Quotes
2011
17/02/12
" Choice, not chance, determines destiny."
" I always view problems as opportunities in work clothes." Henry Kaiser
" When an archer misses the mark, he turns and looks for the fault within himself. Failure to hit the bull's-eye is never the fault of the target. To improve your aim - improve yourself." Gilbert Arland
" Good is not good where better is expected." Thomas Fuller
10/02/12
" People forget how fast you did a job - but the remember how well you did it."
" One of life's most painful moments comes when we must admit that we didn't do our homework, that we are not prepared." Merlin Olsen NFL Tackle.
" Never, Never, Never Quit." Winston Churchill
" If you don't invest very much, then defeat doesn't hurt very much and winning is not very exciting." Dick Vermeil NFL Coach
03/02/12
" Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly."
" One man has enthusiasme for 30 minutes, another for 30 days, but it is the man who has it for 30 years who makes a success of his life." Edward B. Butler American Scientist
" The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes." Benjamin Disraeli
" I do the best I know how, the very best I can; and I mean to keep on doing it to the end. If the end brings me out all right, what is said against me will not amount to anything. If the end brings me out all wrong, ten angels swearing I was right would make no difference." Abraham Lincoln
27/01/12
" The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we are, but in what direction we are moving." O.W. Holmes
" No one ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required of him; it is the amount and excellence of what is over and above the required, that determines the greatness of ultimate distinction." Charles Kendall Adams
" The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur." Vince Lombardi NFL Coach
" There are four steps to accomplishments: Plan purposefully. Prepare Prayerfully. Proceed Positively. Pursue Persistently."
20/01/12
" A winner is someone who sets his goals, commits himself to those goals, and then pursues his goals with all the ability given him."
" If a man is called to be a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great streetsweeper who did his job well." Martin Luther King, Jr.
" A total commitment is paramount to reaching the ultimate in performance." Tom Flores NFL Coach
" The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that wether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand." Vince Lombardi NFL Coach
13/01/12
" Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
" When we have done our best, we should wait the result in peace." J. Lubbock
" Some men see things as they are and say ' Why?' I dream things that never were, and say, 'Why not' ?" George Bernard Shaw
" It's what you learn after you knowit all that counts." John Wooden
07/01/12
" Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow." Ronald E. Osborn
" The ultimate victory in competition is derived from the inner satisfaction of knowing that you have done your best and that you have gotten the most out of what you have to give." Howard Cosell Sports Broadcaster
" Many of life's failures are men who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up."
" I am a big believer in the 'mirror test'. All that matters is if you can look in the mirror and honestly tell the person you see there, that you've done your best." John McKay NFL Coach
Happy New Year.
31/12/11
" To dream anything that you want to dream. That is the beauty of the human mind. To do anything that you want to do. That is the strenght of the human will. To trust youeself to test your limits. That is the courage to succeed." Bernard Edmonds American Writer
" All glory comes from daring to begin." Eugene F. Ware American Lawyer / Poet
" We are what we repeatedly do. Excelence, then, is not an act but a habit."
" Well done is better than well said." Ben Franklin
Aan allen een Zalig Kerstfeest.
23/12/11
" Desire is the key to motivation, but it's the determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek." Mario Andretti Race car Driver.
" If better is possible, Good is not enough."
" Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly." St. Francis De Sales
" Some men dream of worthy accomplishments, while others stay awake and do them."
16/12/11
" A total commitment is paramount to reaching the ultimate in performance." A great Motivator.
" Every job is a self-portrait of the person who did it. Autograph your work with excellence."
" Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives." Willa A. Foster
" The difference between failure and success is doing a thing nearly right and doing a thing exactly right." Edward Simmons
09/12/11
" When U lose the must game, the next one becomes a must game." Red Holzman New York Knicks Coach
" We have a great bunch of outside shooters. Unfortunately, all of our games are played indoors." Weldon Drew Coach
" We told the kids that the games aren't 39 minutes and 59 seconds long. They're 40 minutes long. " Coach Jim Calhoun after last-second full-court play that resulted in a 71-70 win over Clemson in the 1990 NCAA tournament.
" I probably couldn't play for me. I wouldn't like my attitude." John Thompson Coach.
" A team should be an extension of the Coach's personality. My teams were arrogant and obnoxious." Al McGuire Coach.
02/12/11
" One Coach I know was reviewing the highlights of his last game and fell asleep."
" Tere's no point carrying the ball unless you know where the goal is."
" If you have to go in for a sport, forget golf - take up basketball. You don't get wet on rainy days; there's no walking; and, the holes are the right size."
Roy Orben.
" I would like to deny the statement that I think basketball is a matter of life and death. I feel it's much more important than that." Lee Rose Coach
25/11/11
" I don't look for excuses when we lose, and I don't buy excuses when we win." Bob Cousy, Coach.
" I can't stand a ball player who plays in fear." Red Auerbach, Coach.
" Basketball games, like wars, are won by those whu make the fewest mistakes."
" Doctors bury their mistakes. We still have ours on scholarship." Abe Lemons, Coach.
18/11/11
" I'd get real close to him and breathe on his goggles." John Kerr former NBA player and Coach describing how he would guard Kareem Abdul Jabbar.
" Successful colleges will start laying plans for a new stadium; unsuccessful ones will start hunting for a new Coach." Will Rogers.
Texas A & M coach Shelby Metcalf once said to a player who had received four F's and a D. " Son, looks to me like you're spending too much time on one subject."
" Becoming number one is easier than remaining number one." NY Knicks forward, Bill Bradley.
11/11/11
" I'm just the utility man. I do a little of everything. All right - sometimes I do a lot of everything." Julius Erving Philadelphia 76'er
" If we win you will have a lot of free time; if we lose you belong to me." Red Holzman, coach.
" The thing about him is that you know he is going to get to the basket, you just never know how." Bobby Jones about Julius Erving.
" This year we plan to run and shoot. Next season we hope to run and score." Billy Tubbs, coach.
04/11/11
" Even though you don't play, you get front row seat all the time."
" When Hope College 6' 5" forward Brian Vriesman was asked who influenced his basketball career the most, he replied, " My six foot mother."
" If a coach starts listening to the fans, he winds up sitting next to them." Johny Kerr, former NBA coach.
" People say I owe the public this and I owe the public that. What I owe the public is the best performance I can give, period!" Bill Russell
28/10/11
" So, what if they're taller? We'll play big !" George Ireland, Coach
" Success is never final. Failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts." John Wooden, Coach UCLA
" Big shots are only little shots who kept on shooting." Dale Carnegie
" The game is my wife. It demands loyalty and responsibility...and it gives me back fullfillment and peace." Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls
21/10/11
“ You always have to be on edge, You always have to take every practice every game, like it is your last.”
Kobe Bryant, LA Lakers
“You become virtuous by doing good and virtuous acts!”
" Make each day your masterpiece. John Wooden.
" My father taught me this: Do the right thing, never forget your roots, and always count your blessings.
Shaquille O'Neal
" Talent is God-given; stay humble. Fame is man-given; be thankful. Conceit is self-given; be carefull. John Wooden
14/10/11
“ Don’t measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.”
John Wooden-UCLA
“ Good shooters take shots; best shooters take most of the shots.”
Don Meyer - Coach
“ Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.”
Al McGuire – Coach Marquette
07/10/11
“ If U think education is expensive, think ignorance.”
“ Simplify the game as much as possible. When you add, you must subtract.” Don Meyer - Coach
“ Be a dreamer. If you don’t know how to dream, you’re dead.” Jim Valvano NC State
“ A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment.” John Wooden - UCLA
30/09/11
Johny Kerr. Speler (center) - Coach - TV announcer bij de Chicago Bulls. Hij had de bedoeling om een boek te schrijven en hij had reeds een Titel gevonden " Ten Years in the Pivot without the ball."
Johny Kerr was een center met een behoorlijk Hook shot en zag in gedachte op decover van zijn boek een dame leunende tegen een lantaarn post als foto en als titel " The last of the Great Hookers."
" Dick Barnett "
NBA speler met een zeer sterk shot. Wanneer een speler een belangrijk shot miste dan zou Dick zeggen " Darling You got a touch like a Blacksmith."
23/09/11
GameTime wisdom.
" Be true to the game, because the game will be true to you. If you try to shortcut the game, then the game will shortcut you. If you put forth the effort, good things will be bestowed upon you. That's truly about the game, and in some ways that's about life too." Michael Jordan
" If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never change the outcome." Michael Jordan
" Sometimes a player’s greatest challenge is coming to grips with his role on the team." Scottie Pippen
16/09/11
“ I’m a great believer in Luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of It.”
“ I Touch the Future, I Teach.”
“ Passion, The first Fundamental.”
“ Haast is de moeder der mislukking.”
09/09/11
“ Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen others make it happen. “
“ U win together, U lose together. “
“ Are U part of the Problem or part of the Solution.”
“ If You fail to prepare, You prepare to fail. “
02/09/11
“ Attitude is a little thing that makes a huge difference. “
“ I cover Your Ass, You cover my Ass.”
“ A man may fail many times, but he’s not a failure until he begins to put the blame on someone else. “
“ One of the Greatest thing a Coach can possess is Imagination.”
28/08/11
“ You can’t make a Knot with one hand. “
“ There is no I in Team “
“ Coming together is a Beginning; Keeping together is Progress; Working together is a Success.”
“ Keep your face to the Sunshine and you cannot see the Shadows.”
03/06/11
Kritiek van een Fan: antwoord op een briefje. “ Geachte heer, ik bevind mij in het kleinste kamertje van mijn huis, ik heb je briefje voor mij en binnen enkele luttele seconden zal ik het achter mij hebben.”
“ In gelul kan je niet wonen.”
“ Rellen zijn de taal van diegene naar wie niet geluisterd wordt.”
“ Never let the other fellow’s right hand know what your left hand is doing.” Lenny Wilkens.
27/05/11
“ A house divided against itself cannot stand. You are either with me or you are against me.”
“ I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.” Thomas Jefferson.
“ The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.” Joe Paterno.
“ Speed has 5 letters so as death.
Slow has 4 letters so as life.”
20/05/11
"He who control the backboard, control the game." -- Adolph Rupp
"Your defense will save you on the nights that your offense isn't working." -- Adolph Rupp
"The more your players have to think on the basketball court, the slower their feet get." -- Jerry Tarkanian
Ask not what your Teammates can do for U, ask what U can do for your Teammates
13/05/11
One must know his Strengths.
"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
"Good defensive play is as much a matter of hustle, desire and pride as it is anything else." -- Tex Winter
"You must have a passion to coach." -- Rick Majerus
"You don't beat people with surprise, you beat them with execution." --
29/4/11
“ Greatness cannot be achieved without Discipline.”
“ Character is what a man is in the dark.”
“ A good Team Leader is someone who takes a little more than his share of the blame and a little less than his share of the credit.”
“ The different between the wise man and the fool? The fool says what he knows – The wise knows what he says.”
“ Fat Cats don’t fight.”
22/04/11
“If you do the little things, the big things will happen.” Mark Majewski
“We didn’t lose the game, we just run out of time.” Michael Jordan
“Winners never quit and quitters never win.” Michael Jordan
“Work beats talent when Talent doesn’t work.”
“A person really doesn’t become whole, until he becomes a part of something that’s bigger than himself.” Jim Valvano
15/04/11
“ All Battles Are Won Before They Are Fought." from Sun Tzu
“ Adversity cause, some to break; others to break records.”
“ If you’ll do today what others won’t, you’ll do tomorrow what others can’t.”
“ It’s not enough to want to win…everyone wants to win, the question is, Do you have the will to prepare to win?”
" I can accept failure, but I can’t accept not trying.”
Michael Jordan.
08/04/11
Famous Michael Jordan Quotes
"I know fear is an obstacle for some people, but it is an illusion to me . . . Failure always made me try harder next time."
"I've never been afraid to fail."
"Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation."
"People ask me if I could fly, I said, "yeah.... for a little while."
01/04/11
Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
John Wooden, Coach UCLA
You never want to give anyone the opinion you've given up. I figure if I keep coming back at them, even though we're about to lose, it might have a good effect in the future.
John Havlicek Boston Celtics
Everyone's always talking about guys who are good passers, but they never talk about guys who are good receivers. It's as important in basketball as it is in football.
Rick Barry
I could stand up here all night talking about the whole team. But, I'm getting sick and tired of talking about myself.
Larry Bird - talking to teammates after the 1981 NBA championship.
25/03/11
We all played poorly. It wasn't just one guy's fault. It was a real team effort.
Arnette Hallman Purdue Coach
When somebody tells you nothing is impossible ask him to dribble a (american) football.
We're the only team in historiy that could lose nine games in a row and then go into a slump.
Bill Fitch Coach
To be great we need to win games we aren't supposed to win.
Julius Erving Philadelphia 76'ers.
18/03/11
Talent is overrated. You win with character. In a short series, talent might prevail. Over 82-game season, character prevails.
Lewis Schaffel, General manager.
In the game of life, as the game of basketball, it's easy to spot the winners. They're the ones who aren't complaining about the officiating.
If winning isn't important, why keep score ?
Adolph Rupp, head coach U. of Kentucky for 42 years with an 82 % win record.
Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser.
Red Auerbach, Coach Boston Celtics.
11/03/11
All I want out of life is to get a bunch of boys together and whip somebody elses.
Adolph Rupp Coach
Every team has a pair of top players, but it's the third man down who wins and loses games.
Dell Harris Coach
My biggest thrill came the night Elgin Baylor and I combined for 73 points in Madison Square Garden. Elgin had 71 of them.
Rod Hundley sportscaster and former Laker.
Just inside the door to the coach's office at Hardin-Simmons University hangs this sign: " Winning isn't everything, but it sure beats coming in second."
06/03/11
You can say something to popes, kings and presidents, but you can't talk to officials. In the next war, they ought to give everybody a whistle.
Abe Lemons Coach
I've seen enough guys who were kicked upstairs and then found out they were working in a one-story building.
John Kerr Coach
More games are won during the months of recruting than during the weeks of the season.
Jack Gardner Coach
Absolute silence - that's the one thing a sportswriter can qoute accurately.
Bobby Knight Coach
25/02/11
Talk to your wife now - the basketball season starts soon!!!
This world is made up of Davids. I am a Goliath. And nobody roots for Goliath.
Wilt Chamberlain.
Officiating is the only accupation in the worls where the highest accolade is silence.
NBA referee Earl Strom.
The trouble with officials is the just don't care who wins.
Tommy Cantenbury College Coach
18/02/11
When coach Sam Aubrey's Oklahoma State team was soundly beaten by Colorado, 83-62,
he was asked how he slept: " Just like a baby. I would sleep an hour, then wake up and cry for an hour."
Motto posted over the basketball coach's desk: " Use your head. It's the little things that count."
I believe in higher education. You know, 6-8, 6-9, 6-10.... Coach " Smokey " Gaines.
All of us learn to write by second grade, then most of us go on to other things.
Coach Bobby Knight.
11/02/11
All I do is coach and put my players on the floor. If they win, fine. If they lose, it is their fault.
Coach Abe Lemons
Basketball Coach: A fellow who tries to convince tall students they shouldn't go out for track and field.
When Stan Watts, Brigham Young basketball coach, was asked if he intended to keep a pair of inexperienced seven-footers on his team, he answered, " Oh, yes. We'll really be impressive in the airports."
There are only two groups of basketball coaches: those who have been fired and those who will be.
04/02/11
" If I were given a change in life, I'd like to see how it would be to live as a mere six-footer "
Wilt " the Stilt " Chamberlain.
" One advantage of being seven feet tall is " You can see Arnold Palmer putt."
Norman Russell.
" A seven-foot basketball player in Alabama is majoring in astronomy. He felt it would be nice to be near his work."
" Coaching is easy. Winning is the hard part."
Elgin Baylor, Coach.
28/01/11
" The appeal of basketball is that it is an easy game to play, but difficult to master. "
Dr. James Naismith.
" The ball is round and the floor is smooth."
Red Auerbach
Explaining why basketball is such a simple game.
" Any American boy can be a basketball player if he grows up, up, up."
Bill Vaughan
Professional basketball players always have enough money - they're never short.
Sign on the door of a college basketball coach's office:
" I'm busy, but if you can see over the transom come in."
21/01/11
Famous Michael Jordan Quotes
"I never thought a role model should be negative."
"I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."
"There are plenty of teams in every sport that have great players and never win titles. Most of the time, those players aren't willing to sacrifice for the greater good of the team. The funny thing is, in the end, their unwillingness to sacrifice only makes individual goals more difficult to achieve. One thing I believe to the fullest is that 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."
"There is no "i" in team but there is in win."
15/1/11
"The first time I shot the hook, I was in fourth grade, and I was about five feet eight inches tall. I put the ball up and felt totally at ease with the shot. I was completely confident it would go in. I've been shooting it ever since." --Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
"I know the Virginia players are smart because you need a 1500 SAT to get in. I have to drop bread crumbs to get our players to and from class." --George Raveling
"I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come. I don't do things half-heartedly. Because I know if I do, then I can expect half-hearted results."
Michael Jordan
"Even when I'm old and gray, I won't be able to play it, but I'll still love the game."
Michael Jordan
7/1/11
Famous Michael Jordan Quotes
" My heroes are and where my parents. I can't see having anyone else as my heroes."
" My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength."
" If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it."
" If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome."