Motivational Sports Quotes - Page 11

• The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Vince Lombardi, Balance Design (1998). “Motivation Lombardi Style”

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• Luck? Sure. But only after long practice and only with the ability to think under pressure.

  Babe Didrikson Zaharias

  Inspirational Sports, Athlete, Golf

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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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• The more I practice, the luckier I get.

  Jerry Barber

  Sports, Volleyball, Golf

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• If you are afraid of failure, you don't deserve success.

  Nastia Liukin

  Basketball, Sports, Athlete

  Twitter post from Jan 3, 2012

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• If you are going to be a champion, you must be willing to pay a greater price.

  Bud Wilkinson

  Inspirational, Sports, Champion

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• Concentration is the ability to think about absolutely nothing when it is absolutely necessary.

  Ray Knight

  Sports, Funny Inspirational, Athlete

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• Channel your energy. Focus.

  Carl Lewis

  Sports, Running, Focus

  Carl Lewis, Jeffrey Marx (1992). “Inside track: my professional life in amateur track and field”, Fireside

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• Attitude determines how well you do it.

  Lou Holtz

  Attitude, Exercise, Inspirational Running

  Lou Holtz (2009). “Winning Every Day: The Game Plan for Success”, p.14, Harper Collins

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• Make the present good, and the past will take care of itself.

  Knute Rockne

  Inspirational, Sports, Past

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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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• You can't put a limit anything.

  Michael Phelps

  Sports, Cheerleading, Athlete

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• The principle is competing against yourself.

  Steve Young

  Motivational, Sports, Football

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• The way a team plays as a whole determines its success.

  Babe Ruth

  Teamwork, Business, Play

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

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• What's tough is being good every day.

  Willie Mays

  Inspirational, Sports, Game Day

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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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• The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.

  Arthur Ashe

  Sports, Attitude, Athlete

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• When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less.

  Paul Brown

  Motivational, Sports, Running

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• I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was.

  Muhammad Ali

  Positive, Inspiration, Humility

  Twitter post from Dec 08, 2010

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  Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.

  Ted Williams

  Sports, Baseball, Athlete

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

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  For me, winning isn't something that happens suddenly on the field when the whistle blows and the crowds roar. Winning is something that builds physically and mentally every day that you train and every night that you dream.

  Emmitt Smith

  Inspirational, Sports, Football

  "Rice, Smith lead star-studded Class of 2010" by Vinnie Iyer, www.sportingnews.com. August 06, 2010.

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• Well done is better than well said.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Inspirational, Success, Educational

  Benjamin Franklin (2008). “The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac”, Nayika Publishing

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• If you don't practice you don't deserve to win.

  Andre Agassi

  Winning, Practice, Tennis

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• I never thought of losing, but now that it' s happened, the only thing is to do it right. That's my obligation to all the people who believe in me. We all have to take defeats in life.

  Muhammad Ali

  Inspirational, Life, Success

  FaceBook post by Muhammad Ali from Feb 18, 2013

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  If you worried about falling off the bike, you'd never get on.

  Lance Armstrong

  Sports, Football, Fall

  Lance Armstrong (2010). “Every Second Counts”, p.66, Random House

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