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The key is not the will to win... everybody has that. It is the will to prepare to win that is important.
Bob Knight
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I don't know if I practiced more than anybody, but I sure practiced enough. I still wonder if somebody - somewhere - was practicing more than me.
Larry Bird
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I haven't seen one guy beat five people yet. It needs to be done collectively.
Eric Snow
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At its most basic root, the death or disintegration of one's parents is a harsh reminder of one's own mortality.
Janet Harris
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On his reception by other players when he returned from retirement to an All-Star game:
It was the first game ever called on account of hugs.
Magic Johnson
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I got the rebound and he tackled me. I know this is Sunday, but this is the wrong field.
Ray Allen
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Science will never be able to reduce the value of a sunset to arithmetic. Nor can it reduce friendship or statesmanship to a formula. Laughter and love, pain and loneliness, the challenge of accomplishment in living, and the depth of insight into beauty and truth; these will always surpass the scientific mastery of nature.
Louis Orr
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I liked challenging people and making them uncomfortable. That's what leads to introspection and that's what leads to improvement. You could say I dared people to be their best selves.
Kobe Bryant
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The basketball is a tool that the black [man] has now, same as maybe once he had a plow. He can use it to make something of himself and make a life for his children.
Willis Reed
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I don't think being an athlete is unfeminine. I think of it as a kind of grace.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
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No matter how strong a condom is, it won't protect you from a broken heart.
A. C. Green
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I've never had major knee surgery on any other part of my body.
Winston Bennett
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Admiting to using steroids:
It is with a great amount of shame that I stand before you and tell you that I have betrayed your trust. I want you to know that I have been dishonest and you have the right to be angry with me. I have let them [my family] down, I have let my country down and I have let myself down.
Marion Jones
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Larry Bird is overrated in a lot of areas.... Why does he get so much publicity? Because he's white. You never hear about a black player being the greatest.
Dennis Rodman
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I'm in better condition [after going vegan]. My endurance has gone up, and I haven't gotten tired at all during the whole season. … I don't think you should eat something that had a mother.
Salim Stoudamire
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[Sports] provides a wonderful opportunity for initiating acquaintance. Regardless of the degree of our civilization, people still thrill to physical combat and admire the man who excels. He who is of proven merit in the field of major sports has shown to all that he is possessed of strength, vigor, stamina, and courage. The great majority of people want to know such a man... How well I have taken advantage of the football reputation it was my good fortune to gain is for others to judge, but I personally am very thankful for the whole experience and the fun and friends it has brought me.
Nile Kinnick
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Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.
Michael Jordan
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Success is a result of consistent practice of winning skills and actions. There is nothing miraculous about the process. There is no luck involved.
Bill Russell
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In a team sport like basketball, every time you help somebody else, you help yourself.
Pete Carril
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It's the mind that makes everything else work.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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You create shots for yourself by what you do without the ball more than what you do after you get it
Steve Alford
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My uniqueness reveals something of Christ that no one else does.
Mike Glenn
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I'm an unorthodox type of guy, a funny guy - at least I think I'm funny. And one of the things I like to do is come up with nicknames for myself.
Shaquille O'Neal
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Success may result in winning, but winning does not necessarily mean you are a success.
John Wooden
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No matter how far life pushes you down, no matter how much you hurt, you can always bounce back.
Sheryl Swoopes
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