Basketball Quotes

A collection of inspirational basketball quotes listed alphabetically by the person quoted.

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• Carew, Rod "When you've learned to believe in yourself, there's no telling how good a player you can be. That's because you have the mental edge."
  

• Carnegie, Andrew "As I grow older, I pay less attention to what people say. I just watch what they do."
  
  
• Carnegie, Andrew "No amount of ability is of the slightest avail without honor."
  
  
• Carnegie, Andrew "Do not think a man has done his full duty when he has performed the work assigned him. A man will never rise if he does only this. Promotion comes from exceptional work."
  
  
• Carnegie, Dale "All life is a chance. The person who goes farthest is the one who is willing to do and dare."
  
  
• Carril, Pete "Winning takes character. Workers get the most out of themselves. When a body has limited talent, it must muster all its resources of character to overcome adversity."
  
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• Chamberlain, Wilt "This is a team game and one man doesn't win and one man doesn't lose. In the end, the best team usually wins."
  
  
• Chinese proverb "The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones."
  
  
• Chinese proverb "Dig the well before you are thirsty."
  
  
• Chinese proverb "The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.”
  
  
• Churchill, Winston "Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never."
  
  
• Churchill, Winston "We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give."
  
  
• Churchill, Winston "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
  
  
• Churchill, Winston "Continuous effort—not strength or intelligence—is the key to unlocking our potential."
  
  
• Churchill, Winston “The nose of the bulldog is slanted backwards so he can continue to breathe without letting go.”
  
  
• Collier, Robert "Success is the sum of small efforts - repeated day in and day out."
  
  
• Coolidge, Calvin "Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated failures. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent."
  
  
• Cooper, David "The pro is the person who has all the hassles, obstacles, and disappointing frustrations that everyone else has. yet continues to persist, does the job, and makes it look easy."
  
  
• Cousy, Bob "I dribbled by the hour with my left hand when I was young. I didn't have full control, but I got so I could move the ball back and forth from one hand to the other without breaking the cadence of my dribble. I wasn't dribbling behind my back or setting up any trick stuff, but I was laying the groundwork for it."
  
  
• Covey, Stephen "The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing."
  
  
• Covey, Stephen "Effective leadership is the only competitive advantage that will endure. That's because leadership has two sides- what a person is (character) and what a person does- (competence) ."
  
  
• Crawford, Roger "When you want to encourage a greater sense of responsibility in others (and yourself) emphasize the anticipation of accomplishment, not the penalties for failure."
  
  
• Curie, Marie "I was taught that the way of progress is neither swift nor easy."
  
  
  

  Basketball Quotes (We feel that our quotes are all great resources for basketball coaching and for life in general. We hope that you will find them to be useful!)

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