Basketball Training Quotes

Everything happens for a reason. I'm used to it, I prepare for it. Like I say, at the end of the day, those in charge of their own destiny are going to do what's right for them and their family.

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.

All kids need is a little help, a little hope and somebody who believes in them.

Once you are labeled 'the best' you want to stay up there, and you can't do it by loafing around.

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.

I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come.

Sometimes a player's greatest challenge is coming to grips with his role on the team.

I play to win, whether during practice or a real game.

Do your best when no one is looking.

Do your best when no one is looking. If you do that, then you can be successful at anything you put your mind to

I know fear is an obstacle for some people, but it is an illusion to me . . . Failure always made me try harder next time.

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.

Basketball is like war in that offensive weapons are developed first, and it always takes a while for the defense to catch up.

Be strong in body, clean in mind, lofty in ideals.

Get the fundamentals down and the level of everything you do will rise

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

A lot of late nights in the gym, a lot of early mornings, especially when your friends are going out, you're going to the gym, those are the sacrifices that you have to make if you want to be an NBA basketball player.

When I was young, I never wanted to leave the court until I got things exactly correct. My dream was to become a pro.

You don't play against opponents, you play against the game of basketball.

You play with your soul as well as your body.

I've got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.

Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.

There is no such thing as life in-between.

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

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.

You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.

One man cannot make a team.

There are only two options regarding commitment; you’re either in or you’re out.

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

Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

I know I'm never as good or bad as one single performance. I've never believed in my critics or my worshippers, and I've always been able to leave the game at the arena.

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.

Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.

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.

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.

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

If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But 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.

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

A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.

Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.

If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.

I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.

I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.

Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.