Basketball Quotes - Page 25

They say Elvis is dead. I say, no, you're looking at him. Elvis isn't dead; he just changed color.

If I don't believe it, then they don't need me on the court. I've just got to believe that in my heart.

We don't need no more rappers, we don't need no more basketball players, no more football players. We need more thinkers. We need more scientists. We need more managers. We need more mathematicians. We need more teachers. We need more people who care; you know what I'm saying? We need more women, mothers, fathers, we need more of that, we don't need any more entertainers

Have a spiritual basis which guides you in life. Have a philosophy of life to live by.

I ate too many Frosted Flakes. I don't remember what I said last night.

Just do what you do best.

From nobody to upstart. From upstart to contender. From contender to winner. From winner to champion. From champion to Dynasty.

If somebody says no to you, or if you get cut, Michael Jordan was cut his first year, but he came back and he was the best ever. That is what you have to have. The attitude that I'm going to show everybody, I'm going to work hard to get better and better.

My parents are my backbone. Still are. They're the only group that will support you if you score zero or you score 40.

I'm always hungry. I want to be the best.

Perfection is impossibility but striving for perfection is not. Do the best you can. That is what counts.

Basketball's a game of mistakes.

I would never recruit a player who yells at his teammates, disrespected his high school coach, or scores 33 points a game and his team goes 10-10.

I only use statistics to reinforce what I already think, or if it's something unusual.

I always mean what I say, but I don't always say what I'm thinking.

I never comment on referees and I'm not going to break the habit of a lifetime for that prat.

Great teamwork is the only way we create the breakthroughs that define our careers.

I never thought I'd lead the NBA in rebounding, but I got a lot of help from my team-mates - they did a lot of missing.

The game is my wife. It demands loyalty and responsibility, and it gives me back fulfillment and peace.

If you are confident you have done everything possible to prepare yourself, then there is nothing to fear.

The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it.

1. Be on time. 2. Never criticize a teammate. 3. Never use profanity.

I take my sport damned seriously. Basketball is my life. There are other people who go into important games as if they were any other game. I'm a brooder and I spend a lot of time thinking about my opponent, about the things he can do and about what I have to do to win. I don't think I'll ever be able to change that.

I'm not a role model... Just because I dunk a basketball doesn't mean I should raise your kids.

My rule was I wouldn't recruit a kid if he had grass in front of his house. That's not my world. My world has a cracked sidewalk.