“Team spirit means you are willing to sacrifice personal considerations for the welfare of all. That defines a team player.” MeanSpiritPlayerSacrificeTeamWillingBasketballWelfareCoachingConsiderationNbaTeam SpiritTeam Player Author:John Wooden
“Perhaps basketball and poetry have just a few things in common, but the most important is the possibility of transcendence. The opposite is labor. In writing, every writer knows when he or she is laboring to achieve an effect. You want to get from here to there, but find yourself willing it, forcing it. The equivalent in basketball is aiming your shot, a kind of strained and usually ineffective purposefulness. What you want is to be in some kind of flow, each next moment a discovery.” KnowsWantWritingKindImportantMomentsNextCommonAchieveEffectsPossibilityWillingBasketballShotsDiscoveryFlowLaborOppositesWhat You WantFinding YourselfTranscendencePurposefulness Author:Stephen Dunn
“The great thing about [Michael] Jordan was that he made them want it just like he wanted it. And a lot of times like a lot of the basketball players, not to be getting on basketball, but, with a lot of the basketball players you might have one superstar on the team, and they're not willing to play up to par with the way he is, so they don't make it. But then you have some celebrities on the basketball team, and they don't know how to get along with each other!” KnowsWayWantMadePlayMightWantedKnow HowPlayerTeamWillingBasketballGreat ThingsJordanSuperstarBasketball PlayerBasketball Team Author:Ginuwine
“You should be able to voice your opinion and respect the voice of the other side. You should be willing to educate yourself and know what it is you're dealing with.” KnowsShouldAbleSidesVoiceOpinionWillingBasketballRespectEducate Author:Steve Nash
“How do you go from where you are to where you wanna be? And I think you have to have an enthusiasm for life. You have to have a dream, a goal. And you have to be willing to work for it.” ThinkingDreamMotivationalGoalWillingBasketballEnthusiasmWhere You AreBasketball CoachingBasketball CoachEnthusiasm For Life Author:Jim Valvano
“It's about taking advantage of the opportunities you have right now, and right now we're in a position where you call somebody and they're willing to pick up and take the call because they're a fan, you have to take advantage of that and have a chance to capitalize on your ideas.” IdeasOpportunityChanceFansPositionWillingRight NowBasketballPicksAdvantageTaking Advantage Author:Dwyane Wade