{"id":8893,"date":"2012-10-23T12:15:59","date_gmt":"2012-10-23T16:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.customink.com\/?p=8893"},"modified":"2026-04-15T19:38:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T23:38:34","slug":"funny-inspiring-basketball-t-shirt-slogans-and-sayings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/funny-inspiring-basketball-t-shirt-slogans-and-sayings\/","title":{"rendered":"25 Basketball Sayings and Slogans for Your Team"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Need a slogan or saying to add to your basketball t-shirts<\/a>? We’ve put together a list of some inspiring and funny sayings just for you. They’re a fun addition to uniforms and can help motivate your intramural, high school, or rec basketball team.<\/p>\n

Basketball Quotes, Sayings, & Slogans<\/u><\/h3>\n
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  1. Shoot For Your Goals<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Leave Your Heart on the Court<\/li>\n
  3. Go Hard or Go Home
    \n<\/li>\n
  4. Ball Til You Fall<\/li>\n
  5. Defend Until the End<\/li>\n
  6. Take It To the Net<\/li>\n
  7. 1 Team. 1 Mission.<\/li>\n
  8. Hoop There It Is<\/li>\n
  9. Sky\u2019s the Limit!<\/li>\n
  10. You Play the Way You Practice<\/li>\n
  11. Hustle & Heart Set Us Apart<\/li>\n
  12. Some wish for it, we work for it.<\/li>\n
  13. Competing takes effort. But to win, it takes a team.<\/li>\n
  14. Making Hoop Dreams Come True<\/li>\n
  15. Play Like a Champion<\/li>\n
  16. Keep Calm & Play Ball<\/li>\n
  17. Hoops I Did It Again<\/li>\n
  18. Ballers Never Stope<\/li>\n
  19. Eat. Sleep. Hoop. Reapet.<\/li>\n
  20. Don\u2019t Let Good Enough Be Enough<\/li>\n
  21. It\u2019s not about how big you are, it\u2019s about how big you play.<\/li>\n
  22. \u201cIf you can\u2019t pass, you can\u2019t play!\u201d -Dean Smith<\/li>\n
  23. \u201cYou don\u2019t play against opponents, you play against the game of basketball.\u201d -Bobby Knight<\/li>\n
  24. \u201cIt takes 10 hands to score a basket.\u201d -John Wooden<\/li>\n
  25. \u201cThe game honors toughness.\u201d -Brad Stephens<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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