145 Top Basketball Captions to Elevate Your Game Day

Ready to show off your basketball skills?

If you’ve snapped a great shot and are searching for the perfect words to caption it, look no further!

Here’s a collection of top basketball captions and quotes for Instagram.

Whether it’s your own words or a famous quote, we’ve got the best options to complement your basketball moments.

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Our Favorite Basketball Captions for Instagram

The courts are calling, and I must go.

Basketball is life.

Eat, sleep, play basketball, repeat.

Life is always better when we play basketball.

Three-pointers only.

Basketball is my heart and soul.

Defend to the bitter end.

Jumping high, feeling fly.

The secret is to have eight great players and four others who will cheer like crazy.

He shoots, he scores!

Your only competition is you.

All out, all game, all season.

I’ll ball ’til the day I fall.

I swish you were here.

You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.

Today’s forecast: 100% chance of winning.

Ball Don’t Lie.

Let’s bounce.

Keep calm and play on.

Eat, sleep and breathe basketball.

Teamwork makes the dream work.

We play until the clock reads 00:00.

Watch your ankles!

Nothing but net.

My game is sick. Too bad it’s not contagious.

99% basketball. 1% everything else.

Ballin’.

Ball out. Step up.

Blessed, a little stressed and basketball obsessed.

Defend. Destroy. Dominate.

Shoot more hoops.

The best season is basketball season.

It doesn’t matter how tall you are. It’s about how high you can jump.

Business as usual 🏀

Anything is possible with discipline and hard work.

Keep calm and shoot on.

Take it to the hoop!

All for the love of the game.

Basketball is my favorite sport 🎼

Life is better when you’re playing basketball.

Offense sells tickets. Defense wins championships.

Find me courtside.

Hoopin’ out.

Playoff season!

Eyes on the prize.

Live. Love. Hoops.

If we are not at home, check the basketball courts.

Nothing but the ball, till you fall.

Play till the clock says 00:00.

Foul shots win ball games.

Funny Basketball Captions

The courts called, they want me back in the game!
If you think I am crazy now, wait until basketball season.
Your loss is my game.
There are really only two plays: Romeo and Juliet, and put the darn ball in the basket.
It’s okay if you don’t like basketball, it’s kind of smart people sports anyway.
I was too cute to be a cheerleader, so I play basketball.
Basketball is my favorite season.
Keep calm and keep ballin’.
Let’s bounce.
May all of your swishes come true.
I dream of cutting a net.
Swish you were here.
“Practice? We’re talkin’ about practice!” – Allen Iverson
I was too cute to be a cheerleader, so I played basketball instead.
Tricks, dribble, ankle-break, good smile—basketball is life!
It’s okay that you don’t like basketball. It’s kind of a smart people sport, anyway.
In a committed relationship with basketball.
Forget about it, princess, ’cause not even Cinderella is getting to this ball!
Today’s forecast? 100% chance of winning.
Go hard or go home.
Second place is for the first loser.
In our court, there are no objections. Only rejections.
Life is like basketball, sometimes the ball is in your court, and sometimes it’s not.
I’m playing until the soles wear off my basketball shoes.
I know I play like a girl… try to keep up.
Your Mom called and said you left your game at home.
I used to be addicted to basketball, but I rebounded.
Don’t mind me, my head is lost in the game!
Sorry, you have to guard me; I hope you taped your ankles.
They always asked me if I play basketball because I was tall. They stopped asking me that when I asked them if they play mini-golf
Eat, Sleep, Play Basketball, Repeat
I don’t wear a crown, I wear a head band.
My game is sick. Too bad it ain’t contagious.
Where is a basketball player’s favorite place to eat? Dunkin’ Donuts.
Basketball, a game that won’t be fit for people until they set the basket umbilicus-high and return the giraffes to the zoo.
Basketball is a game with a lot of ups and downs! Up and down the court, that is!
Once you are in the game, you forget about everything.
Let’s dance.
Life is basketball, or basketball is life- we may never know!
It’s not about how tall you are but about how high you can jump.
Keep calm and shoot on.
You wish you could shoot like a girl.
I’m playing until the soles wear off my basketball shoes.
Can’t keep calm, it’s the final four.
Take the shot.
Go hard or go home.
Game on!
Dribble, Shoot, Rebound, Score
Basketball Nation.
Playing basketball is a lot like daily life. You play defense, offense, and you sometimes throw a foul.
Offense sells tickets, defense wins games.
All In!
Basketball Kinda Day.
stressed, blessed, basketball, obsessed.
Get your swish on.

Inspiring Instagram Captions About Basketball

Living that courtside life.

If basketball courts could talk, they’d have some stories to tell.

In the mood to shoot some hoops.

Basketball doesn’t build character. It reveals it.

One spirit, one team, one WIN!

You can’t win until you learn how to lose.

Be so good they can’t ignore you.

Stand tall, talk small, and play ball.

Don’t make excuses. Make your free throws.

It’s not about the shoes, it’s about what you do with them.

Stay humble and let your feet do the talking.

Seven days without basketball makes one weak.

Basketball every day.

Life is better when you’re playing basketball.

You could build a wall with all the bricks your team is tossing up!

Basketball is a game of inches. It’s about what you do when you’re not shooting or dribbling.

Put down the phone. Pick up your basketball.

Basketball may be a game to some people, but to me? It’s everything.

It’s better to shoot an air ball than to not shoot at all because you’re scared of missing.

You can’t control how many minutes you play, but you can control how you play the minutes you get.

Motivational Captions for Game Day

The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes in or not.

You can’t win until you learn how to lose.

You miss 100% of the shots you never take.

You play the way you practice.

Hard work beats talent when talent fails to work hard.

Your limits are somewhere up there, waiting for you to reach beyond infinity.

Nothing is given. Everything is earned.

Stand tall, talk small, play ball

Stay humble, let your feet do the talking

I’ll quit competing when my heart stops beating.

Teamwork makes the dream work.

It is far better to shoot an airball than to not shoot at all for fear of missing

Aim higher, dream bigger.

Be so good they can’t ignore you.

Defend and Dominate!

It takes a player to shoot a shot. But it takes a team to win a game.

Defend until the end.

Put down your phone and pick up your basketball

Altitude is attitude.

Basketball doesn’t build character. It reveals it.

Winners don’t wait for chances, they take them.

Actions speak louder than your coaches.

All out, all game, all season.

Good basketball always starts with good defense

Run as One!

If you ain’t hurting, you ain’t playing hard enough.

You are your only competition.

Short Basketball Quotes for Instagram

“Shooting percentage is just as much about decision making as it is about technique”– Jeff Van Gundy

“All’s fair in love and basketball.” – Love & Basketball

“I will not let anything get in the way of me and my competitive enthusiasm to win.“- Michael Jordan

“Teamwork is the beauty of our sport, where you have five acting as one” – Mike Krzyzewski

“Everything negative — pressure, challenges — are all an opportunity for me to rise.“ – Kobe Bryant

“If nobody will help you, do it alone.” – Michael Jordan

“If you are afraid of failure you don’t deserve to be successful!“ – Charles Barkley

“Sometimes a player’s greatest challenge is coming to grips with his role on the team.” ― Scottie Pippen

Hoop with short basketball quotes for Instagram by Pippen

“If you’re not talking, you’re not playing defense” – Doc Rivers

“I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” – Michael Jordan

“If you see me in a fight with a bear, pray for the bear.” – Kobe Bryant

“To be the best, you have to work the hardest. You have to chase what seems impossible over and over and over again, because giving up is not an option, and when you feel like you’ve reached your limit, it’s only the beginning, that’s when it’s time to dig deep, to find the courage to push some more.” – LeBron James

“Poise and confidence are not possible unless you have prepared correctly. Failing to prepare is preparing to fail. Poise and confidence are a natural result of proper preparation.” – John Wooden

“If you don’t fall how are you going to know what getting up is like.” – Steph Curry

“The only person who can really motivate you is you.” – Shaquille O’Neal

“Good, better, best. Never let it rest. Until your good is better and your better is best.” – Tim Duncan

“You don’t have to be Magic to be special. You’re already special, you’re you.” – Magic Johnson

“Confidence is everything in this game, if you don’t think you can, you won’t.” – Jerry West

“If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it.”

“Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.”

“I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.”

“Never say never, because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.”

“Another day, another opportunity to prove everyone who doubts you wrong.”

“Don’t be afraid to fail. Be afraid not to try.”

“It doesn’t matter if you fall down, it’s whether you get back up.”

“Its better to shoot and miss, then to let time run out and wonder what if.”

“I’ve always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come.”

“I have nothing in common with lazy people who blame others for their lack of success.”

“Everything negative – pressure, challenges – is all an opportunity for me to rise.”

“I never tried to prove anything to someone else. I wanted to prove something to myself.”

“If you don’t believe in yourself, nobody else will.”

“If you’re afraid to fail, then you’re probably going to fail.”

“Each moment of my life I was dreaming of how great I could be, and continued working hard. Each time I closed my eyes I could see me shining bright like a sun.”

“Everything negative – pressure, challenges – is all an opportunity for me to rise.” – Kobe Bryant

“Good, better, best. Never let it rest. Until your good is better and your better is best.“ – Tim Duncan

“I have a plan of action, but the game is a game of adjustments” – Mike Krzyzewski

“If you’re going to have to beg them to play, it’s not going to work.” – Chuck Daly

“People ask me if I could fly, I said, ‘yeah… for a little while.’” – Michael Jordan

“Push yourself again and again. Don’t give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.” – Larry Bird

“Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation.” – Michael Jordan

“Sometimes the coaches tell me to be selfish, but my game won’t let me be selfish.” – LeBron James

“I think, team first. It allows me to succeed, it allows my team to succeed.“ – Lebron James

“Get the fundamentals down and the level of everything you do will rise” – Michael Jordan

“When I dunk, I put something on it. I want the ball to hit the floor before I do.” – Darryl Dawkins

“Remember that basketball is a game of habits. If you make the other guy deviate from his habits, you’ve got him” – Bill Russell

“The key is not the ‘will to win’… everybody has that. It is the will to prepare to win that is important” – Bob Knight

“What you are as a person is far more important that what you are as a basketball player” – John Wooden

“I don’t know if I practiced more than anybody, but I sure practiced enough. I still wonder if somebody – somewhere – was practicing more than me” – Larry Bird

“If all I’m remembered for is being a good basketball player, then I’ve done a bad job with the rest of my life.” – Isiah Thomas

“When a gifted team dedicates itself to unselfish trust and combines instinct with boldness and effort–it is ready to climb“- Pat Riley

“I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.“- Michael Jordan

“All the successful teams I’ve ever seen have three characteristics: They play unselfish, they play together, and they play hard.“ – Larry Brown

Ball with inspirational basketball Instagram quotes by Brown

“Everyone is born with a certain potential. You may never achieve your full potential, but how close you come depends on how much you want to pay the price.“ – Red Auerbach

“Winning teams at the NBA level, the college level, and the high school level all play team basketball. Championship teams have five players on the same page at all times.“ – Hubie Brown

“Ask not what your teammates can do for you. Ask what you can do for your teammates.“ – Magic Johnson

“I’ve got a theory that if you give 100 percent all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.“ -Larry Bird

“We believe in people executing their role and caring about the team more than anything individually” – Gregg Popovich

“A key basketball skill is imagery. The best players “see” situations before they happen so they can be prepared” – Dr. Jack Ramsay

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

“My goal is to win the next game one possession at a time. That’s it. I don’t have any other goals” – Brad Stevens

“There is a direct correlation between the number of ball reversals and defensive breakdowns” – Kevin Eastman

“If it turns out that my best wasn’t good enough, at least I wont look back and say that I was afraid to try” – Michael Jordan

“Some say you have to use your five best players, but I found out you win with the five that fit together best as a team.” – Red Auerbach

“When I walked into the gym, I fell in love with the game. I didn’t fall in love with it just because it was me playing. I fell in love with it because I’ve got guys like this – like these guys every single day that push me to be the best that I can be.” – Kevin Durant

“I can’t relate to lazy people. We don’t speak the same language. I don’t understand you. I don’t want to understand you.” – Kobe Bryant

“There is a lot of pressure put on me, but I don’t put a lot of pressure on myself. I feel if I play my game, it will take care of itself.” – Lebron James