Basketball Quotes - Page 30

Remember, half the doctors in this country graduated in the bottom half of their class.

Be honest and work hard to get what you want. Don't take shortcuts; you only cheat yourself in the long run. Success is not measured by money or fame, but by how you feel about your own goals and accomplishments and the time and effort you put into them.

Beliefs have the power to create and the power to destroy.

I'm still learning. Hopefully I can keep getting better, and not stop where I am now.

I can get better. I haven't reached my ceiling yet on how well I can shoot the basketball.

If you do not believe yourself no one else will.

The only way to get people to like working hard is to motivate them. Today, people must understand why they're working hard. Every individual in an organization is motivated by something different.

Giving yourself permission to lose guarantees a loss.

People ask me if I could fly, I said, 'yeah....' for a little while.

I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come. I don't do things half-heartedly. Because I know if I do, then I can expect half-hearted results.

I don't know what I'm going to do tomorrow. I just know for sure I'm going to keep playing basketball.

One man cannot make a team.

Confidence is a lot of this game or any game. If you don't think you can, you won't.

Setting goals for your game is an art. The trick is in setting them at the right level - neither too low nor too high. A good goal should be lofty enough to inspire hard work, yet realistic enough to provide solid hope of attainment.

I told him, 'Son, what is it with you? Is it ignorance or apathy?' He said, 'Coach, I don't know and I don't care.

If you're not talking, you're not playing defense

I always wanted to be a basketball player. Nothing more, nothing less.

For five years I've felt like the best prostitute in a high-class whorehouse. But all the other girls get paid more than I do.

I'll be the judge of my own manliness.

Part of the charm of basketball lies in the fact that it's a simple game to understand. Players race up and down a fairly small area indoors and stuff the ball into a ring with Madonna's dress hanging on it.

Poor people cannot rely on the government to come to help you in times of need. You have to get your education. Then nobody can control your destiny.

But you have to understand, my beard is so nasty. I mean, it's the only beard in the history of Western civilization that makes Bob Dylan's beard look good.

We learn to make a shell for ourselves when we are young and then spend the rest of our lives hoping for someone to reach inside and touch us. Just touch us—anything more than that would be too much for us to bear.

I enjoy jokes, smiling, and making people smile. I may be a little different, but that's OK, who wants to be normal anyway?

Inferior guards play on the sidelines and great guards play in the middle. Isiah, Magic, Chris Paul, all get to the middle