Pete Maravich Quotes

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

Life, Yourself, Focus

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

Pay, Million, Dollars

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

Lost, Career, Discipline

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

Heart, Die, Play

I got by on talent. That was my fatal mistake.
Pete Maravich

Talent, Mistake, Fatal

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

Life, Focus, Lived

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

Father, Hard, Sometimes

Most of my career was negative.
Pete Maravich

Career, 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

Life, Career, Basketball

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

Nothing, Big, Show

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Biography

Nationality: American

Born: June 22, 1947

Died: January 5, 1988

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