Confidence In Basketball Player Quotes & Sayings

Poets talk about "spots of time," but it is really fishermen who experience eternity compressed into a moment. No one can tell what a spot of time is until suddenly the whole world is a fish and the fish is gone. — Norman Maclean

But there is no sole person for another's heart. Souls cannot be broken and then completed by another. That's not healthy, nor wise. There are infinite possibilities as there are infinite people and some matches are better than others ... Just don't say that you'll die without the other one or that you'll never love again or that you're not whole
That's the stuff of Romeo and Juliet, hasty nonsense, and you know how well that turned out ... Just don't be desperate about it. That's where souls go wrong, when they think they don't have choices. The heart must make choices. — Leanna Renee Hieber

Players draw confidence from a poised, alert coach who anticipates changing in game conditions — Jack Ramsay

The only thing I pay attention to with free throws is what a guy does in the final four minutes of a game. If you can improve players' self-esteem and confidence, get them to relax, teach visualization and routine, they will shoot as well, or better, with the pressure on. — John Calipari

I wasn't as critical during games as I was at practice. Players needed confidence during games more than criticism. — Dean Smith

Accepting our greatness means no longer playing small. It often starts with baby steps. But eventually it means making major changes - in our lives, jobs, relationships, and dreams.

If I had believed in my own self-worth, I would never have been willing to make the financial moves I made in the past.

If I'd known my value, I couldn't have spent so many years ignoring the whispering - and sometimes screaming - voice that told me to leave my marriage. For a long time, that truth was just too scary and painful for me to face. Talk about keeping my head in the sand!

But how many years did I waste, postponing what has proven to be a much better life - simply because I went into hiding and didn't see that I was worthy of something better? — Nancy Levin

I hold it more important to hold the player's confidence than their affection. — Vince Lombardi

I like to hit the gym early in the morning. I feel better throughout the day when I get in a workout first thing in the morning. — Derek Jeter

If you live in New York and you have a guest room, you have guests. So I think it's best not to have a guest room. — Fran Lebowitz

If my heart could do my thinking, would my brain begin to feel? — Van Morrison

In fact, she was happy for Iko, who took more delight in her new body than most humans ever did. — Marissa Meyer

The generality of mankind is lazy. What distinguishes men of genuine achievement from the rest of us is not so much their intellectual powers and aptitudes as their curiosity, their energy, their fullest use of their potentialities. Nobody really knows how smart or talented he is until he finds the incentives to use himself to the fullest. God has given us more than we know what to do with. — Sydney J. Harris

What do you say, Will? Going to give me a whirl?"
"What?"
"Come on. Let's give these fuckers something to talk about. — Jojo Moyes