Quotes by Basketball I've been called worse on the basketball court. Barack Obama basketball-court court basketball Nobody's cooler than my two girls. They just seem to take whatever comes with, you know - happiness and - steadiness. And they're loving school. They're making friends... and - they've already joined some clubs. And Sasha, you know - I think maybe to endear - myself to her, she - she decided she wanted to join a basketball team. So - what more could I want? Barack Obama team girl basketball If human beings are perceived as potentials rather than problems, as possessing strengths instead of weaknesses, as unlimited rather that dull and unresponsive, then they thrive and grow to their capabilities. Barbara Bush weakness basketball dull Height isn't something you can have and just let be, like nice teeth or naturally curly hair. People have this idea you have to put it to use, playing basketball, for example, or observing the weather up there. If you are a girl, they feel a particular need to point your height out to you, as if you might not have noticed. Barbara Kingsolver nice girl basketball For me this was never a money issue, it was about being rich in your heart. To come home, and to be in the place where your dream first started, 15 minutes away from where my grandfather built my first basketball court, is a dream come true. Baron Davis basketball dream home I just stopped liking basketball. And then you dribbling down the court and having the owner like cuss at you and call you an idiot. I didn't even look forward to coming to the games, and if the owner [Donald Sterling] came to the game, I definitely was not gonna have a good game because it was just like, how do you play when the main heckler in the gym is the owner of the team, and he's telling you how much he hates you and calling out your name? Baron Davis team hate basketball I've played everything - baseball, football, basketball. I can still swim a mile a day. That's why I can't walk. Barry Goldwater basketball baseball football The old lessons (work, self-discipline, sacrifice, teamwork, fighting to achieve) aren't being taught by many people other than football coaches these days. The football coach has a captive audience and can teach these lessons because the communication lines between himself and his players are more wide open than between kids and parents. We better teach these lessons or else the country's future population will be made up of a majority of crooks, drug addicts, or people on relief. Bear Bryant basketball teamwork leadership Sacrifice. Work. Self-discipline. I teach these things, and my boys don't forget them when they leave. Bear Bryant basketball leadership believe But there's one thing about quitters you have to guard against - they are contagious. If one boy goes, the chances are he'll take somebody with him, and you don't want that. So when they would start acting that way, I used to pack them up and get them out, or embarrass them, or do something to turn them around. Bear Bryant basketball leadership believe Set goals - high goals for you and your organization. When your organization has a goal to shoot for, you create teamwork, people working for a common good. Bear Bryant basketball teamwork leadership People who are in it for their own good are individualists. They don't share the same heartbeat that makes a team so great. A great unit, whether it be football or any organization, shares the same heartbeat. Bear Bryant basketball leadership football If they don't have a winning attitude, I don't want them. Bear Bryant basketball leadership attitude There's a lot of blood, sweat, and guts between dreams and success. Bear Bryant basketball leadership motivational I'll never give up on a player regardless of his ability as long as he never gives up on himself. In time he will develop. Bear Bryant giving-up basketball leadership You must learn how to hold a team together. You must lift some men up, calm others down, until finally they've got one heartbeat. Then you've got yourself a team. Bear Bryant team basketball leadership If you want to coach you have three rules to follow to win. One, surround yourself with people who can't live without football. I've had a lot of them. Two, be able to recognize winners. They come in all forms. And, three, have a plan for everything. A plan for practice, a plan for the game. A plan for being ahead, and a plan for being behind 20-0 at half, with your quarterback hurt and the phones dead, with it raining cats and dogs and no rain gear because the equipment man left it at home. Bear Bryant basketball leadership motivational You take those little rascals, talk to them good, pat them on the back, let them think they are good, and they will go out and beat the biguns. Bear Bryant basketball leadership believe If there is one thing that has helped me as a coach, it's my ability to recognize winners, or good people who can become winners by paying the price. Bear Bryant basketball leadership believe There is no sin in not liking to play; it's a mistake for a boy to be there if he doesn't want to. Bear Bryant basketball leadership mistake «4567891011121314»