Quotes about basketball
basketball true-joy true-life
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. Phil Jackson
basketball team player
Basketball is a great mystery. You can do everything right. You can have the perfect mix of talent and the best system of offense in the game. You can devise a foolproof defensive strategy and prepare your players for every possible eventuality. But if the players don’t have a sense of oneness as a group, your efforts won’t pay off. And the bond that unites a team can be so fragile, so elusive.
basketball mean heart
Once you've done the mental work, there comes a point you have to throw yourself into the action and put your heart on the line. That means not only being brave, but being compassionate towards yourself, your teammates and your opponents.
basketball dad shoes
My dad always had this little sign on his desk: 'The bigger your head is, the easier your shoes are to fill'. He really drilled that in.
basketball team kids
I won't coach this team next year if he is still here. He won't listen to anyone. I've had it with this kid.
basketball heart games
Like life, basketball is messy and unpredictable. It has its way with you, no matter how hard you try to control it. The trick is to experience each moment with a clear mind and open heart. When you do that, the game - and life - will take care of itself.
basketball people inspire
You can't force your will on people. If you want them to act differently, you need to inspire them to change themselves
basketball teamwork motivational-sports
Good teams become great ones when the members trust each other enough to surrender the Me for the We.
basketball girl play
I never thought basketball was going to be my future. I just wanted to play because it gets you girls. LeBron James
basketball hurt games
Losing a basketball game hurts but when you see what you've been through, you look on it and say well if this is the worst thing that can happen to me, then I'm okay.
basketball team hard-work
It's humbling to know that you have fans all over America and all over the world and they want you to play on their respective basketball team. It's very humbling that they respect the way I play the game of basketball. I can't discredit that. I can't say I don't enjoy it because you put in a lot of hard work to have fans. And for me to be a role model and for me to have fans all over is great. It's very humbling.
basketball shooting shots
They continue to criticize me for my outside shooting, but I continue to make outside shots.
basketball
No place is better than Akron.
basketball championship ready
I'm not promising a championship. I know how hard that is to deliver. We're not ready right now.
basketball determination winning
If it wasn't for the determination and the will power we have in each other, we wouldn't have pulled through and got this win. Much respect to Spain, but the U.S. is back on top again.
basketball team guy
A team can't work when a guy puts himself in front of a team. I have yet to be on a team like that.
basketball stars team
I've been watching basketball for a long time, I'm a historian of the game. I don't know any other team that's gotten to the Finals without two All-Stars... I cannot remember thinking of it. I don't even know if it's ever happened, for a team to lose two All-Stars and still be able to make it to the Finals.
basketball mom mother
That's what keeps me humble because I know my background, know what my mother went through. I never get too high on my stardom or what I can do. My mom always says and my friends all say, ’You're just a very low-maintenance guy’. I don't need too much. Glamour and all that stuff don't excite me. I am just glad I have the game of basketball in my life.
basketball teammate succeed
I love seeing my teammates succeed. That's what I get more excited about than anything
basketball sports hands
It's hard for me to congratulate somebody after you just lose to them, I'm a winner. It's not being a poor sport or anything like that. If somebody beats you up, you're not going to congratulate them- I'm a competitor. That's what I do. It doesn't make sense for me to go over and shake somebody's hand.
basketball heart perfect
I never wanted to leave Cleveland. My heart will always be in that area - in a perfect world I would have loved to stay.
basketball team games
You become a champion as a team. I understand that. I know the history of the game.
basketball worry long
I'm under a super microscope. I've got my friends to keep me cool. As long as you've got friends, you've got nothing to worry about.
basketball pain motivation
Maybe my pain was my motivation.
basketball heart kids
Before anyone ever cared where I would play basketball, I was a kid from Northeast Ohio. It’s where I walked. It’s where I ran. It’s where I cried. It’s where I bled. It holds a special place in my heart.
basketball laughing distracted
I laugh and joke, but I don't get distracted very easily.
basketball winning huge
And winning is a huge thing for me.
basketball games very-good
You know, I'm just 6'9" and 260. And just so happen to be very good at playing the game of basketball.
basketball team people
That's all our team is about. If we stop people, we're the most athletic team in this whole tournament and we can get out and get easy buckets.
basketball softball sports
You know, softball is the other sport I do besides basketball.
basketball team leader
I've always been a leader. I've always kind of been the tallest person on the team when I was younger but always kind of the smartest. I was ahead of my time. I wasn't always the oldest, I kind of was the youngest on the team, but, I kind of knew what to do at times.
basketball kids play
Working with all of these kids is great. It doesn't get any better than this, to come down and inspire kids who want to play the game of basketball and put smiles on their faces.
basketball humbling-experiences humbling
It's a humbling experience for me to be in this position.