“So after 11 years you're just picking up all this information. I'm a basketball junky, so I watch old players. The '90s was a great era of basketball. I watched so much of that. That just helped me be a student of the game and pick up any moment. It's the 10,000 hour rule. You're just trying to master your craft.” TryingYearsMomentsGamesHoursWatchesPlayerInformationStudentsMastersBasketballPicksCraftsErasChampionshipNba Championships Author:Andre Iguodala
“Perhaps basketball and poetry have just a few things in common, but the most important is the possibility of transcendence. The opposite is labor. In writing, every writer knows when he or she is laboring to achieve an effect. You want to get from here to there, but find yourself willing it, forcing it. The equivalent in basketball is aiming your shot, a kind of strained and usually ineffective purposefulness. What you want is to be in some kind of flow, each next moment a discovery.” KnowsWantWritingKindImportantMomentsNextCommonAchieveEffectsPossibilityWillingBasketballShotsDiscoveryFlowLaborOppositesWhat You WantFinding YourselfTranscendencePurposefulness Author:Stephen Dunn
“Michael Jordan once said that the most peaceful moments of his life were on a basketball court, because that's the only place he knew exactly what to do. And to me the most peaceful moments in my ministry are in the pulpit because that's when I really know what I'm going to do.” KnowsSaidMomentsBasketballCourtPeacefulMinistryJordanPulpitBasketball Court Author:Max Lucado
“Dear Basketball, From the moment I started rolling my dad's tube socks and shooting imaginary game-winning shots ... I fell in love with you.” MomentsGamesWinningLove YouDadBasketballShotsMy DadDearShootingImaginaryRollingSockTubesI Fell In Love With You Author:Kobe Bryant
“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.” InspirationalMomentsMotivationalActionTimeChoicesNextOpportunityPoliticsPresidentCan DoChangeLeadershipDecisionInspiringWorstPositiveInspirational LifePoliticianBasketballProductivityBest ThingsRight ThingDecision MakingWrongProcrastinationWorst ThingsBadassInactionWrong ThingsLife ChoicesMaking DecisionsPassivityTeddyMaking ChoicesBusiness GrowthDecisions MadeDecisions You MakeInactivityStop ProcrastinationBest OpportunityMake The Right ChoiceWise DecisionLife And ChoicesTough ChoicesMaking Tough Decisions Book:Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century Source: Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century
“I just got one last thing, I urge all of you, all of you, to enjoy your life, the precious moments you have. To spend each day with some laughter and some thought, to get you're emotions going.” LifeMomentsLastsEnjoyEmotionBasketballLaughterEach DayUrgesEnjoy Your LifePrecious Moments Author:Jim Valvano
“On the other hand, she never looked as -big- as she did at that moment. "What?" Rose demanded, glaring up at him. The warning signal flashed bright red in Kane's head. Telling a woman she was as big as a beach ball wouldn't win any points. How did one describe how she looked? A basketball? Volleyball? He studied her furious little face. Yeah. He was in big trouble no matter what he said. Description was out of the question. He needed diplomacy, something that flew out of the window when he was near her and she said the words like contractions.” LittlesSaidMatterMomentsHandsBigsFacesWinningTroubleNeededBasketballRedWindowBallsNo Matter WhatYeahRoseBeachDescriptionThat MomentWarningSignalsDiplomacyFlewVolleyballFuriousContractions Author:Christine Feehan
“Like life, basketball is messy and unpredictable. It has its way with you, no matter how hard you try to control it. The trick is to experience each moment with a clear mind and open heart. When you do that, the game - and life - will take care of itself.” WayTryingMindHeartMatterHardMomentsCareGamesClearBasketballTake CareTricksCoachingUnpredictableMessyBasketball CoachingOpen HeartClear Minds Author:Phil Jackson
“I had a moment like that with Wilt (Chamberlain). He knocked me out of bounds, I came back and faked him, came across the middle and dunked on him.” MomentsMiddleBasketballBoundsChamberlain Author:Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
“I realize now that there's a strength in dunking that I can use to my advantage. When you dunk all the time it isn't as demoralizing to the opponent, but when you dunk at a key moment in the game you can use it to change the momentum.” I CanMomentsUseGamesRealizingKeysBasketballAdvantageOpponentsMomentumDemoralizingDunking Author:Kobe Bryant
“There is nothing wrong with dedication and goals, but if you focus on yourself, all the lights fade away and you become a fleeting moment in life.” IfsMomentsLightGoalFocusBasketballDedicationFadesFleetingFade AwayFleeting MomentsFocus On Yourself Author:Pete Maravich