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Basketball Coach Inspirational Quotes (2381)

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We travel in Duke stuff... They can have a hat, but it must be a Duke hat.
Mike Krzyzewski
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I don't know if I practiced more than anybody, but I sure practiced enough. I still wonder if somebody - somewhere - was practicing more than me.
Larry Bird
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Why shouldn't I milk it? We're an agricultural institution.
Jim Valvano
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Winning a postseason game is like winning five regular season games. There is just no feeling like it. Everything is magnified. Every free throw, turnover, shot and play.
Don Meyer
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Not only do I admire Jordan's accomplishments and his phenomenal basketball ability, but also the way he has conducted himself on and off the court. I don't think there will ever be another player to have the same impact on the game of basketball as Michael Jordan.
Elgin Baylor
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Most every day — if not every day — for the rest of your life, you will be reminded or think of this night. And I want to thank you in advance right now for the great memories it’s going to be.
Bill Self
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I've always envied the kind of coach who could go completely out of his mind and nobody would know the difference.
Adolph Rupp
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Success is the best builder of character.
Adolph Rupp
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I know I have plenty of enemies, but I'd rather be the most-hated winning coach in the country than the most-popular losing one.
Adolph Rupp
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He who controlleth the backboard, controlleth the game.
Adolph Rupp
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I learned from my mom and dad, who didn't have a formal education but had doctorates of love. They told me that if you gave 110 percent all the time, a lot of beautiful things will happen. I may not always be right, but no one can ever accuse me of not having a genuine love and passion for whatever I do.
Dick Vitale
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If I were in charge I'd drug test all you sons of b****es, not just the athletes.
Bobby Knight
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It's not how big you are, it's how big you play.
John Wooden
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Promise yourself you will talk health, happiness, and prosperity as often as possible. Promise to think only of the best, to work only for the best, and to expect only the best in yourself and others. Promise to forget the mistakes of the past and press on to greater achievements in the future.
John Wooden
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I'm pretty quiet. But I love to play sports. I like playing all sports. I'll act goofy at times around my wife and my son, around my own family. I like to have fun in general.
Steve Blake
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On how to make the game more exciting - Eliminate the referees, raise the basket four feet, double the size of the basketball, limit the height of the players to 5 feet 9 inches, bring back the centre jump, allow taxi drivers in for free and allow the players to carry guns.
Al McGuire
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Sports create a bond between comtemporaries that lasts a lifetime. It also gives your life structure, discipline and a genuine, sincere, pure fulfillment that few other areas of endeavor provide.
Bob Cousy
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The life expectancy of a team is about eight months. Then the next year, it's a whole new team.
Mike Krzyzewski
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They wanted to buy out my contract, but I couldn't make change for a $20, so they had to let me stay.
Abe Lemons
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You mean in the state?
Abe Lemons
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We did have three go to the YMCA.
Abe Lemons
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If I make a set of rules, then a guy goes out and steals an airplane. He comes back and says, 'It wasn't in the rules.'
Abe Lemons
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Damn referees, I'll miss them less than anybody.
Abe Lemons
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Coaches who shoot par in the summer are the guys I want on my schedule in the winter.
Abe Lemons
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