Here are basketball quotes on self-motivation and teamwork: “The invention of basketball was not an accident. It was developed to meet a need. Those boys simply would not play ‘Drop the Handkerchief’.” — James Naismith “Ask not what your teammates can do for you. Ask what you can do for your teammates.” — Magic Johnson

“Basketball is a team game. But that doesn’t mean all five players should take the same amount of shots” – Dean Smith “One player’s selfish attitude can poison the locker room and make it hard, if not impossible, to establish teamwork” – Dean Smith

"You have to earn your right to win the game with effort and togetherness" —Brad Stevens "All the successful teams I’ve ever seen have three characteristics: They play unselfish, they play together, and they play hard." —Larry Brown

"The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team." 2. "Good teams become great ones when the members trust each other enough to surrender the ‘Me’ for the ‘We.’" 3. "Before a vision (dream) can become a reality, it must be owned by every member of the group." 4.