Quotes About Determination

My body could stand the crutches but my mind couldn't stand the sideline.

I've missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six 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.

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.

For a competitive junkie like me, golf is a great solution because it smacks you in the face every time you think you have accomplished something. That to me has taken over a lot of the energy and competitiveness for basketball.

I want to be perceived as a guy who played his best in all facets, not just scoring. A guy who loved challenges.

I wasn't really a work conscious type of person.

The best evaluation I can make of a player is to look in his eyes and see how scared they are.

Practice like you never won; play like you never lost.

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.

You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them.

Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, and others make it happen.

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.

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.

I've never lost a game. I just ran out of time.

If you quit ONCE it becomes a habit.Never quit!!!

Never say never, because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.

To learn to succeed, you must first learn to fail.

Don't let them drag you down by rumors just go with what you believe in.

Make It Happen.

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

Once I made a decision, I never thought about it again.

I Own the guy guarding me

The key to success is failure.

What is love? Love is playing every game as if it's your last!