Basketball quotes are a great source of motivation and inspiration, whether you are looking to build team pride, preparing yourself mentally for a game or interested in learning more about the exciting sport! Any player, coach or parent is sure to appreciate the best quotes on basketball that we have compiled below. We narrowed down the quotes to the best, most inspiring ones!
This valuable collection of basketball quotes contains wise words about the world of basketball from athletes, coaches, celebrities and more. Some of the basketball quotes are well-known while others may be new to you. Some are serious while others are humorous; in all cases they are inspiring!
If you have ever strived to be a top achiever in basketball or wanted to understand the enthusiastic spirit behind some of your favorite heroes in the sport, check out these amazing basketball quotes. They are sure to recharge your day and get you pumped for your next game out on the court!
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Motivational Basketball Quotes By Michael Jordan
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.
– Michael Jordan
Champions do not become champions when they win an event, but in the hours, weeks, and months, and years they spend preparing for it. The victorious performance itself is merely a demonstration of their championship character.
– Michael Jordan
There are plenty of teams in every sport that have great players and never win titles. Most of the time, those players aren’t willing to sacrifice for the greater good of the team. The funny thing is, in the end, their unwillingness to sacrifice only makes individual goals more difficult to achieve. One thing I believe to the fullest is that if you think and achieve as a team, the individual accolades will take care of themselves. Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.
– Michael Jordan
“You can practice shooting eight hours a day, but if your technique is wrong, then all you become is very good at shooting the wrong way. Get the fundamentals down and the level of everything you do will rise.”
– Michael Jordan
“I know fear is an obstacle for some people, but it is an illusion to me. Failure always made me try harder next time.”
– Michael Jordan
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.
– Michael Jordan
“I never looked at the consequences of missing a big shot… when you think about the consequences you always think of a negative result.”
– Michael Jordan
“I play to win, whether during practice or a real game. And I will not let anything get in the way of me and my competitive enthusiasm to win.”
– Michael Jordan
“Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.”
– Michael Jordan
“My heroes are and were my parents. I can’t see having anyone else as my heroes.”
– Michael Jordan
“My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength.”
– Michael Jordan
“If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.”
– Michael Jordan
“I’ve always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come. I don’t do things half-heartedly. Because I know if I do, then I can expect half-hearted results.”
– Michael Jordan
“Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.”
– Michael Jordan
“I’ve never been afraid to fail.”
– Michael Jordan
“Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation.”
– Michael Jordan
“People ask me if I could fly, I said, “yeah…. for a little while.”
– Michael Jordan
“I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.”
– Michael Jordan
“You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.”
– Michael Jordan
Inspirational Basketball Quotes By John Wooden
What you are as a person is far more important than what you are as a basketball player.
– John Wooden
We can have no progress without change, whether it be basketball or anything else.
– John Wooden
Winning takes talent, to repeat takes character.
– John Wooden
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
– John Wooden
It’s the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.
– John Wooden
I had three rules for my players: No profanity. Don’t criticize a teammate. Never be late.
– John Wooden
Somebody asked me – you know, how come it took you so long to win a national championship? And I said, ‘I’m a slow learner; but you notice when I learn something, I have it down pretty good.’
– John Wooden
A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment.
– John Wooden
It’s not so important who starts the game but who finishes it.
– John Wooden
Be quick, but don’t hurry.
– John Wooden
If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?
– John Wooden
Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.
– John Wooden
Success is never final; failure is never fatal. It’s courage that counts.
– John Wooden
Never make excuses. Your friends don’t need them and your foes won’t believe them.
– John Wooden
Consider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the feelings of others before your own rights.
– John Wooden
Discipline yourself, and others won’t need to.
– John Wooden
Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.
– John Wooden
If you’re not making mistakes, then you’re not doing anything. I’m positive that a doer makes mistakes.
– John Wooden
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.
– John Wooden
Don’t measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.
– John Wooden
Be true to yourself. Make each day a masterpiece. Help others. Drink deeply from good books. Make friendship a fine art. Build a shelter against a rainy day.
– John Wooden
Funny Inspirational Basketball Quotes
“Basketball doesn’t build character. It reveals it.”
—Unknown
“There are really only two plays: Romeo and Juliet, and put the darn ball in the basket.”
– Abe Lemons
“The secret is to have eight great players and four others who will cheer like crazy.”
– Jerry Tarkanian
“You don’t play against opponents, you play against the game of basketball.”
—Bobby Knight
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