Athlete Motivational Quotes - Page 4

• The more I practice, the luckier I get.

  Jerry Barber

  Sports, Volleyball, Golf

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• The only way to prove that you're a good sport is to lose.

  Ernie Banks

  Sports, Athlete, Adversity

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

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• The hardest skill to acquire in this sport is the one where you compete all out, give it all you have, and you are still getting beat no matter what you do. When you have the killer instinct to fight through that, it is very special.

  Eddie Reese

  Motivational, Sports, Athlete

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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 only ever give 90% in training then you will only ever give 90% when it matters.

  Michael Owen

  Motivational, Sports, Athlete

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  I never left the field saying I could have done more to get ready and that gives me peace of mind.

  Peyton Manning

  Motivational, Inspiring, Sports

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• Most talented players don't always succeed. Some don't even make the team. It's more what's inside.

  Brett Favre

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  "Sunday Conversation: Brett Favre". Interview with Suzy Kolber, www.espn.com. November 24, 2004.

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• Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

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  Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Basketball, Sports

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

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• Football is like life - it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.

  Vince Lombardi

  Sports, Respect, Football

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• A team is where a boy can prove his courage on his own. A gang is where a coward goes to hide.

  Mickey Mantle

  Teamwork, Sports, Baseball

  Mickey Mantle (1964). “The Quality of Courage”, p.90, U of Nebraska Press

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• Winners never quit and quitters never win.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Positive, Moving On

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• Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.

  Pat Riley

  Inspirational, Motivational, Basketball

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• The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don't play together, the club won't be worth a dime.

  Babe Ruth

  Leadership, Basketball, Teamwork

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

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• The road to Easy Street goes through the sewer.

  John Madden

  Inspirational, Positive, Leadership

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  Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it.

  Muhammad Ali

  Inspirational, Change, Power

  Muhammad Ali (2016). “Muhammad Ali Unfiltered: Rare, Iconic, and Officially Authorized Photos of the Greatest”, p.118, Simon and Schuster

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• Hockey is a sport for white men. Basketball is a sport for black men. Golf is a sport for white men dressed like black pimps.

  Tiger Woods

  Basketball, Sports, Sexy

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  I've got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.

  Larry Bird

  Motivational, Basketball, Sports

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• Slump? I ain't in no slump... I just ain't hitting.

  Yogi Berra

  Motivational, Baseball, Coaching

  Quoted in Sports Illustrated, 2 Apr. 1984

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• Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

  Michael Jordan

  Motivational, Basketball, Sports

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

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• Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing

  Muhammad Ali

  Athlete, Law Of Attraction, Impossible Things

  Muhammad Ali (2016). “Muhammad Ali Unfiltered: Rare, Iconic, and Officially Authorized Photos of the Greatest”, p.119, Simon and Schuster

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• I found out that if you are going to win games, you had better be ready to adapt.

  Scotty Bowman

  Sports, Hockey, Winning

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• Losers quit when they're tired. Winners quit when they've won.

  Mike Ditka

  Motivational Sports, Tired, Quitting

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• It is not the critic who counts

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Courage, Military, Failure

  Address at the Sorbonne, Paris, 23 Apr. 1910. Richard M. Nixon quoted this passage in his address to the nation announcing his decision to resign the presidency, 8 Aug. 1974. See Theodore Roosevelt 1; Theodore Roosevelt 2; Theodore Roosevelt 5

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• It's a funny thing, the more I practice the luckier I get.

  Arnold Palmer

  Funny, Sports, Golf

  FaceBook post by Arnold Palmer from Oct 04, 2016

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