Athlete Quotes - Page 38

• I'm proof that great things can happen to ordinary people if they work hard and never give up.

  Orel Hershiser

  Sports, Perseverance, Giving Up

  Orel Hershiser (1990). “Out of the Blue”, Jove Books

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• I hope that this medal inspires the kids at home to put down guns and knives and pick up a pair of trainers instead.

  Erick Barrondo

  Home, Kids, Gun

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• We have the can-do factor, and us doing what we do I think inspires people to just try that little bit harder, whether they are able-bodied or disabled.

  Lee Pearson

  Thinking, People, Inspire

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• We all lose sight sometimes, but when we find our way again we are not only 2x stronger but we can see where we need to be, where we should be, and most importantly we understand why we are not there already.

  Ian Warner

  Sight, Stronger, Needs

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• Do not wonder why you are blessed with so much, just understand you have so much so you can help other people have as much as you.

  Ian Warner

  Blessed, Helping Others, People

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• Most people do not know themselves. The real you is not that person you are when times are great, the real you shows when everything goes wrong. Can you hold on, can you keep pushing or do you quit?

  Ian Warner

  Real, People, Pushing

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• It is about what you do when nobody is watching. Can you always stay on your grind, or are you only a star when the lights are on you and everybody is watching?

  Ian Warner

  Stars, Light, Grind

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• Always work hard, never give up, and fight until the end because it's never really over until the whistle blows.

  Alex Morgan

  Giving Up, Hard Work, Fighting

  Alex Morgan (2015). “Breakaway: Beyond the Goal”, p.121, Simon and Schuster

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• I love the game. It's fun to play, period. I love running around and getting sweaty. I love trying to lead my team. I love facing the challenge of another team that's better.

  Jamila Wideman

  Success, Sports, Running

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• Those who truly have the spirit of champions are never wholly happy with an easy win. Half the satisfaction stems from knowing that it was the time and the effort you invested that led to your high achievement.

  Nicole Haislett

  Success, Sports, Winning

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• In our lives we will encounter many challenges, and tomorrow we face one together. How we accept the challenge and attack the challenge head on is only about us-no one can touch that. If we win or lose this weekend, it will not make a difference in our lives. But why we play and how we play will make a difference in our lives forever.

  Beth Anders

  Success, Sports, Weekend

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• I'm not a yeller. My theory is that no one goes out there trying to screw up.

  Amy Ruley

  Success, Sports, Trying

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• Individual glory is insignificant when compared to achieving victory as a team.

  Dot Richardson

  Success, Sports, Team

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• If there is a mutual respect between players and coaches, that keeps the team honest and makes for a very healthy environment which in turn promotes other important qualities such as work ethic, integrity and a positive atmosphere for competing and winning.

  Jillian Ellis

  Success, Sports, Integrity

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• On a good team there are no superstars. There are great players who show they are great players by being able to play with others as a team. They have the ability to be superstars, but if they fit into a good team, they make sacrifices, they do things necessary to help the team win. What the numbers are in salaries or statistics don't matter; how they play together does.

  Red Holzman

  Basketball, Motivational Sports, Team

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• When you talk about an injury and the kind of depression you go through, it's not just because you're out of shape and you can't go out and play. You're missing a part of you. That's what's painful. That's what hurts.

  Jamila Wideman

  Success, Sports, Hurt

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• In sport, part of the game is accepting the umpire's call, no matter how hard that might be. Sometimes the calls go your way, and sometimes they don't.

  Dot Richardson

  Success, Softball, Sports

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• Passion, not pedigree, will win in the end.

  Jon Bon Jovi

  Success, Sports, Passion

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• Twenty years from now, I can look at this medal and say, 'I was the best quarter-miler in the world on that day.' If you don't think that's important, you don't know what's inside an athlete's soul.

  Vincent Matthews

  Success, Sports, Thinking

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• You can motivate players better with kind words than you can with a whip.

  Bud Wilkinson

  Inspirational, Sports, Player

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• Strive to be the best you can be...focus, watch, listen, and learn. Try never to be satisfied with 'good enough'...and above all, love what you do-share that passion with others, and always stay humble. Nobody likes a 'big head' no matter how good you are.

  Robby Naish

  Success, Softball, Sports

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• I do good when people doubt me. When someone says I can't do something, I want to do more. I won't back down from anybody.

  Kenyon Martin

  Inspirational, Success, Sports

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• It is better to be defeated on principle than to win on lies.

  Arthur Calwell

  Success, Sports, Honesty

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• The Most Important Thing I Know About the Spirit of Sport... It instills in us the ability to recognize and appreciate the talents of others as well as the gifts we have been given and the ability to work with others as a team. It also allows us to face the challenge of competition, learn from our successes and failures, altogether making us true champions in life.

  Dot Richardson

  Success, Sports, Team

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• It's blood, sweat, sometimes tears.

  Bob Hayes

  Success, Sports, Blood

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