Top 100 Basketball Win Quotes
#1. I always say to my guys, 'The most important day of your life is today. This very minute is the most important of you life. You must win this minute. You must win this day. And tomorrow will take care of itself.
John Chaney
#2. Aint nobody here think we could get no win but us
Kenyon Martin
#3. I don't let individual statistics make me a focus or more of a focus. I just tried to come out and attack early and get a big lead. We were able to take it in overtime and win.
LeBron James
#4. I hate to lose more than I like to win.
Larry Bird
#5. My opinion about basketball, the way I was taught, was when you step on the court, you play to win.
Larry Bird
#6. I've given these guys the blueprint on how to win a premiership, now I just have to be patient until they're ready.
LeBron James
#7. If you think and achieve as a team, the individual accolades will take care of themselves. Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.
Michael Jordan
#8. Can't win without talent, you know.
Al McGuire
#9. Bill Russell is one of the great names in basketball, an all-American ... and the only athlete to ever win an NCAA Championship, an Olympic Gold Medal, and a professional championship all in the same year-1956 ... But Bill Russell had this one problem: He threw up before every game.
John Eliot
#10. We must take down the carnies. I think we need to start a campaign to defeat their scamming ways. I never win the boardwalk basketball game.
Melissa Rauch
#11. That's what I do now: I lead and I teach. If we win basketball games from doing that, then that's great, but I lead and teach. Those are the two things I concentrate on.
Mike Krzyzewski
#12. I probably should've listened to Michael a year ago when he said that Charles will never win a championship because he doesn't show any dedication.
Scottie Pippen
#13. If they want to win right now, I'm all for it. That's all I said the whole time. If you want to wait five years, let me know. My legs aren't as young as they used to be.
Kobe Bryant
#14. So, yeah, I'm going to try to win the national championship next year. But I'm not going to kill myself doing it. I'm not going to kill my players either. You really start to realize there's a lot more to what we're trying to do then winning games
Geno Auriemma
#15. Our goal is not to win. It's to play together and play hard. Then, winning takes care of itself.
Mike Krzyzewski
#16. You have to earn your right to win the game with effort and togetherness
Brad Stevens
#17. That dude scored 8 points in the last 19 seconds, pulled out a miracle win at the Garden. He made me choke on a chicken bone that day. I'm serious.
Shaquille O'Neal
#19. My sporting hero was Drazen Petrovic, the NBA basketball player, who was killed in a car accident in 1993. He was a good friend, an unbelievable player, and I dedicated my Wimbledon win to him.
Goran Ivanisevic
#20. This is a team game and one man doesn't win and one man doesn't lose. In the end, the best team usually wins.
Wilt Chamberlain
#21. I would tell players to relax and never think about what's at stake. Just think about the basketball game. If you start to think about who is going to win the championship, you've lost your focus.
Michael Jordan
#22. Although I wanted my players to work to win, I tried to convince them they had always won when they had done their best.
John Wooden
#23. The motivation for me is just the game itself, just playing the game the right way and trying to win, compete every time I step out there on the floor. That's motivation enough for me to go out there and play well.
Kobe Bryant
#24. My goal is to win the next game one possession at a time. That's it. I don't have any other goals
Brad Stevens
#25. To win the big games you must get to the Free Throw line, and then you must make them.
Rick Majerus
#26. The NBA is all about winning, but at this level (college basketball) winning doesn't make you happy. You can win, and play lousy, and in my program, feel lousy. To me it's about: How good can we be.
Geno Auriemma
#28. Why would I want to help them (the T -Wolves) win a title? They're not doing anything for me. I'm at risk. I have a lot of risk here. I got my family to feed.
Latrell Sprewell
#29. You can't measure success if you have never failed. My father has taught me that if you really do want to reach your goals, you can't spend any time worrying about whether you're going to win or lose. Focus only on getting better.
Steffi Graf
#30. It's always nice to start the season with a win.
Yao Ming
#31. Just remember, their fans think their players are supermen. We'll we're the kryptonite, and we're going to win.
Jim Larranaga
#32. If you play good attack, you win the game, but, if you play good defence you win championships
Zeljko Obradovic
#33. In all the research you do as a coach, studying other coaches and championship-type situations, you find that all those teams combined talent with great defense. You've got to stop other teams to win.
Pat Riley
#34. If the only reason I coached was to win basketball games, my life would be pretty shallow
Mike Krzyzewski
#35. Anyone can win a slam-dunk contest. The real Superman is dead. He was assassinated by Pat Riley. I'm the Big Cactus now and ready to roll again.
Shaquille O'Neal
#37. Coaches win practices, players win games
Pete Carril
#38. In an individual sport, yes, you have to win titles. Baseball's different. But basketball, hockey? One person can control the tempo of a game, can completely alter the momentum of a series. There's a lot of great individual talent.
Kobe Bryant
#39. It all depends on how you want to define what an MVP is. I've been fortunate to win the trophy four times, but I've been the MVP of my team for a long time - just because of the way I lead and the way I approach us being professionals off the floor.
LeBron James
#40. I know the game well. I'm a student of basketball; I know what it takes to win.
Kenyon Martin
#41. We've got very few bodies right now so we were tired, but we've also got a lot of character and we want to win.
Steve Nash
#42. I believe you win games by what you do from your first practice until your first game
Jack Ramsay
#43. I've never felt my job was to win basketball games - rather, that the essence of my job as a coach was to do everything I could to give my players the background necessary to succeed in life.
Bobby Knight
#44. There's no reason to play in the NBA if you don't believe you can win it all.
LeBron James
#45. The 76ers currently play very good basketball, and we don't. However, we are still only one win behind them. If we continue to improve, we should be on the top of our division at the end of the regular season.
Jason Kidd
#46. Freshman want to play. Sophomores want to start. Juniors want to score. Seniors want to win
John Beilein
#47. We win or the alumni bash in our teeth. (On the dental plan at NC State)
Jim Valvano
#48. You don't win games as a coach during games. You win games as a coach before games. Players win during games, not coaches
Red Auerbach
#49. They said you have to use your five best players but I found you win with the five who fit together the best.
Red Auerbach
#50. Bottom line, you're either a risk taker, or your not, and if you don't take risks, you'll never win big.
Geno Auriemma
#51. The first time I managed to pick up a basketball I knew I was destined to lead the UK to another National championship ... Even now, so many years later, I still believe Kentucky will go undefeated in March & win everything.
Hunter S. Thompson
#52. That's the awesome part. Little girls now have a chance to look up and see women playing soccer, basketball, softball and now hockey - and know they can win a gold medal, too.
Angela Ruggiero
#53. A lot of guys go through their whole careers and don't win a championship, but are still great coaches.
Chuck Daly
#54. Generally speaking, individual performances don't win basketball games
John Wooden
#55. There are some concrete ways to create a winning attitude. But nothing beats practicing it. When you prepare to win, belief comes easily.
Pat Summitt
#56. I have feelings, but not when it comes to basketball. I'm here to win. I'm not here to make friends.
Kenyon Martin
#57. So like any football or basketball coach, you always always believe you're going to win.
Colin Powell
#58. Win or lose, I am programmed to do more. That's because I am the other son of Jorel - Superman.
Shaquille O'Neal
#59. I was definitely out of control, but I loved the game of basketball and I played to win and I didn't understand anything less than that. That's why I have a hard time with the young men who can't play because they went to the dentist this afternoon.
Mel Daniels
#60. You can make all the excuses you want, but if you're not mentally tough and you're not prepared to play every night, you're not going to win.
Larry Bird
#61. In all my years one thing has never changed; You win with serious, tough-minded players. That never changes
Tom Thibodeau
#62. You have to make shots to win basketball games and we didn't do that. You also have to get back on defense, so it was a double-whammy.
Gregg Popovich
#63. I was very fortunate when I was little - I played basketball. You really absolutely learn how to be a team player, how to win a game, to accomplish things, not just for yourself.
Weili Dai
#64. When I told my wife UConn would win the Big East tournament, she wanted to know why a team from Alaska got into the Big East tournament.
Vic Ziegel
#65. What do you do to help us win when you're not scoring baskets?
John Calipari
#66. Some clubs want to win so much they'll do anything to get it. Our approach has been just the opposite. We've tried to do things the right way. And the right way is [abiding by] the rules and regulations ... I may not like all of them, but once they are [official], we play by them.
Don Shula
#67. When time is running out and the score is close, most players are thinking, I don't want to be the one to lose the game, but I'm thinking, What do I have to do to win?
Jerry West
#68. I do not want players who do not have a keen desire to win and do not play hard and aggressively to accomplish that objective.
John Wooden
#69. Sure, I like to win when I play basketball or board games or video games, but my day isn't ruined if I lose. I'm always up for a rematch. In all seriousness, that's something that's nice about maturing.
Aaron Staton
#70. Parents would rather have their son get all-state than his team win the state championship.
Don Meyer
#71. The better conditioned team will probably win in the long run.
John Wooden
#72. The only thing on my mind right now is trying to win the whole thing.
LeBron James
#73. I play basketball to win a championship. That championship is everything to me. And that's what gets people to buy in to your brand - being a winner.
Chris Paul
#75. If you're struggling with your shooting, then do other things on the basketball court. Get steals, get assists, get rebounds-do anything on the court to help the team win.
Allen Iverson
#76. Basketball doesn't care what color your skin is. It doesn't care what language you speak or what religion you practice. It doesn't care if you're big or small, fast or slow. It just asks you to play, to complete, to lose with dignity, to win humility.
Jim Calhoun
#77. Know how to win and how to lose and be able to handle adversity.
Tom Osborne
#78. On a basketball court, five players were in the middle of an intense game. They wore assortment of jerseys from different American teams, and they all seemed keen to win - grunting and snarling at each other, stealing the ball and pushing.
Oh ... and the players were all baboons.
Rick Riordan
#79. I don't want to shoot my mouth in my foot, but those are games we can win.
Sherman Douglas
#80. I understand the NBA and the role I play on my team. I know that I have to play a leadership role and do whatever I have to do to win.
Carmelo Anthony
#81. I'm one year older, one year sexier - one more, baby. For me, it's all about the bigger picture. We want to win the whole thing. We've got to beat whoever is in our way.
Shaquille O'Neal
#82. The ideal way to win a championship is step by step.
Phil Jackson
#83. We want to win it all. The only reason we play this game is to win championships.
LeBron James
#84. Systems win! Believe in your system, and then sell it to your players.
Billy Donovan
#85. We [ me and brother] wanted to win at things like basketball games or baseball games, but off the field we never felt like we had to compete with each other.
Bengie Molina
#86. If it wasn't for the determination and the will power we have in each other, we wouldn't have pulled through and got this win. Much respect to Spain, but the U.S. is back on top again.
LeBron James
#87. I've tried to handle winning well, so that maybe we'll win again, but I've also tried to handle failure well. If those serve as good examples for teachers and kids, then I hope that would be a contribution I have made to sport. Not just basketball, but to sport.
Mike Krzyzewski
#88. Everybody wants to talk about NBA players being selfish and arrogant and individuals. But what you saw today was a team bonding and facing adversity and coming out with a big win.
Kobe Bryant
#89. Travel. Fly. Swim. Meet. Love. Dance. Win. Smile. Laugh. Hold. Walk. Skip. Ski. Sled. Play basketball. Run. Run. Run. Run home. Run home and enjoy. Enjoy. Take these verbs and enjoy them.
Ned Vizzini
#90. We just got our ass beat by a much better team. It happens once in a while. Does every team win every game?
Bobby Knight
#91. Celebration is big for me. From my younger days, when I used to win mementos while playing basketball, I have always believed in sharing my success. It has to be there. It lifts the energy levels of the entire side if you are positive and vocal when a wicket falls.
Suresh Raina
#92. I don't just try to score. The challenge is elevating my teammates to be able to win a championship.
Kobe Bryant
#93. To go out there and play and have fun and hopefully win a championship. That's my goal.
Carmelo Anthony
#94. Everyone wants to win, but not everyone is willing to prepare to win.
Bobby Knight
#95. I expect us to win. I expect us to get better every day.
LeBron James
#96. You aren't going to win championships unless you make layups and free throws.
Don Meyer
#97. If we win, I'm happy. The rest of it is just stuff.
Tim Duncan
#99. We're still getting better as a team. We're still learning how to play basketball as a team and how to win tough games.
Carmelo Anthony
#100. I won at every level - all the way since I started playing the game of basketball at nine. I've won at every level, won championships at every level. And, you know, it won't be fulfilled until I win at the highest level.
LeBron James
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