It takes a number of critical factors to win an NBA championship, including the right mix of talent, creativity, intelligence, toughness, and of course, luck. But if a team doesn’t have the most essential ingredient - love - none of those other factors matter. — Phil Jackson
I have short goals - to get better every day, to help my teammates every day - but my only ultimate goal is to win an NBA championship. It's all that matters. I dream about it. I dream about it all the time, how it would look, how it would feel. It would be so amazing. — LeBron James
It's all about winning. Stats really don't matter, I mean, guys have great series and all that, and people take notice and take their place in history with those stats and all that stuff. But at the end of the day, it's all about winning and what you can do to help your team get to that point. — Stephen Curry
Championship teams are built on being prepared, playing unselfishly and being held accountable. — Jason Kidd
I'm pleased that they performed as well as they did while we've been in Miami and that's about as far as it goes. Now, we've got to go home and play as well or better. — Gregg Popovich
It's different as a coach because you feel responsible for a lot of people. Even though you don't take a shot, you don't get a rebound, you feel like you just want people to succeed and you want to help them any way you can. — Steve Kerr
I felt like we would have definitely won an NBA championship if everyone was healthy. — Kyrie Irving
It just feels good to say we're the best team in the world, with the best player in the world. — Klay Thompson
Our team, because of our depth and our talent, we were able to do that, and it turned into a special season as a result. — Steve Kerr
We didn't do much different against LeBron. We were just more active and more competitive. — Steve Kerr
Nba Finals Quotes
My dream was to be in the NBA. I wasn't really focused on being a star player on a team. I just wanted to make it to the NBA. I've been blessed for the opportunities to be in the Finals, been in the playoffs ever since I've been in the NBA. — James Harden
I don't think we'll shoot 76 percent in a half ever again. That's crazy. — Gregg Popovich
I think LeBron asked out of the game once or twice before that, so we knew he was getting tired but we were all getting tired out there. ... I don't think I've played in anything like this since I left the islands. — Tim Duncan
I dream about winning a championship, where everybody is hooting and hollering for you. The whole world is drawn to the NBA Finals. — Ray Allen
There are moments where we forgot what got us to where we are now. ... We stopped moving the ball. We know how it works. We are playing a great team with great players, and we've got to be close to perfect to win. — Manu Ginobili
Obviously he deserved that Finals MVP award. He is a great talent and he is a huge reason why we are celebrating. — Stephen Curry
My favorite Knicks moment was when we beat Indiana in Game 7 to reach the NBA Finals. We worked so hard as a team to reach that moment that it was very satisfying to beat Indiana and reach the Finals. — John Starks
The same way you slow me down: … You can’t. — LeBron James
They played great and I can honestly say I don't think any of us were expecting this type of performance. They were great. You have to give them credit for that. — Erik Spoelstra
It was an unusual environment. We're used to having the jotter arena at this time of year. It's unfortunate that it was that way, but both teams had to deal with it. — Erik Spoelstra
So, yeah, I'm going to try to win the national championship next year. But I'm not going to kill myself doing it. I'm not going to kill my players either. You really start to realize there's a lot more to what we're trying to do then winning games — Geno Auriemma
If you do base your life on how many touchdowns you score, how many championships you win, then when you have a setback, then when you have an injury, you're not playing, or something goes wrong, your self-worth goes down. — Tim Tebow
A lot of guys go through their whole careers and don't win a championship, but are still great coaches. — Chuck Daly
If you win a National Championship, or you win two, people think you have not only seen the Holy Grail, but you've embraced it. Basically, I do what a lot of people do, but I've been able to win. — Mike Krzyzewski
To win the Championship in the first year will be hard. We need time to become competitive and win races. — Valentino Rossi
Even championship-winning teams don't play well all the time. — Teddy Sheringham
More Nba Championships Quotes
It takes a number of critical factors to win an NBA championship, including the right mix of talent, creativity, intelligence, toughness, and of course, luck. But if a team doesn’t have the most essential ingredient - love - none of those other factors matter. — Phil Jackson
I have short goals - to get better every day, to help my teammates every day - but my only ultimate goal is to win an NBA championship. It's all that matters. I dream about it. I dream about it all the time, how it would look, how it would feel. It would be so amazing. — LeBron James
It's all about winning. Stats really don't matter, I mean, guys have great series and all that, and people take notice and take their place in history with those stats and all that stuff. But at the end of the day, it's all about winning and what you can do to help your team get to that point. — Stephen Curry
Championship teams are built on being prepared, playing unselfishly and being held accountable. — Jason Kidd
I'm pleased that they performed as well as they did while we've been in Miami and that's about as far as it goes. Now, we've got to go home and play as well or better. — Gregg Popovich
It's different as a coach because you feel responsible for a lot of people. Even though you don't take a shot, you don't get a rebound, you feel like you just want people to succeed and you want to help them any way you can. — Steve Kerr
I felt like we would have definitely won an NBA championship if everyone was healthy. — Kyrie Irving
It just feels good to say we're the best team in the world, with the best player in the world. — Klay Thompson
Our team, because of our depth and our talent, we were able to do that, and it turned into a special season as a result. — Steve Kerr
We didn't do much different against LeBron. We were just more active and more competitive. — Steve Kerr
I'm a guy who tries to be successful in all that I do, and when you fall short, it hurts. — LeBron James
Winning an NBA championship is the biggest thing that can happen professionally because it's the top. But representing your country-with more than 30 million people cheering for you and then seeing you up there on the podium-it's hard to find any more words to put on that. — Manu Ginobili
Do you want to choose winning over standing out? It's a choice every player on every championship team has to do — Doc Rivers
I don't think we'll shoot 76 percent in a half ever again. That's crazy. — Gregg Popovich
I'm not skilled enough to explain properly how we feel. Not only me, but I'm sure Tony and Tim and Pop feel the same way. Last year was a tough one for all of us. We felt like we had the trophy, that we were touching it, and it slipped away. We all felt guilty. We got to this spot, and we didn't let it go. — Manu Ginobili
Winning teams at the NBA level, the college level, and the high school level all play team basketball. Championship teams have five players on the same page at all times. — Hubie Brown
I'm just thrilled for so many people. Our players, mostly, but the people in our organization - Rick Welts, Joe Lacob and Peter Guber and the whole group. It's just a phenomenal group of people. I think as a coach you just appreciate kind of the big picture a little bit more. — Steve Kerr
Yeah, I know there's been all this talk this year especially about the 3-point shot and can you win shooting it. There's a lot of different styles that can work. You have to base it on your own personnel. — Steve Kerr
I think LeBron asked out of the game once or twice before that, so we knew he was getting tired but we were all getting tired out there. ... I don't think I've played in anything like this since I left the islands. — Tim Duncan
Not even thinking about anything. My mind is a blank. We just want to enjoy the moment. — Andre Iguodala
I dream about winning a championship, where everybody is hooting and hollering for you. The whole world is drawn to the NBA Finals. — Ray Allen
All 14 guys on the team have sacrificed something to get to this point. — Stephen Curry
I've been blessed with an amazing group of guys in my first year, I can't believe how lucky I am. — Steve Kerr
There are moments where we forgot what got us to where we are now. ... We stopped moving the ball. We know how it works. We are playing a great team with great players, and we've got to be close to perfect to win. — Manu Ginobili
Obviously he deserved that Finals MVP award. He is a great talent and he is a huge reason why we are celebrating. — Stephen Curry
So after 11 years you're just picking up all this information. I'm a basketball junky, so I watch old players. The '90s was a great era of basketball. I watched so much of that. That just helped me be a student of the game and pick up any moment. It's the 10,000 hour rule. You're just trying to master your craft. — Andre Iguodala
Every decision he made, I think everybody bought into it. Whether you understood it or not, you bought into it. Because he's a champion. He's won five of these or something like that, so you've got to trust a guy that's been here before and his view for our team. — Stephen Curry
If that's the last image of Michael Jordan...how magnificent is it!? — Bob Costas
LeBron doesn't have any weaknesses, or he doesn't have a glaring weakness. So you've got to pick up on the smaller things to try to make him uncomfortable. Like knowing which side he likes to shoot threes off the dribble, which side he likes to drive. One side he'll drive left more often, and the other side he'll drive right more often. — Andre Iguodala
I'm proud of everybody in our organization. Not every story has a happy ending. Doesn't mean it's a bad story. — David Blatt
I enjoy the competition and whatever it takes throughout the competition, I will do it. — LeBron James
We want to get another one. — Stephen Curry
Growing up, I always dreamed of winning an NBA championship, never a gold. A gold was something that never crossed my mind. — Dwyane Wade
When I leave the NBA, I don't want my legacy to be, 'He won a championship ring.' I want my legacy to say: 'He played for the people. He gave everybody in the world hope that they can be just like him.' — Gilbert Arenas
We just don't give in. If you can bend and not break, you always got a chance. — David Blatt
As loud as fans were , they need to go home now and start soaking up a lot of tea, drinking a lot of tea for the next 36 hours, whatever the case may be, 'cause they need to be just as loud Thursday night. — LeBron James
Guarding LeBron James has to be the hardest job in basketball. — Steve Kerr
I want to say congratulations to Cleveland and Coach Blatt. LeBron is an incredible player. — Steve Kerr
I want to be just like Steph when I grow up. — Andre Iguodala
All that's missing for Utah is a blindfold and a cigarette. — Bob Costas
During one of the 4th quarter huddles, LeBron said to him, 'It doesn't matter what happens to this point. No one is going to remember how many points you had or what type of game you had. Just help us make some plays to win this thing.' And he made some big plays. — Erik Spoelstra
The common denominator is that we have guys who are really hungry to show what they can do. — Andre Iguodala
Actually, Magic and the Lakers beat Philadelphia for Magic's first NBA Championship. — Oscar Robertson
They played great and I can honestly say I don't think any of us were expecting this type of performance. They were great. You have to give them credit for that. — Erik Spoelstra
It was an unusual environment. We're used to having the jotter arena at this time of year. It's unfortunate that it was that way, but both teams had to deal with it. — Erik Spoelstra
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