Pete Maravich

I accomplished what I set out to do, but I lost my discipline and my career. ↗

— Pete Maravich

#career #discipline #i #lost #out

I don't want to play 10 years and then die of a heart attack when I'm 40. ↗

— Pete Maravich

#die #heart #i #play #then

I got by on talent. That was my fatal mistake. ↗

— Pete Maravich

#got #i #mistake #talent

I lived my life one way for 35 years, for me. And then the focus came in on what I really was. ↗

— Pete Maravich

#focus #i #life #lived #me

It's hard when your father's the coach. Sometimes you don't know where one leaves off and the other begins. ↗

— Pete Maravich

#coach #father #hard #know #leaves

Most of my career was negative. ↗

— Pete Maravich

#most #negative

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 #been #brief #career #found

Shooting is nothing. Anybody can shoot. The big charge is putting on a show for the crowd. ↗

— Pete Maravich

#big #charge #crowd #nothing #putting

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

#become #dedication #fade #fleeting #focus

They don't pay you a million dollars for two-hand chest passes. ↗

— Pete Maravich

#dollars #million #passes #pay #you