Quotes on Basketball

True grit is making a decision and standing by it, doing what must be done.

I want to continue to do is to help these young women be successful. .. You don't just say goodbye at the end of their playing careers and end it there.

We cannot do great deeds unless we're willing to do the small things that make up the sum of greatness.

The true warrior understands and seizes that moment by giving an effort so intense and so intuitive that it could only be called one from the heart.

Everything rises and falls on leadership.

If a person doesn't govern his temper, his temper will govern him.

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.

I'll never worry about not being successful. I'll just take it one day at a time, one season at a time. And play as hard as I can.

The only thing even in this world is the number of hours in a day. The difference in winning or losing is what you do with those hours.

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.

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

You must understand as a kid of color in those days, the Harlem Globetrotters were like being movie stars.

So much of becoming a good athlete involves bringing other things to the table, other than physical skills. It involves intelligence, it involves many of the things that you learn during the process of being educated. How to analyze, how to assess, how to equate, how to reason.

I was latching on to something that was part of my heritage, because many of the slaves who were brought here were Moslems.

I lived my life one way for 35 years, for me. And then the focus came in on what I really was.

Great players are willing to give up their own personal achievement for the achievement of the group. It enhances everybody.

Because I want every kid to be viewed as a person rather than as a member of a certain race does not mean that I'm not black enough. . . . Do they want me to be positive just for black kids and negative for everybody else?

If people around you aren't going anywhere, if their dreams are no bigger than hanging out on the corner, or if they're dragging you down, get rid of them.

Let your life be your argument.

The occasion is piled high with difficulty. We must rise to the occasion.

So, the next time you're out working on your game and they pass you the rock, don't just take it to the hole. Take it to the next level. Don't just bend rims. Bend expectations. Let them see you and feel you and by the very virtue of your love, the truth in your game, they will hear you. Let your game speak.