“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.” FeelsPersonsMatterHardBasketballThirdsPressureNo Matter WhatPassingPassingsGradesThird GradePlaying Basketball Author:Kendrick Lamar
“Hard work is not punishment. Hard work is the price of admission for the opportunity to reach sustained excellence” HardMotivationalOpportunityWorkHard WorkBasketballExcellenceCoachesPunishmentReachingNbaPaymentAdmissionMotivational WorkHard Work Pays Off Author:Jay Bilas
“In 1948, I began coaching basketball at UCLA. Each hour of practice we worked very hard. Each day we worked very hard. Each week we worked very hard. Each season we worked very hard. Four fourteen years we worked very hard and didn't win a national championship. However, a national championship was won in the fifteenth year. Another in the sixteenth. And eight more in the following ten years.” YearsHardWinningHoursPracticeFourWeekTenBasketballSeasonsFollowingEightCoachingEach DayNbaChampionshipFourteenUclaNational Championships Author:John Wooden
“I'm working hard to see whether there can be basketball next year.” YearsHardNextBasketballNbaNext Year Author:David Stern
“It's hard being the NBA's sex symbol, but somebody has to do it.” HardSexBasketballSymbolsNbaSex Symbol Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“It's humbling to know that you have fans all over America and all over the world and they want you to play on their respective basketball team. It's very humbling that they respect the way I play the game of basketball. I can't discredit that. I can't say I don't enjoy it because you put in a lot of hard work to have fans. And for me to be a role model and for me to have fans all over is great. It's very humbling.” KnowsWorldWayWantI CanHardPlayAmericaGamesEnjoyRolesTeamFansHard WorkBasketballModelsRole ModelsHumblingBasketball TeamDiscredit Author:LeBron James