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1. For you to truly appreciate basketball you have to understand the basics, define terminologies, and know some about its history. Same in reality, you can't truly appreciate life if you know very little, or worse, nothing about it. You must learn to understand its complexities, you must define your goals and the things that matter to you, you must know what your purpose is.
2. Buzzer-beating shots, 24 second shot clock, tied scores - these are things
in basketball that lets you see the value of time. A few seconds can change a game instantly. In basketball, it's not over until it's over. When the clock is still
ticking, no matter how short the remaining time is, it's not yet
finished. Every second is important, make the most out of it. All these are life lessons. While there's life there's hope, they say.
Dwyane Wade: (Game 6) We fight. To the last minute. To the last second. We fight.
3. Basketball reminds us that we cannot do everything alone. No matter how tall, big, athletic and talented a player is, he needs his team to win a game. That's why it's a team sport. Giving your best is not the same as doing it all. There might be so many things that you can do, but there will always be things that you can't. Accept help, cooperate and learn to trust.
Coach Spoelstra: (Game 6) Trust each other. Everybody is a playmaker. Everybody is.
4. Every player gives their best in every game. If we really want to succeed in life, we have to give everything, every time. We'll never know when will things be over. We'll never know what it is beyond every opportunity that is given to us. And we'll never know if we'll ever have that opportunity again.
[NV] Coach Popovich: (Game 7) Not too many people get this opportunity, not too many get an opportunity to play a game like this. Just be persistent, over and over and over again.
Lebron James: (Game 6) When you think you gave everything that you got, you got to give more.
5. If you're a true fan of a certain team, and not someone who cheers for different teams every year, then you must know how it feels to win and lose. You must know that the ball wouldn't always be on one side. That's basketball telling you that life isn't always about winning. You should know when to accept defeat. And no matter how upset you are for losing, respect and congratulate your opponent.
6. After defeat, a team looks back and think about why it happened. They take note of their mistakes and learn from it. Then they stand, gather themselves and prepare for the next game. That's how it should be done. Defeats should make you stronger.
7. Playing the game isn't always about the results. Every player is
expected to play seriously toward an ultimate goal. But whether it's win
or lose, they got to enjoy every moment. In life, we are studying
hard, we are working hard but in between those, we have to enjoy life
as it is. Sometimes, it is not the result that will matter, it's the
people that you met; it's the moments that pushed you to your limits; it's the things that brought out the best in you. Sometimes, it's the journey that will matter in the end.
[NV] Coach Popovich: (Game 6) We can't take anything for granted. You go win or you lose, but you cherish every minute of it.
8. Critics are all over in basketball. Even you're one of the best players in your league, even you've already proven your worth for a thousand times, some will still find the loopholes in you. However it's not just in basketball but in real life as well. We might never understand why we are getting so much criticisms from others, but we can always ignore them. By focusing ourselves on things that really matter to us, by not getting distracted and by being stronger than ever, we get to enjoy life while our critics spend their lives hating us.
During Lebron James NBA Finals Press Conference:
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Question: Have you chosen to accept at this point that no matter if you win one
title or a bunch more after, criticism is always gonna
be there and is always gonna be really intense when it comes to you?
James: Yeah. It is where it is and that's okay. It won't stop me from
loving the game. Playing it at a high level, doing it for my team mates.
First of all, I'm blessed. I don't even know how I got here. I'm not
supposed to be in NBA. And every time I go to my locker room and see
"James" on the back on NBA jersey, I'm like, wow.
No criticism can deter
me from playing this game because of that. The fact that I'm doing what
I'm doing and I'm doing it for my team mates, it's all that matters.
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Congratulations again to Miami Heat!!!
And to the 2013 NBA Finals MVP, the one and only, King Lebron James, congratulations on your second ring!!! :)))
This one's for you. Hihihi :)))
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Previous posts about Lebron and NBA:
Letter to Lebron James (2012)
Game 6 and Me (2013)
This one's for you. Hihihi :)))
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Previous posts about Lebron and NBA:
Letter to Lebron James (2012)
Game 6 and Me (2013)
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