Basketball Success Quotes

Blending the talents of your team members is crucial to basketball success.

What I tell people is be the best version of yourself in anything that you do. You don't have to live anybody else's story.

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

There's more to life than basketball. The most important thing is your family and taking care of each other and loving each other no matter what.

I like criticism. It makes you strong.

College coaches measure success in championships. High School coaches measure success to titles. Youth coaches measure success in smiles.

Success comes after you conquer your biggest obstacles and hurdles.

Success is that place in the road where preparation meets opportunity.

Every night on the court I give my all, and if I'm not giving 100 percent, I criticize myself.

Even when I'm old and grey, I won't be able to play it, but I'll still love the game.

Every time I rise up, I have confidence that I'm going to make it.

I do a little sign on the court every time i make a shot or a good pass and i pound my chest and point to the sky - it symbolizes that i have a heart for God. It’s something that my mom and I came up with in college and I do it every time I step on the floor as a reminder of who i’m playing for.

Success is not an accident, success is actually a choice.

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.

The two ingredients in success in basketball are playing hard and playing intelligently.

Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.

You don't have to live anybody else's story.

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.

All really successful coaches have a system.

Successful programs consist of people working hard, working together, while never worrying about who gets the credit.

Do your best when no one is looking. If you do that, then you can be successful at anything you put your mind to

I don't need too much. Glamour and all that stuff don't excite me. I am just glad I have the game of basketball in my life.

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

I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed. Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen. I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.

Be strong in body, clean in mind, lofty in ideals.

Don't give up. Don't ever give up.

You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.

I've never been afraid of big moments. I get butterflies.. I get nervous and anxious, but I think those are all good signs that I'm ready for the moment.

Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

I'd rather be a non-All-Star playing in the Western Conference finals than an All-Star who's sitting at home in May.

You can't be afraid to fail. It's the only way you succeed - you're not gonna succeed all the time, and I know that.

If you are afraid of failure, you don't deserve success.

I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.

Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it.

If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

To be successful you have to be selfish, or else you never achieve. And once you get to your highest level, then you have to be unselfish. Stay reachable. Stay in touch. Don't isolate.

If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them

If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.

I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.

The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand

There is nothing more common than unsuccessful men with talent.

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.

The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.

I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.

Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.

Your ability to communicate to your young people will determine your success.