Basketball Player Quotes
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Basketball Player Quotes & Sayings
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I wasn't as critical during games as I was at practice. Players needed confidence during games more than criticism.
— Dean Smith
Players will never do more than you demand.
— Jimmy Tillette
In my first film, I was a basketball player. Like every good actor, I lied when they asked me if I could play.
— David Morse
I continually stress to my players that all I expect from them at practice and in the games is their maximum effort.
— John Wooden
I used to play soccer when I was in Morocco, but I was more of a basketball player. I played high school basketball, I played AAU basketball.
— French Montana
We overload in our workouts so that the game slows down in real life. It helps you become a smarter basketball player.
— Stephen Curry
A key basketball skill is imagery. The best players "see" situations before they happen so they can be prepared
— Jack Ramsay
Once you become a good person, then you have a chance of becoming a good basketball player.
— John Wooden
One player's selfish attitude can poison a locker room and make it hard, if not impossible, to establish team work
— Dean Smith
I'm fighting against becoming soft. That's the worst thing you can say to a basketball player.
— Dennis Rodman
I didn't want to become a reserve player, or a bench player, and it was time to move on and take on another challenge.
— Julius Erving
A quick way for any player to make himself better is to think about what he himself doesn't like to play against
— Bobby Knight
I'm playing against great players, playing against the best in the world. The competition-that's what I've always wanted.
— Kobe Bryant
I'm looking for players who make their teammates better. You do that with enthusiasm and passion.
— Mike Krzyzewski
Footwork is one of the primary prerequisites to becoming a great player
— Mike Krzyzewski
I don't recruit players who are nasty to their parents. I look for players who realize the world doesn't revolve around them.
— Pete Carril
You learn from everybody. You learn from the players. You learn from great coaches. You learn from great teams
— Tom Thibodeau
As players see themselves getting better through skill sessions, they will want to get in the gym more
— Billy Donovan
Michael Jordon may have been the best basketball player in history, but he couldn't have won six NBA titles without a team.
— Mark E. Hyman
In all my years one thing has never changed; You win with serious, tough-minded players. That never changes
— Tom Thibodeau
A team is a group of players who support one another on court and who think of the group before they think of themselves
— K. C. Jones
Great players never look in the mirror and think I'm a great basketball player. You ask yourself, Am I the best player I can be?
— Michael Jordan
When I was young, everyone laughed at me when I said that I wanted to be a professional basketball player ... now it's my turn to laugh.
— Allen Iverson
Players must be able to carry out simple instructions from the bench to the court. If they can't, then they can't play
— Bobby Knight
I think planning to be a "professional adventurer" is about as realistic as planning to be a basketball player, so I don't usually encourage it.
— Andrew Skurka
On good teams coaches hold players accountable, on great teams players hold players accountable
— Joe Dumars
In planning any type of offense, when a player leaves a spot always replace him with another offensive player.
— Hubie Brown
Even the greatest players accept coaching and value the need for discipline and the order that it brings to the team
— Jack Ramsay
I do not want players who do not have a keen desire to win and do not play hard and aggressively to accomplish that objective.
— John Wooden
I think coaches sometimes foul their own players out of game by benching them too long when in foul trouble
— Jeff Van Gundy
Team spirit means you are willing to sacrifice personal considerations for the welfare of all. That defines a team player.
— John Wooden
If a player leaves Marquette and doesn't have some of my blood in him, then I don't think I've done a good job.
— Al McGuire
I would rather have a player who has mastered two or three moves than to try to teach him six or seven.
— Norm Sloan
What I've talked about the entire series and throughout this playoffs is about intensity and effort, desire and will of our players.
— Bill Laimbeer
Magic Johnson is the best player who plays on the ground, and Michael Jordan is the best player who plays in the air.
— John Paxson
I'm a basketball player. That's what I do and what I love but that's just not all who I am. I'm talented in a lot of different areas.
— Kevin Durant
He credited his teammates, who he thanked in turn, with challenging him every day and driving him forward and making him a better player.
— Stephen Curry
I'm glad I stayed in school four years. It matured me as a man and as a basketball player.
— Josh Howard
Basketball is great; no one in Europe seems to believe just how close the spectators can sit to the players.
— Michael Douglas
It's better to have a good player with the basketball in late game situations than to have plays.
— Rick Pitino
I feel like I'm a basketball player in a football uniform.
— Terrell Owens
Being a superstar means you've reached your potential, and I don't think I've reached my potential as a basketball player and as a leader yet.
— Stephen Curry
I don't know hardly any of the players who have the in-between game like me, who can go to any position on the court.
— Oscar Robertson
Up until I was about 12, I was a ballet dancer and a basketball player.
— Katherine McNamara
Play off your great player ... great teams have a go-to player and they play off of him.
— Don Meyer
Our offensive philosophy is to simply find a way to get the ball into the hands of our team's best player.
— Kelvin Sampson
Few players have cast a spell across the game like Yao Ming, before or since.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
I wanted to avoid service, because I was on the road to becoming a professional basketball player.
— Dirk Nowitzki
I think, growing up, I was seen as the perfect power forward. For a long time, I thought maybe I was supposed to be a basketball player.
— D'Brickashaw Ferguson
I think I'm the only player who looks at each and every center and says to myself, 'That's barbecued chicken down there.'
— Shaquille O'Neal
I just said to myself, 'Damn, I'm a great player.'
— Shaquille O'Neal
I want to be one of the best players in the game.
— Kevin Durant
I started out as a football player. I liked to inflict pain. In basketball, it was the same thing.
— Shaquille O'Neal
I'd heard stuff from out there that I was just another player, that I was too young. I wanted to show I could play with anybody.
— Shaquille O'Neal
Your best players have to unite and inspire the group ... otherwise, they'll divide the group
— Jeff Van Gundy
With a versatile player, there's no spot on the court you can't pass him the ball. You can do anything.
— Kevin Durant
Work as hard as you can to become as good an individual player as you can to help your team win
— Doug Collins
What distinguishes a great player is his presence. When he goes on to the court, his presence dominates the atmosphere.
— Bill Russell
You should sub a player out when you see a player not going full-speed or playing selfish basketball.
— Dean Smith
Your best player has to set a tone of intolerance for anything that gets in the way of winning
— Jeff Van Gundy
The team is the star, never an individual player.
— John Wooden
Coaches win practices, players win games
— Pete Carril
He doesn't necessarily have to learn the sky hook. He just has to learn how to be an effective post player. I think I can help him do that.
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
I try to never lose sight of what a special time it is to be a women's basketball player.
— Sue Wicks
I was a better basketball player growing up in high school than I was a swimmer. Basketball to this day is my favorite sport.
— Ryan Lochte
Treat each player as your own son/daughter if you can ... the parents have invested in you.
— Henry Iba
I'm looking for activity. I put players in and take them out based on effort and defense, not making or missing shots
— Doc Rivers
If you're a basketball player, you've got to shoot.
— Oscar Robertson
