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“What to do with a mistake: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it.”

“I think everyone should experience defeat at least once during their career. You learn a lot from it.”

“The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it.”

“You'll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him.”

“I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”

“If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.”

“I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.”

“I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.”

“Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.”

“Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.”

“You don't play against opponents, you play against the game of basketball.”

“The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.”

“Be strong in body, clean in mind, lofty in ideals.”

“If you have a positive attitude and constantly strive to give your best effort, eventually you will overcome your immediate problems and find you are ready for greater challenges.”

“Each Warrior wants to leave the mark of his will, his signature, on important acts he touches. This is not the voice of ego but of the human spirit, rising up and declaring that it has something to contribute to the solution of the hardest problems, no matter how vexing!”

“Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.”

“To have long term success as a coach or in any position of leadership, you have to be obsessed in some way.”

“The idea is not to block every shot. The idea is to make your opponent believe that you might block every shot.”

“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.”

“I've got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.”

“Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.”

“I asked a ref if he could give me a technical foul for thinking bad things about him. He said, of course not. I said, well, I think you stink. And he gave me a technical. You can't trust em.”

“You can't get much done in life if you only work on the days when you feel good.”

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

“Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.”

“It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.”

“You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one.”

“A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment.”

“It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.”

“What you are as a person is far more important than what you are as a basketball player.”

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

“Winning takes talent; to repeat takes character.”

“Never mistake activity for achievement.”

“One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.”

“When I was young, I never wanted to leave the court until I got things exactly correct. My dream was to become a pro.”