Quotes About Basketball Hard Work

#1. We feel that the 2-2-1 press is a very effective means of controlling tempo and providing us with opportunities to capitalize on the mistakes of our opponents. At the same time we feel it is a very safe press because we work very hard at the necessary rotations.

Jim Calhoun

#2. Throughout my journey in basketball, I always have someone to talk to in my father. I know how hard he had to work as an athlete.

Joakim Noah

#3. Building relationships is the key for being happy as a coach. Players must want to play for you. If they are comfortable with you, they will work hard for you.

Mike McConathy

#4. Setting goals for your game is an art. The trick is in setting them at the right level - neither too low nor too high. A good goal should be lofty enough to inspire hard work, yet realistic enough to provide solid hope of attainment.

Greg Norman

#5. Be honest and work hard to get what you want. Don't take shortcuts; you only cheat yourself in the long run. Success is not measured by money or fame, but by how you feel about your own goals and accomplishments and the time and effort you put into them.

Willie Stargell

#6. The basketball skills I have, I've got because I work hard. When you work hard, I think you don't have to be afraid of anything.

Peja Stojakovic

#7. Work harder than your opponent.

Kevin Durant

#8. Like basketball, fashion is hard work.

Amar'e Stoudemire

#9. Greatness consists in trying to be great. There is no other way.

Albert Camus

#10. If you are not willing to work hard and establish discipline in your life, then all your dreams are merely pipe dreams.

Rick Pitino

#11. You need to work as hard to be a great teammate as you do to be a great player

Jon Gordon

#12. Basketball Rule #2 (random text from Dad)
Hustle dig
Grind push
Run fast
Change pivot
Chase pull
Aim shoot
Work smart
Live smarter
Play hard
Practice harder

Kwame Alexander

#13. A fine image is geometry, modulated by the heart

Willy Ronis

#14. Maybe love was nothing more than finding someone who loved the exact things that you did.

Durjoy Datta

#15. Work as hard as you can to become as good an individual player as you can to help your team win

Doug Collins

#16. We always need to be prepared and work hard in practice so we can be just like the farmer who has put that fourth cutting of hay in the barn. After he does that, he can feel good about what is going to happen the rest of the winter.

Don Meyer

#17. I can't just open myself up the way some people can. And down here, you're raised a certain way. You're taught to keep some things private, family matters especially. It's just the way it's done."

"Everyone worships the past but no one really wants to talk about it.

Cathy Holton

#18. If you go out with a girl and they say she has a great personality, she's ugly. If they tell you a guy works hard, he can't play a lick. Same thing.

Charles Barkley

#19. I know that the hard work got me here. And the day I stop working hard, this can all go away.

Kevin Durant

#20. My mother taught me to always be strong and always work hard. She's been working hard her whole life for me and my brother. I'm a lot like her in that I work hard for what I want. She taught me that.

Kevin Durant

#21. Once practice starts, we work hard, and that's the best conditioning there is. Everything counts. Every little thing counts. Run hard, play hard, go after the ball hard, guard hard. If you play soft (what I call signing a 'non-aggression pact' with your teammates), you won't ever get into shape.

Pete Carril

#22. Anything can happen with hard work and dedication

Jerry West

#23. I've had enough success for two lifetimes, My success is talent put together with hard work and luck.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#24. One player's selfish attitude can poison a locker room and make it hard, if not impossible, to establish team work

Dean Smith

#25. Do not enter, closed for repairs, zombies will eat your face if you try to touch this vagina.

Tara Sivec

#26. I think most people who have dealt with me, think I'm a pretty straight sort of guy, and I am.

Tony Blair

#27. It's hard to play well, but it's easy to work hard.

Kevin Durant

#28. These chicken feet are first quality. You appreciate them?

Paul Theroux

#29. There would be no way for anyone to get caught in the act of wondering,

Lois Lowry

#30. Successful programs consist of people working hard, working together, while never worrying about who gets the credit.

Don Meyer

#31. My dad taught me that you have to work hard for anything you want in life, and I wanted to be good at playing basketball.

Seimone Augustus