Best 2712 quotes in «basketball quotes» category

Despite the amazing diversity we're blessed with in this country, schools are still in large part segregated because of economic disparity. Sports are one of the few areas where kids are really given the opportunity to interact with those of different races and religions.

Dinner, basketball game, four guys - classic.

Discover your gift, develop your gift and then give it away every day.

Discipline and demand without being demeaning.

Discipline is not a nasty word.

Discipline is the habit of taking consistent action until one can perform with unconscious competence. Discipline weighs ounces but regret weighs tons.

Discipline is the greatest form of love you can show someone. Great players crave discipline

Discipline yourself, and others won't need to.

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.

Discipline is the only sure way I know to convince people to believe in themselves

Doesn't matter where you come from, what you have or don't have... All you need to have is faith in God, an undying passion for what you do and what you choose to do in this life, and a relentless drive and the will to do whatever it takes to be successful in whatever you put your mind to.

Doing more of what doesn't work won't make it work any better.

Diamonds are only lumps of coal that stuck to their jobs.

Do not think a man has done his full duty when he has performed the work assigned him. A man will never rise if he does only this. Promotion comes from exceptional work.

Don't do anything as an individual that will make you stand out from your teammates.

Don't be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.

Don't call me son unless you're going to include me in your will. (When Adolph Rupp called him, "Son.")

Don't get angry; get better.

Don't ever give up on ability. Don't give up on a player who has it.

Don't be afraid to let your players know how much you care about them

Don't believe everything you hear - even in your own mind.

Don't let other people tell you what you want.

Don't let talent get in way of team performance. Great players do what's outstanding for team, not what makes them stand out

Don't get me wrong - I love Jason Kidd. He's a great point guard (But) how am I comparing myself to him when I think I'm the best point guard to play basketball? That doesn't make any sense. I mean, how can I sit here and compare myself to somebody if I already think I'm the best?I'm telling you what it is: I know I'm the best point guard in the NBA. I don't need anybody else to tell me that. When I go on the basketball court, if I think about what you're all saying, I'll lose my mind.

Don't give up. Don't ever give up.

Don't talk too much. Don't pop off. Don't talk after the game until you cool off.

Don't let winning make you soft. Don't let losing make you quit. Don't let your teammates down in any situation.

Don't worry about being cool. Worry about being the best

Don't try to imitate other coaches. Be your own person with your own style and do your own thing.

Do passing drills that come from your offense.

Do your best when no one is looking.

Do your best when no one is looking. If you do that, then you can be successful at anything you put your mind to

Don't overwork your squad. If you're going to make a mistake, under-work them.

Don't whine. Find the positive in difficult situations.

Driveway basketball, playing against the boys, watching Magic and Michael.

Do you want to choose winning over standing out? It's a choice every player on every championship team has to do

Drink deeply from good books.

D-Wade is the unselfish guy here-he is welcoming Chris Bosh and LeBron James to his team.

During 1866 and 1922, Native Americans and black soldiers often intermingled in the American west, on the frontier.

Each group and each youngster is different. As a leader or coach, you get to know what they need.

Each moment of my life I was dreaming of how great I could be, and continued working hard. Each time I closed my eyes I could see me shining bright like a sun.

Each time I step on the basketball court, I never know what will happen. I live for the moment. I play for the moment.

Each Warrior wants to leave the mark of his will, his signature, on important acts he touches. This is not the voice of ego but of the human spirit, rising up and declaring that it has something to contribute to the solution of the hardest problems, no matter how vexing!

Eddie Robinson is about one word: winning and losing.

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.

Effort is fully replenishable. There is no need to save any of it. Leave every bit you have on the playing field

Effort and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.

Either because I was an athlete or because I was black - probably both - there seemed to be a clear assumption that I wouldn't be up to the work.

Dreamers are not content with being mediocre.

Embrace what makes up you. Some stereotypes are true - I love chicken, but that's a stereotype, I love f**king basketball, but that's a stereotype, too. But who cares? Embrace it. Be who you are, and don't be ashamed of what that is.