“They said playing basketball would kill me. Well, not playing basketball was killing me.”
Earvin Magic Johnson
“You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.”
Albert Einstein
“Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.”
Abraham Lincoln
“Anyone who seeks to destroy the passions instead of controlling them is trying to play the angel.”
Voltaire
“The one thing about A.J. is that he was always very passionate about playing basketball. It was always his dream to play basketball for a living and he was going to try every possible avenue and opportunity to do that.”
Will Brown
“Alfonso plays with a lot of will and determination. He's a guy who wasn't even playing all that much in high school until another guy got hurt. Now I've gotten a chance to see how badly he wants it.”
Curtis Pulley
“Effort and determination are two things that can change the course of any basketball series. You play this game, at this time of year, with heart. It's about trying to impose your will on the other team and not let them impose their will on you.”
Jerry West
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