Motivational Sports Quotes

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  Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there.

  Bo Jackson

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

  Bo Jackson, Dick Schaap (1990). “Bo knows Bo: the autobiography of a ballplayer”, Doubleday Books

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  The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

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  Run when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up.

  Dean Karnazes

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

  Dean Karnazes (2006). “Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner”, p.197, Penguin

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  Don't give up at half time. Concentrate on winning the second half.

  Bear Bryant

  Inspirational, Sports, Football

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• The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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

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• Winning takes talent; to repeat takes character.

  John Wooden

  Basketball, Character, Winning

  "The Wizard's wisdom: 'Woodenisms'", www.espn.com. June 4, 2010.

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• If winning isn't everything, why do they keep score?

  Vince Lombardi

  Softball, Sports, Athlete

  "The Winner-Takes-All Society" by Chris Wallace, www.guernicamag.com. March 25, 2014.

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• Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.

  Dan Gable

  Sports, Determination, Wrestling

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• Competing in sports has taught me that if I'm not willing to give 120 percent, somebody else will.

  Ron Blomberg

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

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• The coach's job is twenty percent technical and training, and eighty per cent inspirational. He may know all there is to know about tactics, technique and training, but if he cannot win the confidence and comradeship of his pupils he will never be a good coach

  Franz Stampfl

  Sports, Jobs, Winning

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• Show class, have pride, and display character. If you do, winning takes care of itself.

  Bear Bryant

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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• Some people say I have attitude - maybe I do... but I think you have to. You have to believe in yourself when no one else does - that makes you a winner right there.

  Venus Williams

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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  Baseball was, is and always will be to me the best game in the world.

  Babe Ruth

  Baseball, Games, World

  Babe Ruth, Bob Considine (1948). “The Babe Ruth story as told to Bob Considine: with 49 photos”

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• Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do

  Pele

  Motivational, Success, Soccer

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• Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.

  John Wooden

  Inspirational, Life, Change

  John Wooden (2013). “Quotes from Coach John Wooden: Winning with Principle”, p.102, B&H Publishing Group

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• Keep it simple, when you get too complex you forget the obvious.

  Al McGuire

  Motivational, Basketball, Sports

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• The coach should be the absolute boss, but he still should maintain an open mind.

  Red Auerbach

  Basketball, Sports, Boss

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• In the end, the game comes down to one thing: man against man. May the best man win.

  Sam Huff

  Inspirational, Basketball, Sports

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• It's never been easy. But I've always wanted to play hockey. I love hockey. I'd rather play hockey than do anything else. If you have that kind of desire, I think you can achieve what you want to achieve.

  Manon Rheaume

  Sports, Hockey, Thinking

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  Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.

  Larry Bird

  Motivational, Basketball, Sports

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• Remember upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all.

  Alexander the Great

  Leadership, Teamwork, Fate

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

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Running

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• The five S's of sports training are: stamina, speed, strength, skill, and spirit; but the greatest of these is spirit.

  Ken Doherty

  Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

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• I may win and I may lose, but I will never be defeated

  Emmitt Smith

  Sports, Winning, Competition

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