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“No matter what...ball made my heart beat faster, made me want to jump up and down and be Superman. That's what life was about anyway, being Superman and living like life itself was important. Basketball made my life important.”

Author:Kobe Bryant

“Nervous means you want to play. Scared means you don't want to play.”

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Author:Sherman Alexie

“Millions of guys play millions of basketball games every day of the week at the playground or the YMCA. But LeBron James gets $20 million a year because he can jam on all of those guys. We're always going to want to see LeBron and Kobe go at it.”

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Author:Adam Carolla

“The biggest mistake coaches make is taking borderline cases and trying to save them. I'm not talking about grades now, I'm talking about character. I want to know before a boy enrolls about his home life, and what his parents want him to be.”

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

“There is no sin in not liking to play; it's a mistake for a boy to be there if he doesn't want to.”

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Author:Bear Bryant

“If you want to coach you have three rules to follow to win. One, surround yourself with people who can't live without football. I've had a lot of them. Two, be able to recognize winners. They come in all forms. And, three, have a plan for everything. A plan for practice, a plan for the game. A plan for being ahead, and a plan for being behind 20-0 at half, with your quarterback hurt and the phones dead, with it raining cats and dogs and no rain gear because the equipment man left it at home.”

“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

“We can't have two standards, one set for the dedicated young men who want to do something ambitious and one set for those who don't.”

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Author:Bear Bryant

“I always want my players to show class, knock'em down, pat on the back, and run back to the huddle.”

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Author:Bear Bryant

“I tell young players who want to be coaches, who think they can put up with all the headaches and heartaches, can you live without it? If you can live without it, don't get in it.”

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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

“If they don't have a winning attitude, I don't want them.”

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Author:Bear Bryant

“If you want team play, you must stress defense. Defense makes players unselfish.”

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Author:John Brady

“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

“Everyone wants to win, but not everyone is willing to prepare to win.”

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Author:Bobby Knight

“Coach now the way you want to coach 10 years from now.”

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Author:Jerry Krause

“Coaching is making men do what they don't want, so they can become what they want to be”

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Author:Tom Landry

“Building relationships is the key for being happy as a coach. Players must want to play for you. If they are comfortable with you, they will work hard for you.”

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Author:Mike McConathy

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

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Author:Don Meyer

“Know what you want to emphasize, then do it daily.”

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Author:Larry Shyatt

“If you want to be in the game you better shoot 75% from the line.”

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Author:Pat Summitt

“I do not want players who do not have a keen desire to win and do not play hard and aggressively to accomplish that objective.”

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Author:John Wooden

“Everyone is born with a certain potential. You may never achieve your full potential, but how close you come depends on how much you want to pay the price.”

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Book:On and Off the Court

Source: On and Off the Court

“We should not have to push you to work hard, you should work hard because you want to be a great player.”

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Author:Bobby Knight

“Don't let other people tell you what you want.”

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Author:Pat Riley

“We would love to have Gary down here. He's still tenacious on defense, and I know he still wants [a title]. And I'm the only guy in the world who can get him one.”

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Author:Shaquille O'Neal

“If they want to play football, we can play football.”

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Author:Shaquille O'Neal

“We want to show how hip-hop, which kind of fuels today's basketball stars, is directly related to jazz.”

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Author:Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

“When I'm finished playing, I want people to say, 'He handled this well, he kept his cool.'”

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Author:Kobe Bryant

“I'm just right down the middle, man, ... It doesn't matter to me. I'd love him (Phil Jackson) as a coach. It doesn't matter to me. If they want him here, he'll be here. If he wants to come, he'll come, he'll coach and we'll go from there.”

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Author:Kobe Bryant

“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

“Everywhere I've been, I've been the best player. I love being a leader, and I love being the best. I just want to get better. It's not about being cocky or selfish or anything like that. It's just how I am.”

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Author:LeBron James

“This is a job and we want to have fun. But it's a job and we should look like we're going to work.”

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Author:LeBron James

“Working with all of these kids is great. It doesn't get any better than this, to come down and inspire kids who want to play the game of basketball and put smiles on their faces.”

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Author:LeBron James

“I told myself if I ever made it to the level I want to be at, I'm gonna give back.”

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Author:LeBron James

“In the next 15 or 20 years, I hope I'll be the richest man in the world. That's one of my goals. I want to be a billionaire. I want to get to a position where generation on generation don't have to worry about nothing. I don't want family members from my kids to my son's kids to never have to worry. And I can't do that now just playing basketball.”

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Author:LeBron James

“I want to be a politician. I think I understand how the system works, I think a lot of politicians are corrupt, and it's about time we put some people in there who are going to look out for the majority of the people instead of the rich people.”

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Author:Charles Barkley

“I want her to understand that it's going to be a factor in her life. I just want her to know that (racism) does exist, and I want her to always be diligent, and if she sees it, address it and fight it.”

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Author:Charles Barkley

“I positively, positively, positively want to play. I've got everything else so why not a gold medal? I want to play.”

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Author:Patrick Ewing

“As far as carrying the torch for the years to come, I don't know. I just want to be the best basketball player I can be.”

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Author:Kobe Bryant

“I think I'll always want to improve my defense. That's something that can always be better. Not saying it's bad now, just something you should always work on.”

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Author:Carmelo Anthony

“You can talk without saying a thing. I don't ever want to be that type of person.”

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Author:Charles Barkley

“You can make all the excuses you want, but if you're not mentally tough and you're not prepared to play every night, you're not going to win.”

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Author:Larry Bird

“Everybody wants to talk about NBA players being selfish and arrogant and individuals. But what you saw today was a team bonding and facing adversity and coming out with a big win.”

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Author:Kobe Bryant

“If they want to win right now, I'm all for it. That's all I said the whole time. If you want to wait five years, let me know. My legs aren't as young as they used to be.”

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Author:Kobe Bryant

“I'm attacking the basket more. Because I'm more comfortable on the line, that's an area I want to get to.”

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Author:Tim Duncan

“Standing on the court and holding up that trophy - it's so great you want to keep doing it over and over again.”

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Author:Tim Duncan

“I want to be one of the best players in the game.”

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Author:Kevin Durant

“My mother taught me to always be strong and always work hard. She's been working hard her whole life for me and my brother. I'm a lot like her in that I work hard for what I want. She taught me that.”

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Author:Kevin Durant

“I like the nucleus that we have. I'm excited. I want to be here as long as possible. It's like family. I love being here.”

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Author:Kevin Durant

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