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“Whatever pressure I feel all comes from me, from within. I always was that person who was hard on myself and challenged myself no matter what I was doing, whether it was passing third grade or playing basketball.”

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Author:Kendrick Lamar

“All of the Chinese people, the Asian people say, "Oh Yao Ming, you are all the Chinese, all of Asia's hopes." That's a lot of pressure. I'm just a basketball player.”

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Author:Yao Ming

“I don't believe in pressure. Pressure is when you don't know where your next meal is coming from.”

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Author:Shaquille O'Neal

“There is a lot of pressure put on me, but I don't put a lot of pressure on myself. I feel if I play my game, it will take care of itself.”

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Author:LeBron James

“Experience is everything. It means so much because it enabled me to learn the game even faster. Playing in the playoffs is the best basketball in the world, and if you can learn under that pressure, succeed under that pressure, it gives you more confidence the next year.”

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Author:Tony Parker

“A return to the NCAA is the expectation... I think that's a good pressure. I'd rather that pressure to the other way. ... I like a little pressure on me.”

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Author:Nate Oats

“Pressure is a word that is misused in our vocabulary. When you start thinking of pressure, it's because you've started to think of failure.”

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Author:Tommy Lasorda

“I'm not playing for other people; if I start thinking in those terms I would put too much pressure on myself. I play basketball because that is what I love to do.”

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Author:Jeremy Lin

“Everyting negative - pressure, challenges - is all an opportunity for me to rise.”

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Author:Kobe Bryant

“Pressure can burst a pipe, or pressure can make a diamond.”

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Author:Robert Horry

“Heart in champions has to do with the depth of our motivation and how well your mind and body react to pressure - that is, being able to do what you do best under maximum pain and stress.”

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Book:Second wind: the memoirs of an opinionated man

Source: Second wind: the memoirs of an opinionated man

“The only thing I pay attention to with free throws is what a guy does in the final four minutes of a game. If you can improve players' self-esteem and confidence, get them to relax, teach visualization and routine, they will shoot as well, or better, with the pressure on.”

“Players must do what you want them to do in pressure situations.”

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Author:Don Meyer

“In evaluating the way in which ball possessions are gained during the course of a game, we find that 60 to 80 percent of the possessions are gained by rebounding and after an opponent's score. Twenty percent come from opponents's error, and only 5 percent of the possessions come from steals and interceptions. A study of the way ball possessions are gained makes it seem highly impractical to base pressure defense on interceptions and steals.”

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Author:Ralph Miller

“We have a simple rule for switching. Anytime there is movement over the top of a screen, there has to be an automatic switch. If a blind pick is set on one of our defensive players, there has to be a switch. To play good pressure defense, you have to use the switch.”

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Author:Ralph Miller

“Pressure is something you feel when you do not know what you are doing.”

“The basic premise of my system is to fatigue your opponents with constant pressure defensively and constant movement offensively.”

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Author:Rick Pitino

“I don't put pressure on myself. When I put pressure on myself, then I just play bad. When I play bad, my team plays bad.”

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Author:Carmelo Anthony

“I know there's a lot of pressure, but I'm just going to go out and play my game.”

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Author:Carmelo Anthony

“I don't think there could ever be more pressure to succeed than the pressure I place on myself.”

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Author:Carmelo Anthony