Quotes on Famous Basketball

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

I've had enough success for two lifetimes, My success is talent put together with hard work and luck.

As we develop new beliefs about who we are, our behavior will change to support the new identity.

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.

As far as carrying the torch for the years to come, I don't know. I just want to be the best basketball player I can be.

Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours.

The extra pass and the extra effort on defense always get the job done.

Everybody pulls for David, nobody roots for Goliath.

Attitude is a choice. What you think you can do, whether positive or negative, confident or scared, will most likely happen.

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

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.

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

A Coach must never forget that he is a leader and not merely a person with authority.

In life, never spend more than 10 percent of your time on the problem, and spend at least 90 percent of your time on the solution.

Heart in champions has to do with the depth of our motivation and how well your mind and body react to pressure - that is, being able to do what you do best under maximum pain and stress.

It's my experience that people rise to the level of their own expectations and of the competition they seek out.

Belief in yourself is what happens when you know you've done the thing things that entitle you to success.

There is a difference between conceit and confidence. Conceit is bragging about yourself. Confidence means you believe you can get the job done.

Nothing is stronger than habit.

You have to be able to center yourself, to let all of your emotions go... Don't ever forget that you play with your soul as well as your body.