Basketball Player Quotes

“How many times have your parents told you not to do things, and the next thing you know, you go do it? And you realized you shouldn't have done it.”

“Not every flying hero has a cape.”

“I realize that I'm black, but I like to be viewed as a person, and that's everybody's wish... I try to be a role model for black kids, white kids, yellow kids, green kids. This is what I felt was good about my personality.”

“I dont take pictures with Niggas”

“I basically expect anything. Isn't that wild? I used to surprise myself a lot: certain moves, how I'd get out of trouble. But at some point, you accept the talent that you have, you accept your creativity.”

“When I was young, I had to learn the fundamentals of basketball. You can have all the physical ability in the world, but you still have to know the fundamentals.”

“Failure makes me work even harder.”

“You always have to focus in life on what you want to achieve.”

“I have failed many times, and that's why I am a success.”

“Do I need my number retired throughout the course of the league to acknowledge what I've done? No.”

“Enjoy every minute of life. Never second-guess life.”

“One day, you might look up and see me playing the game at 50. Don't laugh. Never say never, because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.”

“If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.”

“Live the moment for the moment.”

“Accept a loss as a learning experience, and never point fingers at your teammates”

“Anyone who would argue that this third-generatio n MDX is an SUV might as well belong to the Flat Earth Society. The 2014 Acura MDX is the perfect expression of the modern car - capable, spacious, and friendly to drive.”

“When I lose the sense of motivation and the sense to prove something as a basketball player, it's time for me to move away from the game.”

“Success doesn't stop when you get there”

“Work ethics eliminates fear.”

“Life is a sport...drink it up.”

“I missed 9000 shots in my career, lost almost 300 games and missed the shot to win the game 26 times.”

“Ultimately, if you can say that I'm a bad owner and we're winning championships, I can live with that. But if we're not making the playoffs and we're spending and losing money, then I have to look in the mirror and say maybe I'm not taking the necessary steps to doing what it takes to run an organization.”

“When I worked on my game, that's what I thought about. When it happened, I set another goal, a reasonable, manageable goal that I could realistically achieve if I worked hard enough. I guess I approached it with the end in mind. I knew exactly where I wanted to go, and I focused on getting there.”

“Don't be afraid to fail. Be afraid not to try.”

“My most memorable dunk, that I think about very, very often, is the Patrick Ewing dunk.”