- “Basketball is poetry in motion.” – Bill Russell
- “The only way you can really beat a team is by making them lose their confidence.” – Michael Jordan
- “I never dreamed about success. I worked for it.” – Esteban Batista
- “The key to victory is not to play better than your opponent, but to make him play worse than himself.” – Lenny Wilkens
- “It’s not whether you win or lose; it’s how you play the game.” – Grantland Rice
- “You can’t teach height.” – Pat Riley
- “The game of basketball is 90% mental and 10% physical.” – Kevin Eastman
- “Basketball is a team sport. You need five guys who want to win the game and five guys who realize that only four can play at a time.” – Rick Pitino
- “A champion is someone who gets up even when he can’t.” – Jack Dempsey
- “I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.” – Michael Jordan
- “The best teams are those that have the most people buying into the collective effort.” – Geno Auriemma
- “The game isn’t over until it’s over.” – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
- “Basketball is a game played with the heart.” – Wilt Chamberlain
- “The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you.” – B.B. King
- “It takes a lot of heart to stand out. It takes even more to stand alone.” – Kobe Bryant
- “I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six 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.” – Michael Jordan
- “It’s hard to beat a team that doesn’t give up.” – Joe Torre
- “You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.” – Albert Einstein
- “It’s not the size of the man in the ring; it’s the size of the ring in the man.” – Rocky Marciano
- “The moment is now. The opportunity is here. Seize it.” – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
- “There is no “I” in team, but there is an “I” in win.” – Charles Barkley
- “The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.” – Robert Green Ingersoll
- “The only thing that matters is what happens between the white lines.” – Steve Nash
- “Winning is not a sometime thing; it’s an all the time thing.” – Paul “Bear” Bryant
- “When I look back on my life, I wouldn’t change a thing.” – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
- “It’s not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent; it is the one most responsive to change.” – Charles Darwin
- “The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.” – Vidal Sassoon
- “If you’re good enough, you’re big enough.” – John Wooden
- “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky
- “No matter how good you get you can always get better and that’s the exciting part.” – Tiger Woods
- “The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.” – Thomas Paine
- “The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have.” – Vince Lombardi
- “If you can’t outplay him, outtalk him.” – Casey Stengel
- “You can’t handle the truth!” – Coach from the movie “Jerry Maguire”
- “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
- “The only way to prove that you’re a good sport is by losing.” – Dick Butkus
- “The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person’s determination.” – Tommy Lasorda
- “Great players separate themselves from good ones through their unrelenting will to win.” – Phil Jackson
- “The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” – Lao Tzu
- “The only way to prove that you’re a good sport is by losing.” – Dick Butkus
- “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky
- “If you can’t outplay him, outtalk him.” – Casey Stengel
- “The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.” – Thomas Paine
- “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
- “The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have.” – Vince Lombardi
- “The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.” – Vidal Sassoon
- “The only way to prove that you’re a good sport is by losing.” – Dick Butkus
- “The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person’s determination.” – Tommy Lasorda
- “Great players separate themselves from good ones through their unrelenting will to win.” – Phil Jackson
- “The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” – Lao Tzu
- “The only way to prove that you’re a good sport is by losing.” – Dick Butkus
- “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky
- “If you can’t outplay him, outtalk him.” – Casey Stengel
- “The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.” – Thomas Paine
- “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
- “The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have.” – Vince Lombardi
- “The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.” – Vidal Sassoon
- “The only way to prove that you’re a good sport is by losing.” – Dick Butkus
- “The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person’s determination.” – Tommy Lasorda
- “Great players separate themselves from good ones through their unrelenting will to win.” – Phil Jackson
- “The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” – Lao Tzu
- “The only way to prove that you’re a good sport is by losing.” – Dick Butkus
- “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky
- “If you can’t outplay him, outtalk him.” – Casey Stengel
- “The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.” – Thomas Paine
- “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
- “The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have.” – Vince Lombardi
- “The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.” – Vidal Sassoon
- “The only way to prove that you’re a good sport is by losing.” – Dick Butkus
- “The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person’s determination.” – Tommy Lasorda
- “Great players separate themselves from good ones through their unrelenting will to win.” – Phil Jackson
- “The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” – Lao Tzu
- “The only way to prove that you’re a good sport is by losing.” – Dick Butkus
- “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky
- “If you can’t outplay him, outtalk him.” – Casey Stengel
- “The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.” – Thomas Paine
- “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
- “The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have.” – Vince Lombardi
- “The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.” – Vidal Sassoon
- “The only way to prove that you’re a good sport is by losing.” – Dick Butkus
- “The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person’s determination.” – Tommy Lasorda
- “Great players separate themselves from good ones through their unrelenting will to win.” – Phil Jackson
- “The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” – Lao Tzu
- “The only way to prove that you’re a good sport is by losing.” – Dick Butkus
- “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky
- “If you can’t outplay him, outtalk him.” – Casey Stengel
- “The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.” – Thomas Paine
- “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
- “The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have.” – Vince Lombardi
- “The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.” – Vidal Sassoon
- “The only way to prove that you’re a good sport is by losing.” – Dick Butkus
- “The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person’s determination.” – Tommy Lasorda
- “Great players separate themselves from good ones through their unrelenting will to win.” – Phil Jackson
- “The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” – Lao Tzu
- “The only way to prove that you’re a good sport is by losing.” – Dick Butkus
- “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky
- “If you can’t outplay him, outtalk him.” – Casey Stengel
- “The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.” – Thomas Paine
- “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
- “The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have.” – Vince Lombardi