Basketball Is My Life Quotes

People that don’t know me think that basketball is my life 24/7. Trust me, there is much more to my life. My number one priority in my life is my family.

I never looked at the consequences of missing a big shot… when you think about the consequences you always think of a negative result.

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

Be true to the game, because the game will be true to you. If you try to shortcut the game, then the game will shortcut you. If you put forth the effort, good things will be bestowed upon you. That’s truly about the game, and in some ways that’s about life too.

In basketball – as in life – true joy comes from being fully present in each and every moment, not just when things are going your way.

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

My heroes are and were my parents. I can’t see having anyone else as my heroes.

You can’t be afraid to fail. It’s the only way you succeed – you’re not gonna succeed all the time, and I know that.

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

Not only is there more to life than basketball, there’s a lot more to basketball than basketball.

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

I take my sport damned seriously. Basketball is my life. There are other people who go into important games as if they were any other game. I’m a brooder and I spend a lot of time thinking about my opponent, about the things he can do and about what I have to do to win. I don’t think I’ll ever be able to change that.

The game is my wife. It demands loyalty and responsibility, and it gives me back fulfillment and peace.

If you make every game a life and death proposition, you’re going to have problems. For one thing, you’ll be dead a lot.

The only way you’re going to get through life, happily, is being yourself.

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

If you think and achieve as a team, the individual accolades will take care of themselves. Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.