Basketball Quotes - Page 33

We did have three go to the YMCA.

Sports teach you how to be quick. Injuries teach you how to slow down.

Picking an assistant coach, the first thing I was interested in was the man's character.

One score makes happy ONE player, one assist makes happy TWO.

You've got to stay ready, especially around here. That's what we preach, you'll get your opportunity whether it comes at the beginning or in the middle or in the end whenever it may be. When your time comes, you need to be ready to go because you're going to earn your minutes

I am who I am because of the people who I grew up with and where I'm from.

Good defensive play is as much a matter of hustle, desire and pride as it is anything else.

After Michael Jordan had scored a play-off record 69 points - I'll always remember this as the night Michael and I combined to score 70 points.

Failure is good. It's fertilizer. Everything I've learned about coaching I've learned from making mistakes.

If you are not willing to work hard and establish discipline in your life, then all your dreams are merely pipe dreams.

The best way to forget ones self is to look at the world with attention and love.

There is nothing wrong with dedication and goals, but if you focus on yourself, all the lights fade away and you become a fleeting moment in life.

To have long term success as a coach or in any position of leadership, you have to be obsessed in some way.

The truth is that many people set rules to keep from making decisions.

I never thought a role model should be negative.

Nobody cared about swimming. You could draw a crowd for basketball.

I never think that there's something I can't do, whether it's beating my opponent one on one or practicing another hour because something about my game is just not right.

Everyone wants to do what the great ones do; but very few are willing to do what they did to become great

Build shelter against a rainy day.

Happiness begins where selfishness ends.

The team is the star, never an individual player.

Until my senior year, baseball and basketball were my best sports; and even when I was a senior, I still wanted to play baseball professionally. But the family wanted me to go to college and I guess I agreed with them or else I would have accepted some of the offers I got.

In Phil's case, I was personally thrilled he came back, because I think it's huge for the league. When you think about what he's done and how many championships he's won, there's always drama when he comes back in.

My grandchild has taught me what true love means. It means watching Scooby-Doo cartoons while the basketball game is on another channel.

I'm like a little kid that has a basketball and don't want nobody else to play with it. "It's mine, it's mine, and it's mine!" When it comes to sneakers.