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“When I was young, everyone laughed at me when I said that I wanted to be a professional basketball player...now it's my turn to laugh.”

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Author:Allen Iverson

“Let's put it in old movie Mafia terms. There are guys that are in position to get by but they didn't wait their turn. They back-doored the top guy to get the power. For example, Sonny Corleone went up there, and he wanted to be the top guy. And the Godfather said, 'You know what dude, I'm a star.' That's what I'm doing now, and that's what I was trying to do with what's-his-name.”

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Author:Shaquille O'Neal

“I know how to turn the bad into good always.”

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Author:Shaquille O'Neal

“He credited his teammates, who he thanked in turn, with challenging him every day and driving him forward and making him a better player.”

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Author:Stephen Curry

“One-and-done is the most damaging thing in college basketball. It brings money into the college game, because it kickstarts the bidding war. When you know a kid can't turn pro and is going to go to school for one year and then go pro, that's when you see everyone going to games and courting players.”

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Author:Sonny Vaccaro

“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.”

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Book:I can't accept not trying: Michael Jordan on the pursuit of excellence

Source: I can't accept not trying: Michael Jordan on the pursuit of excellence

“My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength.”

Source: I'm back!: more rare air

“Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation.”

“March is a month without mercy for rabid basketball fans. There is no such thing as a 'gentleman gambler' when the Big Dance rolls around. All sheep will be fleeced, all fools will be punished severely... There are no Rules when the deal goes down in the final weeks of March. Even your good friends will turn into monsters.”

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Author:Hunter S. Thompson

“I love being a pavement artist; seriously, I do. It's like when guys who would normally hate being freakishly tall discover basketball, or when girls with abnormally long fingers sit down at a piano. Blending in, going unseen, being a shadow in the sun is what I'm good at. Seeing the shadows, it turns out, is not my natural gift.”

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Book:Cross My Heart And Hope To Spy

Source: Cross My Heart And Hope To Spy

“But there's one thing about quitters you have to guard against - they are contagious. If one boy goes, the chances are he'll take somebody with him, and you don't want that. So when they would start acting that way, I used to pack them up and get them out, or embarrass them, or do something to turn them around.”

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Book:Bear: The Hard Life and Good Times of Alabama's Coach Bryant

Source: Bear: The Hard Life and Good Times of Alabama's Coach Bryant

“I want to teach the post basic moves: turn and bank; drop-step and shoot a power layup; turn to the middle, pump-fake, one-bounce layup; and I want to teach five power moves. They are power layup straight up; pump-fake one bounce to the other side power layup; pogo when you catch it up high, keep it up high, and shoot it; and then the two-hand follow shot.”

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Author:Jim Harrick

“If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it.”

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Book:I can't accept not trying: Michael Jordan on the pursuit of excellence

Source: I can't accept not trying: Michael Jordan on the pursuit of excellence