Quotes on Basketball Motivation

One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than a hundred teaching it.

Everybody on a championship team doesn't get publicity, but everyone can say he's a champion.

Everybody pulls for David, nobody roots for Goliath.

The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team.

What you are as a person is far more important than what you are as a basketball player.

You can't get much done in life if you only work on the days when you feel good.

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

Great players and great teams want to be driven. They want to be pushed to the edge. They don't want to be cheated. Ordinary players and average teams want it to be easy

If you are honest with yourself and can look into a mirror and believe that you have given 100 percent, you should feel proud. If you cannot, then there is more work to be done.

Not only is there more to life than basketball, there's a lot more to basketball than basketball.

Teams that play together beat those with superior players who play more as individuals.

One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.

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.

There may be people who have more talent than you, but there's no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do - and I believe that.