Athlete Quotes - Page 8

• If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.

  Michael Jordan

  Basketball, Inspiration, Recovery

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  Everything is practice.

  Pele

  Inspirational, Soccer, Wrestling

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• The principle is competing against yourself. It's about self-improvement, about being better than you were the day before.

  Steve Young

  Motivational, Change, Sports

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• When you've got something to prove, there's nothing greater than a challenge.

  Terry Bradshaw

  Inspirational, Courage, Perseverance

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  Good is not good when better is expected.

  Vin Scully

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Motivational Sports

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• The first thing is to love your sport. Never do it to please someone else. It has to be yours.

  Peggy Fleming

  Leadership, Sports, Running

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Best Sports, Excellence, Habit

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• It is not the size of a man but the size of his heart that matters.

  Evander Holyfield

  Motivational, Sports, Volleyball

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  You owe it to yourself to be the best you can possibly be - in baseball and in life.

  Pete Rose

  Motivational, Sports, Baseball

  Pete Rose, Peter Golenbock (1985). “Pete Rose on hitting: how to hit better than anybody”, Perigee

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• Every professional athlete owes a debt of gratitude to the fans and management, and pays an installment every time he plays. He should never miss a payment.

  Bobby Hull

  Gratitude, Play, Missing

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• There has never been a great athlete who died not knowing what pain is.

  Bill Bradley

  Success, Sports, Pain

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• Some of today's athletes do not have that kind of pride. They left school at 16, have never had a job in their life and are getting Lottery funding, earning money as an athlete.

  Linford Christie

  Jobs, School, Pride

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• I learned that if you want to make it bad enough, no matter how bad it is, you can make it.

  Gale Sayers

  Sports, Football, Determination

  Gale Sayers, Al Silverman (1972). “I Am Third”

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

  Michael Jordan

  Motivational, Basketball, Running

  Michael Jordan (1994). “I can't accept not trying: Michael Jordan on the pursuit of excellence”

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• There is no such thing as life in-between.

  Pat Riley

  Motivational, Basketball, Sports

  Pat Riley (1993). “The winner within: a life plan for team players”, Putnam Adult

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• But I like to think an athlete is an athlete.

  Oscar Robertson

  Basketball, Thinking

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• You can't put a limit anything.

  Michael Phelps

  Sports, Cheerleading, Swimming

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• I think an athlete should be honest. I know it's difficult, but if a guy knocked me on my can, I couldn't very well say, I slipped.

  Sugar Ray Leonard

  Sports, Thinking, Guy

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I want to know about what makes an athlete tick.

  Lisa Guerrero

  Want, Tick, Knows

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• I'm not going to relate to an athlete as a peer.

  Lisa Guerrero

  Peers, Relate

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• I was probably in the best shape of any athlete at the time, but you don't get to pass judgment on yourself.

  Steve Carlton

  Sports, Shapes, Judgment

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• You can motivate by fear, and you can motivate by reward. But both those methods are only temporary. The only lasting thing is self motivation.

  Homer Rice

  Motivational, Inspiring, Teamwork

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• Win or lose you will never regret working hard, making sacrifices, being disciplined or focusing too much. Success is measured by what we have done to prepare for competition.

  John Smith

  Success, Sports, Regret

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• I was the very first athlete in East Germany allowed to go professional.

  Katarina Witt

  East Germany, Firsts, Germany

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• Being in school is the best place to be if you are an athlete because you can structure your own time.

  Frank Shorter

  Motivational, School, Structure

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