. It only messes you up.

Tim Duncan

Standing on the court and holding up that trophy - it's so great you want to keep doing it over and over again.

Tim Duncan

I'm just going to play whatever game is in front of me.

Tim Duncan

I am who I am because of the people who I grew up with and where I'm from.

Tim Duncan

If we win, I'm happy. The rest of it is just stuff.

Tim Duncan

Get your education. The number of guys who are blessed to be in the league is so small compared to the number of high school players [who want to play in the league]. But one thing you can do is get your college education. If you are blessed enough to get a scholarship to play college basketball, make sure you get your college degree, too, then move on from there.

Tim Duncan

I'm attacking the basket more. Because I'm more comfortable on the line, that's an area I want to get to.

Tim Duncan

We are unselfish and we trust each other

Tim Duncan

The time when there is no one there to feel sorry for you or to cheer for you is when a player is made.

Tim Duncan

I'm still learning. Hopefully I can keep getting better, and not stop where I am now.

Tim Duncan

You've got to stay ready, especially around here. That's what we preach, you'll get your opportunity whether it comes at the beginning or in the middle or in the end whenever it may be. When your time comes, you need to be ready to go because you're going to earn your minutes

Tim Duncan

Basketball's so much like life: if something's going great, you wait a minute, it will change. If something's going bad, you wait a minute, it will change. So I try to play things on such an even keel, knowing that things are going to change. You take the good with the bad; you don't get too excited, you don't get too down and sometimes that's the hardest thing in the world to do when you're in the midst of it, but that's the best way to handle it.

Sam Huff

Discipline is the whole key to being successful. We all get 24 hours each day. That's the only fair thing; it's the only thing that's equal. What we do with those 24 hours is up to us.

Ryne Sandberg

I was a baseball player at North Central High School in Spokane, Washington even though I was all-city in basketball, even when I signed a letter of intent to play quarterback at Washington State.

Russell Westbrook

I have a certain taste, and I might be like, 'I like this,' when other people are like, 'I can't wear that.' And in basketball, I might be able to do things other guys might not.

Russell Westbrook

I'm never satisfied. I'm always trying to get better and learn from my mistakes.

Russell Simmons

If you play basketball, you get into the zone. You can't miss. That's the expansive mindset we're all seeking. But that only comes when the mind is quiet and separate from the noise. And the greatest tool to eliminate the noise is meditation.

Steffi Graf

You can't measure success if you have never failed. My father has taught me that if you really do want to reach your goals, you can't spend any time worrying about whether you're going to win or lose. Focus only on getting better.

Thomas Jones

While I was in the NFL, I would eat five times a day. I only eat twice a day now, and I box and play basketball every day. I'm extremely happy with my body and mind.

Rebecca Lobo

My goals have gone from being an all-star to just being able to play basketball. I always took for granted that I could play. Now I know what a gift it is.

Rebecca Lobo

Basketball is always a piece of my life, but never the centerpiece.

Vin Scully

We survive our way through basketball hoping the #‎ Lakers will survive and we hope for the #‎ Kings and for the #‎ Ducks and we want them all to succeed but if you are a true fan and especially if you are a #‎ Dodgers fan deep down inside you are saying please get out of the way, get off the stage, here come the DODGERS!

Vince Carter

Everybody is different. Everybody has different styles. Just do it the best way you know how.

Victor Cruz

Sometimes on the basketball court or on the football field, you enter this place called 'The Zone.' You're not supposed to acknowledge when you're in 'The Zone,' but when you are, you simply cannot be stopped.

Stephen Covey

Effective leadership is the only competitive advantage that will endure. That's because leadership has two sides- what a person is character and what a person does- competence.

Stephen Lang

As you get older, stuff starts to wear down. I can't play four basketball games a week anymore. It takes me three days to recover from one. I'm a little older, a little scrappier. So now I do yoga instead. And whatever else happens in the day, I'm set up in the best way possible. I feel great. I'm so flexible.