Top 14 Quotes & Sayings by Pete Maravich

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Last updated on April 15, 2025.

Peter Press Maravich, known by his nickname Pistol Pete, was an American professional basketball player. Maravich was born in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area, and raised in the Carolinas. Maravich starred in college at Louisiana State University's Tigers basketball team; his father Press Maravich was the team's head coach.

American - Athlete | June 22, 1947 - January 5, 1988

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I accomplished what I set out to do, but I lost my discipline and my career.

Pete Maravich

I lived my life one way for 35 years, for me. And then the focus came in on what I really was.

Pete Maravich

Most of my career was negative.

Pete Maravich

When I arrived, I felt the spotlight shining brightly on me, and I knew the sharks were ready to strike if I did not pan out and prove myself to be the showman and the player the college ranks had labeled me to be.

Pete Maravich

My life had no meaning at all. I found only brief interludes of satisfaction. It was like my whole life had been about my whole basketball career.

Pete Maravich

They don't pay you a million dollars for two-hand chest passes.

Pete Maravich

There is nothing wrong with dedication and goals, but if you focus on yourself, all the lights fade away and you become a fleeting moment in life.

Pete Maravich

It's hard when your father's the coach. Sometimes you don't know where one leaves off and the other begins.

Pete Maravich

I don't want to play 10 years and then die of a heart attack when I'm 40.

Pete Maravich

Shooting is nothing. Anybody can shoot. The big charge is putting on a show for the crowd.

Pete Maravich

I got by on talent. That was my fatal mistake.

Pete Maravich

If I have a choice whether to do the show or throw a straight pass, and we're going to get the basket either way, I'm going to do the show.

Pete Maravich

Character never quits; and with patience and persistence; Dreams do come true!

Pete Maravich

I played six to 10 hours a day, every day, 90 days during the summer, and I'd do incredible things. I would dribble blindfolded in the house. I would take my basketball to bed with me, I'd lay there after my mother kissed and tucked me in, and I'd shoot the ball up in the air and say, 'Finger tip control, backspin, follow through.

Pete Maravich

Top 14 Quotes & Sayings by Pete Maravich

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