Basketball Players & Coaches - The Best 50 Quotes

I can accept failure,
everyone fails at something.
But I can’t accept
not trying.
Michael Jeffrey Jordan

(*1963, also known by his initials MJ,
American former professional basketball player and entrepreneur)

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

(*1963, also known by his initials MJ,
American former professional basketball player and entrepreneur)

Sometimes
a player’s greatest challenge
is coming to grips
with his role on the team.
Scottie Maurice Pippen

(*1965, retired American professional basketball player)

If we all make
a concerted effort
and try to improve
the life of someone else,
then this world
would be a better place
to live in.
Alonzo Harding Mourning, Jr.

(*1970, American former professional basketball player)

When you are not practicing,
someone else is getting better.
Allen Ezail Iverson

(*1975, nicknamed A.I., The Answer, and King Cross,
former American professional basketball player)

I’m just going to play
whatever game is
in front of me.
Timothy Theodore “Tim” Duncan

(*1976, nicknamed “The Big Fundamental”,
American professional basketball player)

The game isn’t over
till the clock says zero.
Paul Anthony Pierce

(*1977, nicknamed “The Truth”,
American professional basketball small forward)

If you’re afraid to fail,
then you’re probably
going to fail.
Kobe Bean Bryant

(*1978, nicknamed the “Black Mamba”,
American professional basketball player)

Hard work beats talent
when talent fails to work hard.
Kevin Wayne Durant

(*1988, American professional basketball player)

Basketball is like photography…
If you don’t focus,
all you have is the negative.
Dan Frisby