Basketball Quotes - Page 32

When you have a problem, if you tell the truth, the problem becomes part of your past. If you lie, it becomes part of your future.

Blocking out is everyday, every drill, all the time. We run sprints every time someone does not blockout.

Basketball is a great mystery. You can do everything right. You can have the perfect mix of talent and the best system of offense in the game. You can devise a foolproof defensive strategy and prepare your players for every possible eventuality. But if the players don’t have a sense of oneness as a group, your efforts won’t pay off. And the bond that unites a team can be so fragile, so elusive.

Approach the game with no preset agendas and you'll probably come away surprised at your overall efforts.

Love is the force that ignites the spirit and binds teams together.

Great genetics are not necessarily a precursor for success in the game. Brazilian Legend Pelé has often said that soccer stars are not born. Without proper soccer training a player will never reach his full potential. It is true that great speed would benefit someone who plays as a winger but would not be as useful for a goalkeeper. The greatest advantage of soccer is that it is not as discriminating as basketball or volleyball. There are no limitations when it comes to physique and it all comes down to individual soccer skills.

It's like all guys want to do is make a dunk, grab their shirt and yell out and scream - they could be down 30 points but that's what they do. Okay, so you made a dunk. Get back down the floor on defense!

People want to be on a team. They want to be part of something bigger than themselves. They want to be in a situation where they feel that they are doing something for the greater good.

I'm a lover not a fighter.

Everyone thought I was going to die like a year later, they didn't know. So I helped educate sports, and then the world, that a man living with HIV can play basketball. He's not going to give it to anybody by playing basketball.

I'm not afraid of nothing, I just like the challenge, and I love being here.

Ask me to play. I'll play. Ask me to shoot. I'll shoot. Ask me to pass. I'll pass. Ask me to steal, block out, sacrifice, lead, dominate. Anything. But it's not what you ask of me. It's what I ask of myself.

I've pretty much done all I can here and, you know, God will carry me the rest of the way, so I'm pretty comfortable with that.

People just don't understand how obsessed I am with winning.

The extra pass and the extra effort on defense always get the job done.

A player who makes a team great is better than a great player.

You have to lose yourself in the team and you have to lose yourself in the game

Shooting percentage is just as much about decision making as it is about technique

Your decisions reveal your priorities

You prove your worth with your actions, not with your mouth.

Consistency is what counts; you have to be able to do things over and over again.

I don't think I can play any other way but all out . . . I enjoy the game so much because I'm putting so much into it.

I have two definitions of success - one on the basketball court and one in my personal life. In basketball, success means making my teammates better, winning basketball games and winning championships. In my personal life, success means being a good father to my sons and raising them to be strong men; taking care of my family and being a good friend; and using my influence to make a difference in the community.

They didn't have a problem with me being wild and crazy when it came time to fill the arenas.

The most important thing in good leadership is truly caring.