Paul Brandley > Paul's Quotes

“Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.”
― Michael Jordan

“To be successful you have to be selfish, or else you never achieve. And once you get to your highest level, then you have to be unselfish. Stay reachable. Stay in touch. Don't isolate.”
― Michael Jordan

“The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.”
― Phil Jackson

“Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.”
― John Wooden

“One basketball to rule them all,” Leo muttered.”
― Rick Riordan, The Mark of Athena

“Nervous means you want to play. Scared means you don't want to play.”
― Sherman Alexie, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

“One basketball to rule them all.”
― Rick Riordan

“All at once, I couldn’t figure out why I was methodically tossing a spherical object through a toroidal object. It seemed like the stupidest thing I could possibly be doing.”
― John Green

“Little kids shoot marbles
where the branches break the sun

into graceful shafts of light…
I just want to be pure.”
― Jim Carroll, The Basketball Diaries

“We learn to make a shell for ourselves when we are young and then spend the rest of our lives hoping for someone to reach inside and touch us. Just touch us—anything more than that would be too much for us to bear.”
― Bill Russell