Best basketball & ability Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“I'm very, very confident in my ability to see the game - even before it's played.”

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“When I travel around the globe, I try as hard as I can to represent the NBA and the game of basketball to the best of my abilities. I get to go around the world and not only share the game but also my philanthropic work. Building a hospital in the Congo is one of the proudest achievements of my life.”

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Author:Dikembe Mutombo

“The man above has given me some unbelievable abilities to play the game of basketball. I just try to take advantage of it every night. I got the trust of my teammates and my coaching staff to go in there and let it go.”

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Author:LeBron James

“Basketball has always been a sport I loved and grew up playing. For me, it was one of those things that... I guess baseball was just in my genes a little bit. I have a lot of cousins that played baseball. Basketball is not an easy sport - you definitely got to be gifted to play that game. I felt like I was pretty good at it, but my ability was better in baseball.”

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Author:Dellin Betances

“I just go out there and play basketball. God's given me the ability. The only thing I can do is go out and play.”

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Author:Chamique Holdsclaw

“When I was young, I had to learn the fundamentals of basketball. You can have all the physical ability in the world, but you still have to know the fundamentals.”

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Author:Michael Jordan

“Leadership is helping yourself and other people achieve goals. The ability to direct your life to get the results you want is leadership.”

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Author:Cass Elliot

“Cancer can take away all of my physical abilities. It cannot touch my mind, it cannot touch my heart, and it cannot touch my soul.”

“Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.”

“Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.”

Source: The Greatest Coach Ever: Timeless Wisdom and Insights of John Wooden

“Everybody has talent, but ability takes hard work.”

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Author:Michael Jordan

“Just do what you do best.”

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Author:Red Auerbach

“I'll never give up on a player regardless of his ability as long as he never gives up on himself. In time he will develop.”

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Author:Bear Bryant

“If there is one thing that has helped me as a coach, it's my ability to recognize winners, or good people who can become winners by paying the price.”

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Author:Bear Bryant

“Don't ever give up on ability. Don't give up on a player who has it.”

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Author:Bear Bryant

“On a good team there are no superstars. There are great players who show they are great players by being able to play with others as a team. They have the ability to be superstars, but if they fit into a good team, they make sacrifices, they do things necessary to help the team win. What the numbers are in salaries or statistics don't matter; how they play together does.”

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Author:Red Holzman

“If you have ability in a certain area, why not capitalize on it and improve it and use it?”

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Book:Wilt: Just Like Any Other 7-Foot Black Millionaire who Lives Next Door

Source: Wilt: Just Like Any Other 7-Foot Black Millionaire who Lives Next Door

“Look for players with character and ability. But remember, character comes first.”

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Author:Joe Gibbs

“Your ability to communicate to your young people will determine your success.”

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Author:Jim Harrick

“Courage gives a leader the ability to stand straight and not sway, no matter which way the wind blows.”

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Book:Leading with the Heart: Coach K's Successful Strategies for Basketball, Business, and Life

Source: Leading with the Heart: Coach K's Successful Strategies for Basketball, Business, and Life

“There's a misconception about teamwork. Teamwork is the ability to have different thoughts about things; it's the ability to argue and stand up and say loud and strong what you feel. But in the end, it's also the ability to adjust to what is the best for the team.”

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Author:Tom Landry

“The ability to rebound is in inverse proportion to the distance your house is from the nearest railroad tracks.”

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Author:Don Meyer

“If a Coach is determined to stay in the coaching profession, he will develop from year to year. This much is true, no coach has a monopoly on the knowledge of basketball. There are no secrets in the game. The only secrets, if there are any, are good teaching of sound fundamentals, intelligent handling of men, a sound system of play, and the ability to instill in the boys a desire to win.”

“When you go out on the court whether it be for the championship or just a scrimmage, have confidence that your abilities and what you've learned in your drills are better than your opponent's. This does not mean you should disregard your opponent. Before taking the court for any game, you should do a lot of thinking about what you have to do to beat your opponent and what he must or can do to beat you.”

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Author:Bob Pettit

“Excellence is the unlimited ability to improve the quality of what you have to offer.”

Source: Success is a Choice: Ten Steps to Overachieving in Business and Life

“Ability may get you to the top, nut it takes chracter to keep you there - mental, moral, and physical.”

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Author:John Wooden

“A lot of times things get blown out of proportion in a negative light, especially in the NBA, ... But there are a lot of players in the NBA who really care about the community and want to use their basketball-playing ability for a good cause.”

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Author:Kobe Bryant

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