Quotes by Pete Maravich - Page 1

I got by on talent. That was my fatal mistake.
Pete Maravich / Basketball Player
Mistake
Fatal
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They don't pay you a million dollars for two-hand chest passes.
Pete Maravich / Basketball Player
Basketball
Dollars
Hands
Million Dollars
Two
Chest
Million
Passes
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I don't want to play 10 years and then die of a heart attack when I'm 40.
Pete Maravich / Basketball Player
Basketball
Heart
Years
Attack
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I accomplished what I set out to do, but I lost my discipline and my career.
Pete Maravich / Basketball Player
Accomplished
Discipline
Lost
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Character never quits; and with patience and persistence; Dreams do come true!
Pete Maravich / Basketball Player
Death
Dream
Patience
Character
Persistence
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Shooting is nothing. Anybody can shoot. The big charge is putting on a show for the crowd.
Pete Maravich / Basketball Player
Shooting
Anybody
Charge
Shoot
Putting
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I lived my life one way for 35 years, for me. And then the focus came in on what I really was.
Pete Maravich / Basketball Player
Basketball
Focus
Years
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It's hard when your father's the coach. Sometimes you don't know where one leaves off and the other begins.
Pete Maravich / Basketball Player
Basketball
Father
Sometimes
Begins
Coach
Leaves
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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 / Basketball Player
Basketball
Choices
Way
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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 / Basketball Player
Basketball
Dedication
Fleeting
Focus
Light
Life Focus Moment
Fade
Goals
Lights
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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 / Basketball Player
Basketball
Careers
Satisfaction
Brief
Meaning
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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 / Basketball Player
Prove
Sharks
Shining
Spotlight
Arrived
Brightly
Labeled
Pan
Ranks
Strike
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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 / Basketball Player
Sports
Basketball
Summer
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