25 Basketball Sayings and Slogans for Your Team

Need a slogan or saying to add to your basketball t-shirts? 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.

Basketball Quotes, Sayings, & Slogans

Shoot For Your Goals

Leave Your Heart on the Court

Go Hard or Go Home


Ball Til You Fall

Defend Until the End

Take It To the Net

1 Team. 1 Mission.

Hoop There It Is

Sky’s the Limit!

You Play the Way You Practice

Hustle & Heart Set Us Apart

Some wish for it, we work for it.

Competing takes effort. But to win, it takes a team.

Making Hoop Dreams Come True

Play Like a Champion

Keep Calm & Play Ball

Hoops I Did It Again

Ballers Never Stope

Eat. Sleep. Hoop. Reapet.

Don’t Let Good Enough Be Enough

It’s not about how big you are, it’s about how big you play.

“If you can’t pass, you can’t play!” -Dean Smith

“You don’t play against opponents, you play against the game of basketball.” -Bobby Knight

“It takes 10 hands to score a basket.” -John Wooden

“The game honors toughness.” -Brad Stephens