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Here are some famous, inspirational, and funny basketball quotes from personalities who made the sport what it is today:

//“You can practice shooting eight hours a day, but if your technique is wrong, then all you become is very good at shooting the wrong way. Get the fundamentals down and the level of everything you do will rise.”// - Michel Jordan

//“You can’t get much done in life if you only work on the days when you feel good.”// - Jerry West

//“When it's played the way is spozed to be played, basketball happens in the air; flying, floating, elevated above the floor, levitating the way oppressed peoples of this earth imagine themselves in their dreams.”// - John Edgar Wideman

//“When I dunk, I put something on it. I want the ball to hit the floor before I do.”// - Darryl Dawkins

//“It’s what you get from games you lose that is extremely important.”// - Pat Riley

//“Basketball is like war in that offensive weapons are developed first, and it always takes a while for the defense to catch up.”// - Red Auerbach

//“There may be people that have more talent than you, but there’s no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do.” - Derek Jetter//

//“I would tell players to relax and never think about what’s at stake. Just think about the basketball game. If you start to think about who is going to win the championship, you’ve lost your focus.”// - Michel Jordan

//“To me, there are three things we all should do every day. We should do this every day of our lives. Number one is laugh. You should laugh every day. Number two is think. You should spend some time in thought. And number three is, you should have your emotions moved to tears, could be happiness or joy. But think about it. If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that's a full day. That's a heck of a day. You do that seven days a week, you're going to have something special.”// - Jim Valvano