Basketball Quotes

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

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• Mackay, Harvey "Leadership does not mean getting people to do their job. It means getting people to do their best."
  
  
• Mandela, Nelson "There is no passion to be found playing small, in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living."
  
  
• Mandino, Og "I will waste not even a precious second today in anger or hate or jealousy or selfishness. I know that the seeds I sow I will harvest, because every action, good or bad, is always followed by an equal reaction. I will plant only good seeds this day."
  
  
• Mansfield, Katherine "Make it a rule of life to never regret and never to look back. Regret is an appalling waste of energy; you can't build on it, it's only good for wallowing in."
  
  
• Maris, Roger "You hit home runs not by chance, but by preparation."
  
  
• Maugham, W. Somerset "It is a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you often get it."
  
  
• Maxwell, John C "Leadership is influence. Nothing more. Nothing less."
  
  
• Maxwell, John C "Everything rises and falls on leadership."
  
  
• Maxwell, John C. "A good leader is a person who takes a little more than his share of the blame and a little less than his share of the credit."
  
  
• Maxwell, John C. “Leaders will not experience long-term success unless a lot of people want them to.”
  
  
• Maxwell, John C. "If a person doesn't govern his temper, his temper will govern him."

  
  
• Maxwell, John C. "When problems confront successful leaders, they get excited about the opportunity."
  
  
• Maxwell, John C. " A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way."
  
  
• Maxwell, John C. "Learn to say 'no' to the good, so you can say 'yes' to the best."
  
  
• Maxwell, John C. “People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision.”
  
  
• McGannon, Donald "Leadership is action, not position."
  
  
• John McKay "You shouldn't worry about the fans or the press or trying to satisfy the expectations of everyone else. All that matters is whether you can look in the mirror and honestly tell the person you see there that you've done your best.."
  
  
• Mellor, David (Director of Grounds, Fenway Park) "Whatever it takes, that's what I do."
  
  
• Meyer, Don "In practice, don't just run basketball drills, teach the players how to play basketball."
  
  
• Meyer, Don "It is foolish to expect a young man to follow your advice and to ignore your example."
  
  
• Meyer, Don "Proper prior planning prevents pitiful poor performance."
  
  
• Meyer, Don "Be what ya is, 'cause if ya be what you ain't, ya ain't what ya is."
  
  
• Meyer, Don "You can have discipline and be demanding without being demeaning."
  
  
• Meyer, Paul J. "Ninety percent of all those who fail are not actually defeated. They simply quit."
  
  
• Meyer,Ray "Practice does not make the athlete. It is the quality and intensity of practice that makes the athlete, not just repeated practicing."
  
  
• Michener, James "Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries."
  
  
• Millman, Dan "I learned that we can do anything, but we can't do everything.. at least not at the same time. So think of your priorities not in terms of what activities you do, but when you do them. Timing is everything."
  
  
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