You don’t play against opponents, you play against the game of basketball

- Bobby Knight

Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and love

- Pelé

The only way to prove that you’re a good sport is to lose

- Ernie Banks

Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard

- Tim Notke

Pressure is something you feel when you don’t know what you’re doing

- Chuck Noll

It’s not the will to win that matters—everyone has that. It’s the will to prepare to win

- Paul Bryant

The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning

- Pelé

You can’t put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get

- Michael Phelps

There is no glory in practice, but without practice there is no glory

- Kobe Bryant

Never let your head hang down. Never give up

- Babe Ruth

You miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take

- Wayne Gretzky

It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up

- Vince Lombardi

I hated every minute of training, but I said, Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest as a champion

- Muhammad Ali

You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them

- Michael Jordan

Winning means you’re willing to go longer, work harder, and give more

- Vince Lombardi

I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed

- Michael Jordan

The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team

- Phil Jackson

Champions keep playing until they get it right

- Billie Jean King