Top 1200 Nba Championships Quotes & Sayings - Page 3

I'm lucky and blessed to have so many tag-team championships.

Money is good and everything, but championships are what it's about.

You don't win championships by having the cheapest budget.

What we get paid to do is peak at the world championships and Olympics.

Players dont win championships, organizations do!

I love basketball so much, I love playing it. I just never thought I could make it to college, make it to the NBA or stand up here today in front of you guys and be an NBA MVP. It’s just a surreal feeling, and I had so much help, so many people believe in me when I didn’t believe in myself.

Offense sells tickets, but defense wins championships.

I wasn't sure how it would unfold once I got to the NBA, but I knew if I got to the NBA, I could then have the platform and have the resources and the connections and the people around me that had more connections and more resources to help me really impact a lot of people's lives.

I have won Russia at least 16 world championships. I have fought for my country.

I don't dwell on things. When I won the World Championships in Moscow, I came back - that was it.

The ones who want to achieve and win championships motivate themselves.

If the NBA is worried about the NBA, if the NCAA is worried about the NCAA, if each individual institution is just worried about themselves, and the last thing we think about is these kids, then we're going to make wrong decisions. There are a lot of players of different levels, of different abilities. Let's be fair with them.

I dont believe it wins championships. (It) gets you to the playoffs.

If we're about winning world championships, we can't just have all of our focus be on the Olympics.

That's the only difference in Formula E from other championships - it's more unpredictable.

I have three championships in a country where I don't speak the language.

You've got to be a Lakers fan growing up in L.A. with all these championships.

Defense wins championships. I love being viewed as that guy.

I've made up my mind. Lugano was my last World Championships as a coach.

When you play for the guy next to you, that's when you win championships.

Let's go fix problems that I have and let's do what I need to do to win championships.

The NBA is a culture shock for college kids, and even more so for kids from another country. The NBA is a unique environment, so there is going to be transition for any young kid, but I think coming from another country and culture is even harder. It does take a special toughness and confidence to deal with that, especially since a lot of times you don't play a lot as a young player.

The Celtics don't celebrate anything but championships.

What drives me is winning championships.

I wouldn't trade any of the championships I've won for anything.

You're measured by championships no matter what.

You can't win championships without playing great defense.

I just love playing in major championships.

I fancy our chances at the European Championships.

To me, being the best means proving it in different countries and championships.

That's why we play sports, is to compete for championships.

Fans, especially ours, demand championships. That's what we're striving for.

The Olympic Games and the World Championships will be my big goals.

Major League Baseball has the best idea of all. Three years before they'll take a kid out of college, then they have a minor league system that they put the kids in. I'm sure that if the NBA followed the same thing, there would be a lot of kids in a minor league system that still were not good enough to play in the major NBA.

For as many championships that I've won, I've been on a lot of teams that haven't won one.

That's still hard for me to believe that I've been on a team that has won three championships.

The Champs-Elysees is like the world championships for sprinters.

I made my first World Championships team at 12.

You can be the best person in the league but if you don't win championships, something's missing.

I think you play this game to be remembered, to win championships.

History dictates that winning three consecutive championships is very difficult.

I have a deep desire to have success, to play a high level, and to win championships.

In 2011, 2012, running for those championships, every point matters.

I'm not scared of the NBA. I'm not scared of the NBA officials.

Yeah, I was ready for the NBA. Because I went through a lot of things back overseas. And you know, playing professionally from a young age and then playing against the older guys - guys over 30; older, talented guys - was really tough, but it also helped my game grow and just get me ready for the NBA.

It's tough to win championships no matter what.

You have to come in to major championships, and your attitude has to be on point.

I began playing in the Pacific Coast Indoor Tennis Championships.

A guy who's not a champion can't talk too much about championships, can he?

I want to be M.V.P. one day. But for me, it's all about championships.

I think that major championships are as much about attitude as they are anything else.

Individuals play the game, but teams win championships.

It's sad that we have to be measured by how many championships we win.

Championships and great seasons are won in locker rooms.

I was so used to going out and winning state championships and playing in the postseason.

This is a tournament. The others are all championships.

Offense is great, but defense wins championships.

You aren't going to win championships unless you make layups and free throws.

A player from Africa who wins championships? That's powerful.

Rebounding wins championships, you need to emphasize it and work with kids on it.