Wallpaper: 10 Basketball Quotes to Get You Motivated

Looking for some basketball inspiration? Check out these 10 quotes from some of the game’s greatest players They’ll get you motivated to hit the court and achieve your hoop dreams!

Michael Jordan Quotes

1. “I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”
2. “I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.”
3. “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.”
4. “The minute you give up is the minute you let someone else win”
5. “Don’t waste your time living someone else’s life”
6. “You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them”
7.”I’m competitive, but I don’t think that’s what fueled my success as much as my willingness to prepare to be the best.”
8.”Nobody can stop you but yourself.”
9.”There is no ‘I’ in team but there is in win.”
10.”The most important thing is to enjoy your life – to be happy – it’s all that matters.”

Kobe Bryant Quotes

“The most important thing is to enjoy your life – to be happy – it’s all that matters.”
“I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.”
“I’m chasing perfection.”
“I become more of who I am every day.”
“I’m extremely blessed.”
“When you put on this Lakers jersey, it’s not about you anymore. It’s about representing the history, the tradition and the commitment to excellence that this franchise is all about.”
“Excellence is not a solitary act; it’s born of team effort.”
“To succeed in anything, you have to have a lot of passion for what you’re doing and a willingness to sacrifice and commit fully to your goals.”
“There’s losing and then there’s getting beat. They’re two different things. One requires presence, the other doesn’t.”

LeBron James Quotes

“I’m not in competition with other people, I’m in competition with myself.” -LeBron James

“There’s a lot of things that go into being successful, and one of the key components is Mental Toughness ” -LeBron James

“I think the game of basketball has always been special to me because it’s one where I can go out and be completely in control.” -LeBron James

“I work on my game every single day.” -LeBron James

“Anything is possible if you have the mindset and believe you can do it.” -LeBron James

“The beauty of sports is that you never know what’s going to happen next.” -LeBron James

“When you’re able to be successful at something that you love, it just doesn’t get any better than that.” -LeBron James

Magic Johnson Quotes

“All kids need is a little help, a little hope and somebody who believes in them.”

“You can never excuse losing.”

“If you’re afraid to fail, then you’re probably going to fail.”

“If you don’t believe in yourself, then nobody else is going to believe in you.”

“I’m a firm believer that whatever happens in your life happens for a reason.”

Larry Bird Quotes

“The game has its ups and downs, but you can never lose sight of your individual goals and you can’t let yourself beBeaten down by the defeats.”

“I’ve always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come.”

“I think it’s important that we all find our own path. You’re not going to be able to do what I do. I’m not going to be able to do what you do. But if you find your own way, that’s when you’ll be successful.”

“You can motivate by fear, and you can motivate by reward. But both those methods are only temporary. The only lasting thing is self-motivation.”

“If you’re bored with life – you don’t get up every morning with a burning desire to do things – you don’t have enough goals.”

“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.”

“Wouldn’t it be great if everybody could experience just one day of winning everything?”

“My father gave me one piece of advice. He said ‘always finishes what you start’.”

“The first step is yyou gotta believe that you’re Gonna make it happen.”

Bill Russell Quotes

“The game has always been my teacher. It is the one place where I have always found balance.”

“Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.”

“Success is measured by how you Bounce Back from failure.”

“I never asked what the score was or who we re Playing I just went out and did my best.”

“If you don’t have the stamina to play defense for 48 minutes, you should try another sport.”

“You can’t be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline- it helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer.”

Wilt Chamberlain Quotes

“No man has ever played basketball better than me.”

“Basketball is like war in that offensive weapons are developed first, and it always takes a while for the defense to catch up.”

“Nobody roots for Goliath.”

“I didn’t want to be the center of attention — I just wanted to play ball and go home.”

“I was centered in myself. I was playing as well as I’d ever played, as hard as I’d ever played.”

“There are really only two plays: Romeo and Juliet, and put the darn ball in the basket.”

“You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.”

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Quotes

basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has some of the most inspirational quotes about the game. Here are 10 of his best.
1. “You can’t win unless you learn how to lose.”
2. “I’ve never met a person who didn’t like to win.”
3. “Winning is only half of it. Having fun is the other half.”
4. “The key to winning is wrapping your brain around losing until it becomes unacceptable to you.”
5. “Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.”
6. “I think that playing basketball my accomplishments in the game, have helped open doors for me that otherwise may not have been open.”
7. “If you don’t want to work hard, then you can forget about ever winning anything significant in this game. period. end of story.”
8. “Success is neither magical nor mysterious. It is the natural consequence of consistently applying basic fundamentals with passion and diligence over an extended period of time!”
9. “Basketball doesn’t build character it reveals it!”
10 “No matter how much talent you have, if you don’t put in hard work and dedication, it will all be for naught.”

Shaquille O’Neal Quotes

“There is no I in team, but there is an I in win.” – Shaquille O’Neal

“I know that I can do the work. It’s just a matter of getting out there and doing it.” – Shaquille O’Neal

“The man with no imagination has no wings.” – Shaquille O’Neal

“Without discipline, there is no life at all.” – Shaquille O’Neal

“I’m not comfortable being idle.” – Shaquille O’Neal

Other Basketball Quotes

“Basketball is like war in that offensive weapons are developed first, and it always takes a while for the defense to catch up.”
-Red Auerbach

“The only way to prove that you’re a good sport is to lose.”
-Ernest Hemingway

“You have to have faith in yourself when nobody else does.”
-Dwayne Wade

“It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.”
-Babe Ruth

“There are no traffic jams along the extra mile.”
-Roger Staubach