Pete Maravich
Pete Maravich
Peter Press "Pistol Pete" Maravichwas an American professional basketball player. He was born in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area, and raised in the Carolinas. Maravich starred in college at Louisiana State Universityand played for three NBA teams until injuries forced his retirement in 1980. He is still the all-time leading NCAA Division I scorer with 3,667 points scored and an average of 44.2 points per game. All of his accomplishments were achieved before the three-point line and...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth22 June 1947
CityAliquippa, PA
CountryUnited States of America
There is nothing wrong with dedication and goals, but if you focus on yourself, all the lights fade away and you become a fleeting moment in life.
They don't pay you a million dollars for two-hand chest passes.
I don't want to play 10 years and then die of a heart attack when I'm 40.
I lived my life one way for 35 years, for me. And then the focus came in on what I really was.
If I have a choice whether to do the show or throw a straight pass, and we're going to get the basket either way, I'm going to do the show.
It's hard when your father's the coach. Sometimes you don't know where one leaves off and the other begins.
My life had no meaning at all. I found only brief interludes of satisfaction. It was like my whole life had been about my whole basketball career.
I played six to 10 hours a day, every day, 90 days during the summer, and I'd do incredible things. I would dribble blindfolded in the house. I would take my basketball to bed with me, I'd lay there after my mother kissed and tucked me in, and I'd shoot the ball up in the air and say, 'Finger tip control, backspin, follow through.
When I arrived, I felt the spotlight shining brightly on me, and I knew the sharks were ready to strike if I did not pan out and prove myself to be the showman and the player the college ranks had labeled me to be.