"Teamwork: The fuel that produces uncommon results in common people."
- Anonymous
"Basketball is a game that gives you every chance to be great, and puts every pressure on you to prove that you haven't got what it takes. It never takes away the chance, and it never eases up on the pressure."
- Coach Bob Sundvold
"When you have the attitude of a champion, you see adversity as your training partner."
- Conor Gillen
"In life you are given two ends, one to think with the other to sit on. Your success in life depends on which end you use the most. Heads you win, tails you lose."
- Conrad Burns
"Remember this, the choices you make in life, make you"
- John Wooden
"What to do with a mistake--recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it."
- Dean Smith
"There are two pains in life, the pain of discipline, and the pain of regret. Take your choice"
- Unknown
"If you think small things don't matter, think of the last game you lost by one point."
- Unknown
"Be more concerned with your character than your reputation."
- John Wooden
“Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.”
- Henry Ford
"A Loser says, "Well at least I tried!" When in reality, at most he tried; A Winner doesn't have to say it, he just does it...be a doer, not a tryer.."
- Randy E. Johnson
"Always keep an open mind and a compassionate heart."
- Phil Jackson
"Attitudes are contagious...Is yours worth catching?"
- Unknown
"What you are as a person is far more important that what you are as a basketball player"
- John Wooden
"Winning is about having the whole team on the same page"
- Bill Walton
"It doesn't matter who scores the points, it's who can get the ball to the scorer"
- Larry Bird
"Nothing will work unless you do."
- John Wooden
A Spelling Lesson: "Unity begins with you."
- Armilando Evora
"90% of the game is played above the shoulders."
- Jim Geddes
"If you pay attention to the grandstands...it won't be long before you join them."
- Anonymous
"You don't demand respect, you earn it."
- Steve Seidler
"Great teamwork is the only way we create the breakthroughs that define our careers."
- Pat Riley
"Players are made in the off season, teams are made during the season."
- Unknown
"We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sail."
- author unknown
"The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have."
- Vince Lombardi
"Coaches build teams, parents build players."
- Charles Smyth
"The best teams have chemistry. They communicate with each other and they sacrifice personal glory for the common goal."
- Dave DeBusschere
"Victory or defeat is not determined at the moment of crisis, but rather in the long and unspectacular period of preparation."
- from an old textbook
"Be strong in body, clean in mind, lofty in ideals."
- Dr. James Naismith, the father of basketball
"The difference between an extraordinary player and an ordinary player is that little extra."
- Michael Burks
"It is not how big you are, it is how big you play."
- Unknown
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