Pete Maravich Quotes

#1. Shooting is nothing. Anybody can shoot. The big charge is putting on a show for the crowd.

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#2. I got by on talent. That was my fatal mistake.

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#3. Most of my career was negative.

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#4. Love never fails. Character never quits. And with patience and persistence, dreams do come true

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#5. I don't want to play 10 years and then die of a heart attack when I'm 40.

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#6. My life had no meaning at all. I found only brief interludes of satisfaction. It was like my whole life had been about my whole basketball career.

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#7. I lived my life one way for 35 years, for me. And then the focus came in on what I really was.

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#8. When I arrived, I felt the spotlight shining brightly on me, and I knew the sharks were ready to strike if I did not pan out and prove myself to be the showman and the player the college ranks had labeled me to be.

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#9. I accomplished what I set out to do, but I lost my discipline and my career.

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#10. There is nothing wrong with dedication and goals, but if you focus on yourself, all the lights fade away and you become a fleeting moment in life.

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#11. They don't pay you a million dollars for two-hand chest passes.

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#12. It's hard when your father's the coach. Sometimes you don't know where one leaves off and the other begins.

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#13. If I have a choice whether to do the show or throw a straight pass, and we're going to get the basket either way, I'm going to do the show.

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