Basketball Quotes

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

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• Reeve, Christopher "So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable."

• Rhee, Jhoon "Discipline is the habit of taking consistent action until one can perform with unconscious competence. Discipline weighs ounces but regret weighs tons."
  
  
• Rice, Condoleezza "Education is of no value and talent is worthless - unless you have an unwavering aim. Never find yourself without a compass."
  
  
• Rice, Jerry "Today I will do what others won't, so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can't."
  
  
• Riis, Jacob "When nothing seems to help, I go and look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred and first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not that blow that did it - but all that had gone before."
  
  
• Riley, Pat There are only two options regarding commitment; you're either in or you're out.  There's no such thing as life in-between."
  
  
• Riley, Pat "The true warrior understands and seizes that moment by giving an effort so intense and so intuitive that it could only be called one from the heart. "
  
  
• Riley, Pat "Great teamwork is the only way we create the breakthroughs that define our careers." 
  
  
• Riley, Pat "Excellence is the gradual result of always wanting to do better."
  
  
• Riley, Pat "Courage is not the absence of fear, but simply moving on with dignity despite that fear."
  
  
• Riley, Pat  "Great efforts springs naturally from great attitude." 
  
  
• Rivers, Glenn "Doc" "Mental toughness, mental toughness, mental toughness!"
  
  
• Robert, Cavett "Any person who selects a goal in life which can be fully achieved, has already defined his own limitations."
  
  
• Robinson, David "You're always going to face criticism, you're always going to face challenges, but those things are there to make you stronger and more committed."
  
  
• Robinson, Frank "Whether you're trying to excel in athletics or in any other field, always practice. Look, listen, learn -- and practice, practice, practice. There is no substitute for work, no shortcut to the top."
  
  
• Robinson, Jackie "A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives."
  
  
• Rodgers, Jimmy "Don't ever allow the pressure of competition to be greater than the pleasure of competition."
  
  
• Rohn, Jim Leaders must learn to discipline their disappointments. It's not what happens to us, it is what we choose to do about what happens that makes the difference in how our lives turn out. "
  
  
• Rohn, Jim "Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become."
  
  
• Rohn, Jim "We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of didcipline or the pain of regret. The difference is discipline ways ounces while regret ways tons."
  
  
• Rooney, Art Class is an intangible thing. Different people show it in different ways, but it does not take long to surface and it is easily recognizable.
  
  
• Roosevelt, Theodore "Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."
  
  
• Roosevelt, Theodore "We cannot do great deeds unless we're willing to do the small things that make up the sum of greatness."
  
  
• Roosevelt Theodore "In any moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing."
  
  
• Royal, Darrell  "Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity."
  
  
• Russell, Bill "Concentration and mental toughness are the margins of victory."
  
  
• Ruth, Babe "The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don't play together, the club won't be worth a dime."
  
  
• Ruth, Babe "It's hard to beat a person who never gives up.".

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