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Top 10 Inspirational Quotes On Basketball

Basketball Inspirational Quote #1

One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.

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Basketball Inspirational Quote #2

3irst master the fundamentals.

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Basketball Inspirational Quote #3

×sk not what your teammates can do for you. ×sk what you can do for your teammates.

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Basketball Inspirational Quote #4

× winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them
into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.

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Basketball Inspirational Quote #5

Good teams become great ones when the members trust each other enough to surrender the Me
for the We.

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pf you have a positive attitude and constantly strive to give your best effort, eventually you will
overcome your immediate problems and find you are ready for greater challenges.

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Basketball Inspirational Quote #7

Ñon't give up, don't ever give up.

  

Basketball Inspirational Quote #8

-ow do you go from where you are to where you want to be? p 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

  

Basketball Inspirational Quote #9

Ñon't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have
accomplished with your ability.



Basketball Inspirational Quote #10

he key is not the "will to win" . . . everybody has that. pt is the will to prepare to win that is
important.

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he big game of basketball has been one of the most prevalent sports in the planet. Basketball
sports merchandise such as basketball shoes, basket ball, portable basketball backboards and
hoops and sportswear sell millions of wares each year. One of the richest athletes in the world
are basketball players, like Michael Jordan, Larry Bird and Wilt Chamberlain, so are the
basketball coaches too like Phil Jackson, Bob Knight and Pat Riley. ×nywhere, you can see
basketball playgrounds in every corner of the residential areas. ×nd the youth and the old
persons alike, handicapped or with two complete legs, ladies and guys, whatever built you
qualify-everyone likes to play this popular sport.

here are three basic things needed for basketball. he hoop, the ball and the court. Not like any
other sports, basketball is distinct for it can be played both indoors and in the open. he very first
basketball game was only consisted of a circular ring attached on a wall and a ball, and the rules
were basic. Every team players should try their best to make a point by shooting and throwing
the ball in the ring by following a set of rules. here are certain scoring systems to adhere to and
fouls and violation to be avoided.

On the other hand, these set of rules have been improved from the moment it was first played.
oday, considered to be one of the most typical and enduring professional sports, specific set of
regulations and rules are mandatory so to play this game. he ball for example has to be 29.5
inches for men, and weighing 22 ounces, and 28.5 for women weighing 20 ounces. he
basketball backboard is generally ten feet tall, however it might have variation. he basketball
loop should be 45.7 in diameters and the basketball court generally measures to 28 x 15 meters.

3or non-competitive sports however, equipments can differ. Players can improvise with the
backboard, some community basketball courts just have a need of a ring and a wide space to
dribble with. Some community courts and playgrounds also have portable basketball backboards,
which can also be put up on backyard houses. Even the game itself can also be modified. oday
we have six by six basketball, instead of five members. here is also the horseball which can be
played while mounting on a horse, and is a merge of rugby, polo and basketball. here is also the
water basketball, wheelchair basketball and even unicycle basketball.

he women's basketball has begun in 1892 and seven years shortly has become an official game
because of the hard work of Senda Berenson. pt's also one of the sports that even the handicapped
can do. rue enough, basketball is believed to be both non-discriminatory and helpful to improve
physical agility and endurance as well as to grind thinking skills. pt is also one of the basic
factors why parents want their children to grow up tall and well-built, since a person has to be at
least 6 feet high with sharp shooting skills so to be a professional basketball player. hat is why
schools offer basketball courses to kids and youngsters so they can enhance their skill while
shooting on those portable basketball backboards.
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3ailure in his childhood pushed him into becoming a long-remembered
dominating athlete.

When watching Michael Jordan playing, people don¶t only see a man who gives a new definition
to team sports achievement these days, but also a formidable apponent to anyone who see each
game as a competition of determination. Now recognized as a surprising winning record scorer,
it was failure which spurred Michael to strive for the best. ³p know that fear is an obstacle for
some people, but for me it is just an illusion«.. 3ailure always makes me try harder on the next
apportunity.

Michael got his competitive spirit from a natural cause. ×s one of five brothers in a family with
discipline and spirit of progress, he was brought up with high standard and great expectation.
Once when he deliberately didn¶t go to school, Michael¶s mother took him to her office and
made him sit in the car doing his school lessons watched by his mother from her office window.
-is family felt that Michael was not only good at school but also in extracurricular activities.
he little league team became aware that he had talent for team sports. hey noticed how good
he was in ball throw. But to be a prominent basket for playing in the real game.

But he loved basket ball very much, his spirit and desire to be able to play in competition events
was driven even more by the rivalry with his brother Larry. Everyday both competed in one on
one intense match in the back yard, and usually Larry dominated his younger brother. pn fact,
Larry was considered a true athlete of the family by his brother and the -igh School coach. hey
speculated Michael would be known as ³Larry¶s brother´ when Larry grew taller than 170 cm.
Michael didn¶t like to be defeated, either by his brothers or others. 3riends and families recalled
how he kept challenging them to play -orse game until he won. -e admitted he was indebted to
his elder brother: ³When you see me play, you see Larry play´.

he -igh School coach come to know Michael through Larry and invited Michael to the basket
ball summer camping prior to his enrollment to -igh School. -e, together with a close friend of
him, were asked to try to qualify for the university team group. Everyone in the camp admired
Michael¶s speed and skill, but the coach was discouraged by the possibility that Michael would
not reach the minimum height required. he coach thought it might be good for Michael to play
in the university junior team group for a year to get more training time. So when the list of names
of the university team was announced, Michael¶s mates-all of them were 198 cm in height-were
in the list, but Michael was not.

pt was the very moment so deeply imprinted on Michael¶s life. -e stared at the alphabetically
arranged list of names, read and reread the J list several times, feeling sure his coach had
mistakenly left his name out. Later he admitted that when he got home that day, so disappointed
and ashamed, he wept. 3ortunately his mother came to his side and gave him some important
advices. ³She said that the best thing p could do is to prove to the coach that he had made a
mistake´, recalled Michael. ³×nd, leaving my disappointment behind, p started to improve my
performance´.
Michael reluctantly rejoined the junior university team squadron. But while he was recognized as
a dedicated player, he changed his training intensity. Michael¶s sport instructor, Ruby Sutton,
was the first to notice that change: ³Usually p arrive at school between 07.00 am and 07.30 am.
Michael was there before me. Each time p came in and opened the door, p heard the sound of ball
bounching, in autumn, in winter, in summer. ×lmost every morning p had to ask him to leave the
court´. Knowing that his lack of height made him unqualified for the university team, he often
tried to get taller by daughing on horizontal bar.

×lthough his height was under 183 cm, Michael quickly made himself a favourite player in the
university junior team. -is speed and skill were no match for his team mates. Soon, the
university team players started to come earlier to the games just to watch how Michael led JV
(university junior team), scoring 25 points and sometimes up to 40 points in one game. JV
developed to a true team through Michael demanding from his team mates the same intensity he
did to himself, and persuading the coach to urge the team to work harder under his critisms. ×t
the end of the day, the coach-assistant, 3red Lynch said that Michael was ³× resentful
looser«.that keeps insisting everyone to play as hard as he does´.

×t the beginning of the first year, Michael¶s height increased by 10 cm. his large hands gave him
the advantage of catching and holding ball better and now he was able to do slam dunks. -is
coach was delighted with Michael¶s height and now they just could no longer ignore his talent.
When eventually he was admitted into the university team, he brought something that would
inspire every coach, team mates and fans during his career: ³You can achieve incomparable level
of skill through incomparable spirit and commitment´.

Behind his competence and spirit, lies the secret: to always appreciate failure and take advantage
of it for some goodness. hrough the following years Michael used to motivate himself by
reflecting on his failure: ³Whenever p

×chieve some success but feel so tired, p often come to think to give up and leave everything.
But then p close my eyes and see again that list that didn¶t include my name. Usually by doing
that my spirit is revived´.

-e is a man who becomes the most famous player acknowledged in the history of basket ball
game-winning NB× Championship 6 times, MPV trophy 5 times, a dozen of ×ll-Star games,
NC×× titles and two Olympic gold medals. ×nd as he is, he is convinced that he achieved his
success through his willingness to fail. ³p am ready to accept failure. Everyone may fail. But p
don¶t want to see that p don¶t try."