My ‘Fave Five’ NBA Commercials

9 Responses to “My ‘Fave Five’ NBA Commercials”

1. Mo Sweat Says:
   September 8th, 2008 at 2:48 pm

   My favorite is the 4rth, really mystical.

2. Basketballogy Says:
   September 9th, 2008 at 7:54 am

   The last one, “that is why I succeed” is by far my favorite, although I LOVE all these. Fear of failure keeps most of us from trying anything where the odds aren’t heavily stacked in our favor. Instead of fearing failure, Michael realized failure is merely a tax we are required to pay on the success we earn. Huh, that’s original and I like that.

   Some people see failure as the bankruptcy of their personal capability. Other people see failure as merely as a tax regularly assessed to those earning success.

3. Basketballogy Says:
   September 9th, 2008 at 8:01 am

   Of course, speaking of failure, if you ever decide to quote me on that, I hope that you’d correct the grammar in that sentence. :-(

   “Some people see failure as a bankruptcy of personal capability. Others realize failure is merely a tax we are regularly required to pay on the success we earn.” — Tom Pittman (the 7th).

4. Brandon Hoffman Says:
   September 9th, 2008 at 9:00 am

   Basketballogy,

   Glad you enjoyed the commercials. I like your thoughts on failure too. I jotted them down.

   Here is what Coach K said in one of the ‘Road to Redemption’ specials:

   “Limitations or failure are part of the process of becoming who you’re going to be.” Coach K

   Simple, but true.

5. Brandon Hoffman Says:
   September 9th, 2008 at 9:02 am

   Mo Sweat,

   In hindsight, I may have ranked the fourth commercial a little low. It’s a great video.

6. Basketballogy Says:
   September 9th, 2008 at 9:07 am

   Okay, I couldn’t leave that idea alone… here is a new and improved version of it:

   “There is some rationale for fearing things that could harm you, like snakes, spiders or heights, but should we be afraid of failure?

   “The fear of failure keeps us from trying things, and not trying things keeps us from success.

   “Success is an alluring debutante who courts only those willing to risk rejection in her pursuit.

   “If you aren’t failing once in awhile, then you are probably living too timidly to be a success as well. So don’t fear failure, fear not trying!

   “Some people see failure as a bankruptcy of personal capability. Others realize failure is merely a tax we are regularly required to pay on the success we earn.”

7. Brandon Hoffman Says:
   September 9th, 2008 at 10:38 am

   Basketballogy,

   Very nice.

   This is one of my favorite quotes:

   “It’s not what happens to you; it’s what you do about it that makes the difference.” – Wilson Mitchell

8. King_Kaun Says:
   September 9th, 2008 at 4:55 pm

   My favorite quote:

   “Yesterday’s just a memory, tomorrow is never what it’s supposed to be.”

   -Bob Dylan

9. King_Kaun Says:
   September 9th, 2008 at 4:56 pm

   (better yet, THIS is my favorite Bob Dylan quotation)

   February 1966 Playboy interview with Bob Dylan:

   PLAYBOY: Mistake or not, what made you decide to go the rock-’n’-roll route?

   DYLAN: Carelessness. I lost my one true love. I started drinking. The first thing I know, I’m in a card game. Then I’m in a crap game. I wake up in a pool hall. Then this big Mexican lady drags me off the table, takes me to Philadelphia. She leaves me alone in her house, and it burns down. I wind up in Phoenix. I get a job as a Chinaman. I start working in a dime store, and move in with a 13-year-old girl. Then this big Mexican lady from Philadelphia comes in and burns the house down. I go down to Dallas. I get a job as a “before” in a Charles Atlas “before and after” ad. I move in with a delivery boy who can cook fantastic chili and hot dogs. Then this 13-year-old girl from Phoenix comes and burns the house down. The delivery boy — he ain’t so mild: He gives her the knife, and the next thing I know I’m in Omaha. It’s so cold there, by this time I’m robbing my own bicycles and frying my own fish. I stumble onto some luck and get a job as a carburetor out at the hot-rod races every Thursday night. I move in with a high school teacher who also does a little plumbing on the side, who ain’t much to look at, but who’s built a special kind of refrigerator that can turn newspaper into lettuce. Everything’s going good until that delivery boy shows up and tries to knife me. Needless to say, he burned the house down, and I hit the road. The first guy that picked me up asked me if I wanted to be a star. What could I say?

   PLAYBOY: And that’s how you became a rock-’n’-roll singer?

   DYLAN: No, that’s how I got tuberculosis.