Scottie Pippen Quotes

What is learned on the athletic field is not forgotten, nor are the lessons of character that are forged there ever lost. Consider the contributions in the field of public life, business, law, medicine, and the military of those who actively participated in athletics.

We're all about trying to teach the kids life through basketball.

Sport is and should remain a great school of life that supports young people in their personal development. It teaches respect for others and also for oneself.

I know when I have kids, when I'm older, I'm going to encourage them to play sports because I think it teaches you a lot. It teaches you discipline, teamwork, and that there's really no 'I' in team.

I wish I had played team sports. I think every kid should. Teamwork builds character - teaches people about leadership and cooperation.

The sport in Scouting is to find the good in every boy and develop it.

You learn by playing a great team, and I'm talking about character things, not hockey technique.

I do genuinely believe that young people who play sport at a competitive level, sensibly controlled, sensibly organised, that has to be a good thing. It will teach them to win, it will teach them to lose with dignity and magnanimity - all the things you want. It's a pretty good metaphor for life.

You shouldn't just work on your jump shot. You should work on being a better person, a better teammate, and a better friend.

Kids in sports - it makes such an impact in life with the lessons that you learn.

Golf is one of the greatest games in the world, not just on the course but what it can teach you off the course, the morals, stuff like that.

I know what sport has given to me in my life, what opportunities I've had and the lessons I've learned about myself and about life.

I try and focus on the youth coming up, and I think tennis is a great sport regardless of how far you make it: just, obviously, a lot of good life lessons.

Sacrifice. Work. Self-discipline. I teach these things, and my boys don't forget them when they leave.

And it was a great experience, you know, to travel the world and compete at a certain level. It teaches you discipline, focus, and certainly keeps you out of trouble.

I liked the military life. They teach you self-sufficiency early on. I always say that I learned most of what I know about leadership in the Marine Corps. Certain basic principles stay with you - sometimes consciously, mostly unconsciously.

I was in the Boy Scouts for about four years until my troop disbanded. It is really one of the best activities youths can get involved in and nearly every scout I have known has been a class act due to the discipline the Scouts have instilled in them.

The true value of sport is more than the skills that young people learn.

There's no doubt West Point impacted who I am... It has an enormous emphasis, not only on military aspects, but character development. Whether it's the honor code, or the interactions you have, both with the cadet leadership and the academy leadership, every place you are is a character test.

The best kids are going to become the best. But the best thing about it is that you're going to learn lessons in playing those sports about winning and losing and teamwork and teammates and arguments and everything else that are going to affect you positively for the rest of your life.

I'm a better and more educated person because of basketball.

The Boys and Girls Club taught me a lot about sportsmanship, humility, self-respect.

All that I know most surely about morality and obligations I owe to football.

Regardless of who you are, what sport you chose, or how much success you achieved, playing the game is all about getting you ready for life.

The moral values I've learnt in my life I've learnt through football.