I leave you 100 motivational basketball quotes from the best players in history, such as Michael Jordan, Jerry West, Julis Erving, Michael Johnson, Larry Bird, Lebron James, Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O'Neal, Stephen Curry and many more.
There is always the debate; Who has been the best player in history? Jordan, Bill Russell, Larry Bird, Lebron James, Jerry West, Wilt Chamberlain, Kobe Bryant, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson, Tim Duncan?
It is very difficult to know, each one played in different teams and in different conditions. In addition, depending on the factors that are decided to evaluate, one or the other will win. If we think about the championships won, it would be Bill Russell of the Celtics in the 60s, followed by all his teammates.
If you look at who has been the most complete, Magic Johnson, Oscar Roberson, Larry Bird or Michel Jordan could win. But would they have done so well outside the NBA? In any case, they were all great and you can learn from them with the phrases they said.
You may also be interested in these sports phrases or you are about teamwork.
The best quotes from the best basketball players in history
-Basketball is my wife. It demands loyalty and responsibility, and returns me to fulfillment and peace.-Michael Jordan.
-I have a theory that if you give 100% all the time, somehow things will work out in the end.-Larry Bird.
-I don't know what I'm going to do tomorrow. I just know for sure that I will continue playing basketball.-Kevin Durant.
-The greatest gift I have in life is basketball.-Isaiah Thomas.
-If you are afraid of failing, you do not deserve to succeed.-Charles Barkley.
-You can not get much in life if you only work the days when you feel good.-Jerry West.
-You have to be able to accept failure to improve- Lebron James.
-I started in American football because I liked to inflict pain… in basketball it is exactly the same.-Shaquille O'Neal.
-Don't ask what your teammates can do for you. Ask what you can do for your teammates.-Magic Johnson.
-All the negative -pressure, challenges- are opportunities to grow.-Kobe Bryant.
-You can not win, unless you learn to lose.-Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
-I think good things come to those who work.-Wilt Chamberlain.
35-Concentration and mental strength are the margins of victory.-Bill Russell.
-I will do whatever it takes, whatever, to be the best.-Drazen Petrovic.
17-Success is not an accident, success is in fact a choice.-Stephen Curry.
-When you are not practicing, someone else is improving.-Allen Iverson.
-I think I can always shoot triples. I think I'll be able to shoot triples when I'm 60.-Dirk Nowitzki.
-Basketball is in my blood. It is my obligation to try.-Hakeem Olajuwon.
-If you do not believe in you, then no one else will.-Kobe Bryant.
-I like criticism, it makes you stronger.-Lebron James.
-I have had enough success for two lives together, my success is talent together with hard work and luck.-Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
-There is no possible comparison with the Dream Team.-Patrick Ewing.
-The fear of failure is the best motivational tool. It drives me and directs me.-Jerry West.
-Basketball is in my blood. It is my obligation to try.-Hakeem Olajuwon.
-The ability can take you to the highest, but it takes character to stay there.-John Wooden.
-The strength of the team is in each individual member. The strength of each member is in the team.-Phil Jackson.
-I firmly believe that respect is much more important and much greater than popularity.-Julius Erving.
-The goals determine what you are going to be.-Julius Erving.
-The key to success is to continue growing in all areas of life: mental, emotional, spiritual and physical.-Julius Erving.
-Goals determine what you are going to be.-Julius Erving.
-A man can be a crucial ingredient in a team, but a man can not form a team.-Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
-I think that the good and the great are only separated by the will to sacrifice.-Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
-The great players are willing to give up their own personal fulfillment for the achievement of the group.-Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
-I think someone should explain to children that it is normal to make mistakes. This is how we learn. When we compete, we make mistakes.-Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
-I'm going to do whatever it takes to win games, whether it's sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a glass of water to a teammate or hitting the winning shot.-Kobe Bryant.
-You always have to be on the edge. You have to do every training, every game, as if it were the last.-Kobe Bryant.
-In basketball, the minimum you can demand from a player is that they do everything to make their team win. And when a player does that, you only have to feel the utmost respect for him.-Kobe Bryant.
-To be successful you have to be selfish, or else you will never achieve anything. And once you reach your highest level, you have to stop being it, stay accessible and in touch.-Michael Jordan.
-Training many nights late at the gym, especially when your friends go out, you have to make those sacrifices if you want to be an NBA player.-Jason Kidd.
-If you have capacity in a certain area, why not take advantage of it and improve it and use it? -Wilt Chamberlain.
-You can accept failure, but I can not accept not trying.-Michael Jordan.
-The idea is not to block every shot. The idea is to make your opponent believe that you can block every shot.-Bill Russell.
-The resistance is part of what makes a great athlete.-Bill Russell.
-Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.-Michael Jordan.
-I always have a ball in the car. You never know.-Hakeem Olajuwon.
-The best gift I have in life is basketball.-Isaiah Thomas.
-If you want consistency, give it up. This is a performance job. They pay you to perform. Your money is guaranteed, but your minutes are not.-Isiah Thomas.
-If all they remember me for is for being a good basketball player, then I have done a bad job with the rest of my life.-Isaiah Thomas.
-The obstacles do not have to stop you. If you come across a wall, don't turn around and quit. Find out how to climb it, go through it or go around it.-Michael Jordan.
- Confidence is a lot of this sport or of any sport. If you think you can not, you can not.-Jerry West.
-Once you've been labeled the best, you want to stay up there and you can't do it by loitering. If I do not keep changing, I am history.-Larry Bird.
-Stress over and over again. Do not give up an inch until the final whistle sounds.-Larry Bird.
-Leadership is fighting for a loose ball, having everyone involved. It is being able to assume and delegate. That's the only way you can get the respect of your peers. It is getting everyone to believe in you and always give the best of themselves.-Larry Bird.
-What matters is not who scores the points, but who can get the ball to the scorer.-Larry Bird.
-Basketball is a game for black men and so it will always be.-Larry Bird.
-Tonight God has disguised himself as a basketball player.-Larry Bird.
-If you are a basketball player, you have to shoot for the basket.-Oscar Robertson.o
-You have to give 125 percent. Put your heart and soul into it; learn to have a positive and winning attitude. Do not accept defeat, but learn from it.-Magic Johnson.
-It is played to win, to have fun, and to make others happy.-Magic Johnson.
-When you face a crisis, you know who your true friends are.-Magic Johnson.
-My work ethic comes from sports.-Magic Johnson.
-If you look up the definition of greatness in the dictionary, it will say Michael Jordan.-Elgin Baylor.
-The training is easy. Winning is the difficult part.-Elgin Baylor.
-Love never fails. Character never gives up. And with patience and persistence, dreams come true.-Pete Maravich.
-I have missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I have lost almost 300 games. 26 times they have trusted me to take the winning shot and I have missed it. I have failed over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.-Michael Jordan.
-I never think of the consequences of missing a great shot… when you think of the consequences you are thinking of a negative result.-Michael Jordan.
-Nietzsche was very intelligent. That's how I am. The black version of the Nietzsche basketball player.-Shaquille O'Neal.
-My legacy will be this: I am the most dominant player of all time.-Shaquille O'Neal.
-I probably spend 70% of my time alone, working on my game.-Kevin Durant.
-My style has changed and evolved mainly because I have come to have more confidence in myself.-Kevin Durant.
-This is what you dream of when you are a child, even before entering the league.-Allen Iverson.
-Being an All-Star is everything.-Allen Iverson.
-As a professional athlete, a lot is going to be said about you, but I just try to move forward and try to achieve my goals.-Lebron James.
-I think of the team first. It allows me to be successful, it allows my team to be successful.-Lebron James.
-You can't be afraid of failure. It is the only way to be successful: you are not going to be successful all the time, I know.-Lebron James.
-Every night on the court I give my all, and if I don't give 100 percent, I criticize myself.-Lebron James.
-Winning a ring is everyone's goal, whether you are a player or a coach.-Patrick Ewing.
-Basketball is an escape from many things.-Scottie Pippen.
-Basketball is a game for life. You continue to learn from the game day after day and, along the way, you get better.-Scottie Pippen.
-It is not common for your best player to be your most disinterested player.-Scottie Pippen.
-Every hour that I do not spend in the gym I know that there is someone training to knock me down.-Karl Malone.
-I enjoy the most is when a rival coach asks for a timeout and starts yelling at one of his players because he has not been able to stop one of my penetrations.-Karl Malone.
-We have to do the impossible, but it is possible.-Kevin Garnett.
-I don't play to sweat, I play to win.-Kevin Garnett.
-I don't care what other people say. I fight every day to be the best player I can.-Steve Nash.
-What happened in the past is just that, the past. Whether you are champion or not.-Steve Nash.
-Do your best when no one is looking. If you do that, you can be successful in anything you set your mind to.-Bob Cousy.
-The MVP was very satisfactory in terms of personal achievements, but the championship was the most important of all.-Bob Cousy-
-Your teammates will respect you for your integrity and character, not for your possessions.-David Robinson.
-Preparation is everything.-David Robinson.
-When I was younger, I only thought about playing in the NBA.-Derrick Rose.
-I always wanted to be a basketball player, nothing more, nothing less.-Dirk Nowitzki.
-I don't play for the money. I want to compete I want to win.-Dirk Nowitzki.
-Throwing a basket is nothing. Anyone can do it. The big charge is putting on a show for the crowd. Pete maravich
-I'm a basketball player. That's what I do and that's what I love, but that's not all I am. I have many talents for many other things.-Kevin Durant.
-I have failed over and over again in my life. And that is the reason for my success.-Michael Jordan.
-Michael Jordan may have been the greatest basketball player of all time, but not even he could have won six NBA titles without his team.-Mark E. Hyman.
-It is more important who you are as a person than who you are as a basketball player.-John Wooden.
-Sometimes genetics allows you to be more explosive.-Jeremy Lin.
-No one should expect more from you than you expect from yourself.-Carmelo Anthony.
-Those who work hard are the last who would think of giving up.-Rick Pitino.
-What to do with a mistake ?: Learn from him.-Dean Smith.
-I always felt that the basketball court was my place.-Sheryl Swoopes.
-I do not do things with half my heart, because if I do them, I know that I can expect half results.-Michael Jordan.
-I do not hate someone for more than 48 minutes.-Charles Barkley.
- Be prepared to sacrifice whatever, but do not compromise anything in your search to be the best.-Kobe Bryant.
-I will make a lot of people swallow his words when the time comes.-Vince Carter.
-Success comes from knowing that you did the best you could to become the best you could be.-John Wooden.
-Legends are not born, they are created.-Ricky Pierce.
-I have always believed that success for anyone is based on drive, dedication and desire, but for me, it is also about trust and faith.-Stephen Curry.
-We're going to have to work. We are going to have to play well. Nothing will be given to us.-Stephen Curry.
-To excel at the highest level, or at any level, you must believe in yourself, and without a doubt, one of the biggest contributors to my self-confidence has been private coaching. Stephen Curry.
28-I have fun on the court, smiling, laughing, trying to have a good attitude.-Stephen Curry.
-Who says he plays to the limit, is because he has it.-Michael Jordan.
-Only play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.-Michael Jordan
-It is normal to have bad nights, lose games and make mistakes, because we are all human, but the important thing is to know how to get up as quickly as possible.-Pau Gasol.
-Magic is what I am on the basketball court.-Magic Johnson.
-Our attack is like the Pythagorean Theorem. It has no solution.-Shaquille O'Neal.
-The ability to make my teammates better is what I value the most in my career.-Magic Johnson
-Dream Team there was only one and it was 1992.-Kobe Bryant.
-The attack wins games, the defense wins championships.-Chuck Daily.
-It makes me nostalgic- Larry Bird
-If you find the Buddha on the way, give him the ball.-Phil Jackson.
-Wisdom is always an advantage for strength.-Phil Jackson.
-Wilt was one of the best of all time, and we will never see another like him.-Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
-No one takes root with Goliath.-Wilt Chamberlain.
-If they gave me a change of life, I would like to see what it would be like to live with only six feet tall.-Wilt Chamberlain.
-The most important thing for me are the friends I made.-Bill Russell
-You can feel the vibrations, feel the people pulling for you.-Julius Erving
-I live my life trying never to look like a small man.-Julius Erving
-Business always gets in the way of basketball.-Jason Kidd
-I am the type of person who always wants more.-Hakeem Olajuwon
-God comes first. Paradise is not cheap.-Hakeem Olajuwon
-I love what I'm doing.-Isaiah Thomas.
-Everybody wants to be perfect.-Isaiah Thomas.
-Most of the players in this league say they want consistency.-Isaiah Thomas.
-Winning has priority over everything. There is no gray area.-Kobe Bryant.
- As bad as I am, I am proud to be the twelfth player in a team's rotation.- Mark Pope.
-Since I retired I have not lost neither speed nor jump: I never had either of the two things.- Kurt Rambis.
-Kevin Garnett was a great player, but he was not Kobe Bryant.-Jerry West
-I have often wondered why I was never captain of the Lakers.-Jerry West.
-You must have more than a little evil to play basketball at the highest level.-Jerry West.
-I like to be alone.-Larry Bird.
-The best player I played with was Dennis Johnson.-Larry Bird.- I'm a stutterer for life.-Bill Walton.
-This is not the place for the weak-minded type, regardless of your talent.-Isiah Thomas.
-If I did not earn $ 3 million a year to sneak a basketball, most of the people on the street would run in the other direction if they saw me coming.-Charles Barkley.
-Winning a ring is everyone's goal, whether you are a player or a coach.-Patrick Ewing.
-The most important thing in the world is family and love.-John Wooden.
-Prepare and be honest.-John Wooden.
-I may not be the most physically tough player, but I think mentally I'm up there.-Dirk Nowitzki.
-I do not believe in praying to win.-John Wooden.
-I'm terrified. I think I am the best player on this team.-Scott Hastings.
-I really, really, really hate losing. Really.-Jeremy Lin.
-Darko Milicic thinks he is Toni Kukoc. I want him to play like Bill Russell, but he doesn't know who he is. He still thinks he's a rapper.-Larry Brown.
"Barkley and I are certain that we will not be traded." He knows it by contract. I don't need it, I know that no team wants me. -Joe Kleine.
-When you put more than 100 and your rival does not reach that figure Detroit almost always wins.-Doug Collins.
-The song I've heard the most since I've been here is the United States anthem.-Yao Ming.
-I can shoot with both the right and the left, I'm an amphibian.-Charles Shackleford.
-These Europeans negotiate hard.-Donyell Marshall.
-I just think that people should be able to express themselves.-Vince Carter.
-Give it to Shaquille whenever you can.-Bill Walton
-I play some fighting games, but mostly I only play sports.-Vince Carter.
12-High school dropouts are losing their opportunity to pursue the American dream.-Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
-Everyone has their poison, and mine is sugar.-Derrick Rose.
-I failed, I went back up. I failed, I went back up.-Allen Iverson.
-I have realized that things happen for a reason.-Karl Malone.
-I wasn't a point guard. I was a murderer.-Allen Iverson.
-I grew up in the heart of depression.-Bob Cousy.
-As long as I have my faith in God, I am good. I know that everything else will come.-Derrick Rose.
-I always have an optimistic vision, no matter what it is.-Stephen Curry.
-I never worry about the problem, only about the solution.-Shaquille O'Neal.
-For me, the most important thing is happiness.-Sheryl Swoopes.